Illuminating the art of recycling
- 01 Dec 2012 00:00 - Matthew Krouse
- Her name is Marilyn and she's an object --- not necessarily a sex object because, well, she doesn't have the parts.
'Conscious' robots on the horizon
- 30 Nov 2012 00:00 - Brent Meersman
- A professor's life-like creations give lectures on his behalf, play football and somersaults.
The new age of making friends
- 21 Jan 2012 12:17 - Jon Ronson
- This is the year we're going to be able to talk to computers so life-like and responsive that we won't be able to tell them apart from humans.
Japanese scientist unveils 'thinking' robot brain
- 13 Oct 2011 06:14 - Hiroshi Hiyama
- A "neural network" has been developed for robots that lets them learn how to perform a new task by "thinking" things through -- or googling it.
Japan: Robot power everywhere except at nuclear plant
- 17 Mar 2011 14:38 - Jon Herskovitz
- Japan may build robots to run marathons and preside over weddings, but it has not deployed any of the machines to help repair its crippled reactors.
World's first robot marathon sets off in Japan
- 25 Feb 2011 11:20 - Staff Reporter
- Winner of Robo Mara Full event in Osaka expected to set world record of around four days.
Look out, here comes the robotic revolution
- 07 Jan 2011 00:00 - Dominic Rushe
- The second decade of the 21st century will see the rise of a mechanised army that will revolutionise private and public life.
Robot waiters in China never lose patience
- 22 Dec 2010 09:31 - Ken Teh
- The Dalu Robot restaurant's hotpot meals are not as famous yet as the staff who never lose their patience and never take tips.
Cyborg-walkers stride toward Japan's robotics future
- 03 Aug 2009 13:11 - Kyoko Hasegawa
- Three cyborg lookalikes turned heads on busy Tokyo streets on Monday as they made their way to a robotics conference -- without breaking a sweat.
British team build robot fish to detect pollution
- 20 Mar 2009 11:56 - Staff Reporter
- Robot fish developed by British scientists are to be released into the sea off the north of Spain to detect pollution.
Fashion-bot to hit Tokyo catwalk
- 16 Mar 2009 10:42 - Staff Reporter
- Japanese researchers on Monday showed off a robot that will soon strut her stuff down a Tokyo catwalk.
Love, labour and the robot armies of the future
- 15 Dec 2008 07:39 - Staff Reporter
- The world is set to become increasingly reliant on robotic labour, according to researchers, who warn that there could also be some consequences.
Robo-relationships are virtually assured
- 30 Jul 2008 09:39 - Staff Reporter
- David McGoran cradles his baby in his arms. As he looks down into its big, dark eyes, it turns its head towards him and blinks.
