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CES 2012: Dancing Robots Steal Day One

Las Vegas -- Although it might not been much different from robots we've seen in the past, the dancing robot by the TP-LINK section stole the first day of the 2012 International CES.

These Robots Can Make Sandwich and Coffee for You (VIDEO)

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Scientists at the Intelligent Autonomous System Group of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed two robots which are capable of making and serving snacks, sandwiches, coffee and much more, it has been reported.
Prototype of Venus flytrap robot

New Venus Flytrap Prototype Presages Robots That Can Trap Their Own Fuel

Mohsen Shahinpoor, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Maine, and a team at Seoul National University in South Korea led by Seung-Won Kim have both independently invented prototypes of robots that snap shut in response to stimuli and trap insects in the manner of the carnivorous Venus flytrap plant (Dionaea muscipula).
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Robots Drive Safer Than Humans, Google Keeps Perfect Driving Record

Robots Drive Safer Than Humans, Google Keeps Perfect Driving Record

Google has been involved in a car accident with another vehicle while operating its automated robot car. The Google Prius was reported to have rear ended several cars including another Toyota Prius. The tech giant claims that the accident occurred while the car engine was switched to manual mode saying the automated robot was not responsible.
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Foxconn to use more robots; said up to 1 million in 3 years

Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group, known for assembling Apple's iPhones and iPads in China, plans to use more robots, with one report saying the company will use one million of them in the next three years, to cope with rising labor costs.
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Foxconn plans to use 1 million robots in 3 years

Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group, known for assembling Apple's iPhones and iPads in its China factories, plans to use 1 million robots within the next three years to replace workers performing some simple procedures, its chairman said.
First NASA Smartphone Controlled Space Robots is Google’s Android, Not Apple iPhone

First NASA Smartphone Controlled Space Robots is Google's Android, Not Apple iPhone

In an ongoing rivalry between Apple's iPhone and Android, Google can uphold bragging rights as becoming the first smartphone to have assisted NASA astronauts on a space flight mission. Having its Nexus One powered Android OS programmed to spherical robots; the devices were launched into space aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. Once deployed, it assisted astronauts in surveying routine maintenance work.
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Climate scientists to use robots in Indian Ocean

Climate scientists have turned to the United States and Australian navies to deploy robotic measuring devices in the Indian Ocean where pirates have made the area too dangerous for researchers.
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Germany's kitchen robots learn to be more human

For your average robot, chess may be easy compared to simple everyday activities like frying a sausage, but that may be about to change thanks to software being developed by scientists in Germany.

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