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  • Robotic rings for wearable robotic interaction #DigInfo

    Robotic rings for wearable robotic interaction DigInfo TV – http://diginfo.tv 16/3/2012 interaction 2012 Keio University Pygmy Duration : 0:2:2

  • Paralysed woman moves robot with her mind – by Nature Video

    Cathy Hutchinson has been unable to move her own arms or legs for 15 years. But using the most advanced brain-machine interface ever developed, she can steer a robotic arm towards a bottle, pick it up, and drink her morning coffee. The interface includes a sensor implanted in Cathy’s brain, which ‘reads’ her thoughts, and…

  • NASA Centers rumble in FIRST Robotics Regional action

    The annual FIRST Robotics competition is in full swing with some 60-thousand high school students competing in regional challenges using robots they built in six weeks from a common kit of parts. NASA is the largest sponsor of the national FIRST program, supporting five regional competitions and more than 280 teams. Since January, high school…

  • Autonomous Robotic Truss Reconfiguration and Manipulation

    Learn more: http://creativemachines.cornell.edu/machine-metabolism Machine Metabolism Accepted for Publication in IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine Robot shown developed by Franz Nigl, Jeremy Blum, and Shuguang Li under the direction of Dr. Hod Lipson. This video presents a robot capable of autonomously traversing and manipulating a 3D truss structure. The robot is able to approach and traverse…

  • The World’s First Robotic Stand-up Comedian

    Heather Knight, a social robotics researcher at Carnegie Mellon, is finding ways to design robots that can pick up on social cues and nuanced human behavior. The result is a tiny robot that can perform stand up comedy. Duration : 0:2:53