Tagged: Robotics & News
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Engineers gear up for some rugby robotics at UCD News
13.04.2012 Rugby-playing robots ... now what's that all about? Well, up to 63 first-year engineering students will be bringing their robotic creations to the table next week for a... -
Amazon to acquire Kiva Systems News
22.03.2012 E-commerce giant Amazon.com has reached an agreement to acquire order material handling company Kiva Systems, Inc, for US$775m in cash. -
NASA kicks off robotic refuelling mission at ISS News
13.03.2012 As part of a joint effort between NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) has started operations on the International Space Station. -
Termin8tors win Irish FIRST LEGO League Challenge 2012 News
23.01.2012 A group of brothers and pals, aged from 9 to 14, have scooped the overall prize at the Irish FIRST LEGO League Challenge. Calling themselves Termin8tors, the team have won for...Categories: Application Design and Development, Apps, Apps Zone, Competitions, Computers, Education, Engineering, R&D, Science -
Irish school kids to compete in LEGO robotics league News
19.01.2012 This Saturday, up to 300 school kids between the ages of 9 and 16 will descend upon Galway for the Irish finals of the First LEGO League. The robotics competition itself has... -
NASA helps launch 2012 FIRST robotics competition News
09.01.2012 US space agency NASA has helped lift off an international robotics competition aimed at developing a new generation of technology leaders. -
Elon Musk's Dragon craft to make voyage to International Space Station in 2012 News
12.12.2011 Tesla founder Elon Musk, who has been striving to lower the cost of space travel via his company SpaceX, has got the go-ahead from NASA to hold a commercial space flight to the... -
NASA’s Curiosity 'rover on steroids' set for Mars News
24.11.2011 NASA's most advanced mobile robotic laboratory ever is locked and loaded, preparing for take-off this Saturday from Cape Canaveral. It will feature the car-size Curiosity rover,... -
‘Bio-inspired brain’ to help robots think for themselves News
18.07.2011 Engineers at NUI Galway and the University of Ulster are developing bio-inspired integrated circuit technology which mimics the neuron structure and operation of the brain and... -
CUMH is 1st European Robotic Gynaecological Epicentre News
14.06.2011 The first European Robotic Gynaecological Epicentre is Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH), performing procedures using sophisticated robots. -
The week in gadgets News
13.06.2011 A look at gadget happenings, as Samsung plans flexible AMOLED displays, MIT builds a cookie-baking robot and Microsoft talks Xbox LIVE integration for Windows 8.Categories: Week in Gadgets, Research, Phones, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Robots sent into Fukushima nuclear plant News
20.04.2011 Robots are being deployed at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in order to measure radiation levels and other conditions after the recent earthquake in Japan. -
Japan to send tweeting humanoid robot to space News
19.02.2011 A Japanese space agency may send a humanoid robot that can use Twitter to the International Space Station. -
European company develops telepresence robots News
13.01.2011 Gostai, a European company specialising in robotics and artificial intelligence, has revealed its Gostai Jazz line of autonomous service robots for telepresence in business and... -
DARPA looks to future of interfaces with bio-navigation tech News
23.11.2010 The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking to create biologically-driven navigation (BioNav) technology in order to develop immersive 3D war training or to... -
Google hits the road with self-driving cars News
11.10.2010 Cars that drive themselves are already here with self-driving cars developed by Google already logging more than 140,000 miles. The breakthrough will help cut down the 1.2...Categories: Wireless Communications, Science, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Communications -
Key target is Mars in robotic exploration of space News
30.09.2010 The director of the European Space Agency's Science and Robotic Exploration Programme says in the field of robotics exploration, the key target is Mars. -
Robots could beat ‘world’s best’ footballers by 2050 News
24.09.2010 A professor at New South Wales University in Australia has said that by 2050, autonomous robots will be able to beat the best human footballers. -
AICS to host leading AI and cognitive science researchers News
30.08.2010 NUI Galway is hosting two of the world’s leading researchers, Professor Scott Kelso and Professor Ulrik Brandes, at the Annual Irish Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive... -
Google denies plans to use aerial drones to gather data News
10.08.2010 The purchase of a micro drone flying helicopter by a Google executive interested in robots does not mean the search giant is planning to use UAVs to gather data, the company...