Tagged: Robots & 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... -
‘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... -
400 Dublin school students attend ComputeTY at DCU News
21.02.2011 More than 400 transition-year students from 26 schools across Dublin and its environs took part in the ComputeTY programme at DCU’s School of Computing, which introduced them to... -
Craziest tech news stories of 2010 News
01.01.2011 The year 2010 had its fair share of crazy technology news stories. We take a look back over the year to see which ones made us raise our eyebrows the highest. -
Weekend news roundup News
29.11.2010 A quick glance at some of the technology stories breaking in the weekend papers. -
Post-war robot only had eyes for beer News
17.11.2010 One of the world’s earliest humanoid robots, George, which was built out of scrap metal from crashed war planes, could only recognise beer bottles, it has been revealed. -
Robot stars in play News
12.11.2010 In terms of robotic acting, a few big-name Hollywood stars, not to mention the Star Wars prequels, spring to mind, while stage acting is normally the reserve of well-crafted,... -
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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... -
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Weekend news roundup News
21.06.2010 A quick glance at some of the technology stories breaking in the weekend papers. -
Microsoft experiments with virtual receptionists and robots News
25.02.2009 Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie has said his favourite R&D project underway at the software giant is a 3D virtual receptionist that makes travel...Categories: Digital Life -
Hi, Robot: how the future of robotics means making friends with machines News
08.01.2009 Intelligent machines are more about shaking hands than simply doing sums.Categories: Digital Life -
EU to double robotics investment News
11.06.2008 The European Commission is to double its investment in robotics research between 2007 and 2010 to almost €400m.