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Head over heels for tomorrow's personal robots

January 11, 2008 11:55 AM PST

Our future appears to be full of empathetic, human-like, companion robots at relatively low prices.

The evolution of a dino-bot

December 17, 2007 10:23 AM PST

Take a look behind the scenes at Ugobe, maker of a robot named Pleo. Could this dinosaur device win your heart?
Photos: The birthplace of Pleo

CAD software is the new black

December 7, 2007 1:49 PM PST

Fashion industry uses software associated with industrial design to move clothes quicker from sketchbook to sales rack.
Software tailor-made for fashion

Battle of the urban robots

November 5, 2007 10:32 AM PST

Teams in pursuit of top prize in DARPA bot showdown set their creations loose on a 60-mile city course.

Week in video: Robots of the future, technology today

November 3, 2007 6:00 AM PDT

A humanoid robot with a back story, developers using robotics in daily life, and a tech-centric look at Tokyo.

Caltech's spin on DARPA's robot race

September 25, 2007 11:11 AM PDT

In a race of driverless vehicles--and especially in collisions between them--size matters.
Photos: 'Alice' in DARPA-land

Google offers $30 million to land on the moon

September 14, 2007 8:58 AM PDT

The search giant, known for supporting science projects, backs a private robotic race to the moon.
Photos: Touting the Google Lunar X Prize

The future of intelligent machines

September 9, 2007 1:31 PM PDT

Technologists and investors gather at the Singularity Summit to discuss what to do in the event that machines one day outthink humans.

Coming to grips with intelligent machines

September 7, 2007 12:18 PM PDT

Technologists head to San Francisco to discuss the benefits and risks of AI and how to deal with computers that are smarter than humans.

iRobot's Angle on the future: More profit

August 23, 2007 6:10 AM PDT

Colin Angle, CEO of iRobot, talks about what the company can do for the military as well as for your dirty floors.

Stanford robot passes driving test

June 15, 2007 8:11 AM PDT

Defending champion Stanford passes its first test in quest to be one of 30 finalists to join the DARPA Urban Challenge.
Photos: Passing DARPA's test

The pit crews behind DARPA's robot race

June 5, 2007 1:13 PM PDT

From MIT professors to high school dropouts, humans are the driving force as the urban challenge draws closer.
Photos: Teams tune up for Urban Challenge

Roboticist inspired by more than machines

June 5, 2007 5:30 AM PDT

Robotics Institute Director Matt Mason wants people to be inspired by science fiction, origami and research beyond the machine.

Science beats fiction in Robot Hall of Fame

May 16, 2007 11:28 AM PDT

Three of the four robots inducted this year by Carnegie Mellon were made by real scientists, not writers or directors.
Photos: 2007 Robot Hall of Fame inductees

Robot talk turns practical at RoboBusiness 2007

May 16, 2007 6:47 AM PDT

The U.S. Army has a lot to learn from nature. Also: iRobot launches a contest for the next home robot.

Sizing up the coming robotics revolution

May 15, 2007 6:57 AM PDT

Rodney Brooks, director of MIT's CSAIL and CTO of iRobot, discusses AI, robots and the coming bicentennial man.
Photos: Humanoid robots come to life at MIT

Start-up Robot Genius deploys new security technology

May 1, 2007 6:00 AM PDT

Threefold software package is designed to address all sides of malicious software problems.

Robots for the rest of us

April 27, 2007 8:12 AM PDT

Terk offers do-it-yourself robot recipes using off-the-shelf parts, onboard Linux controller.
Photos: DIY robots from recipes

MIT discovery may improve robotic eyes

April 23, 2007 6:38 AM PDT

How the brain determines texture could improve artificial intelligence visual recognition systems.

Baby steps for Dexter the robot

April 11, 2007 5:06 AM PDT

Start-up Anybots sees a day when robots will do many things that humans now do. For now, though, they're just working on staying upright.
Photos: Meet Dexter and Monty, the Anybots
Video: Humanoid robot trains to do the dirty work