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AI Researcher Says Amoral Robots Pose a Danger to Humanity
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AI Researcher Says Amoral Robots Pose a Danger to Humanity

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor Selmer Bringsjord says understanding morality is increasingly important as robots become smarter and more autonomous. ...

Swarm of Bat-Like Flying Robots Could Hunt For Survivors or Terrorists
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Swarm of Bat-Like Flying Robots Could Hunt For Survivors or Terrorists

Bats are the inspiration for an initiative at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University to develop small flying robots. 

Half of Americans Want to Live in a Smart City With Driverless Cars
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Half of Americans Want to Live in a Smart City With Driverless Cars

Nearly half of Americans want to live in a city where all vehicles are driverless, and a third think that might happen in the next 10 years, according to an Intel...

Researchers Compete to Bring Humanoid Robots to Life
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Researchers Compete to Bring Humanoid Robots to Life

During the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Robotics Challenge,  researchers will compete to enable humanoid robots to collaborate with humans. 

Nissan Plans to Offer Affordable Self-Driving Cars By 2020
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Nissan Plans to Offer Affordable Self-Driving Cars By 2020

Nissan says it is on track to begin selling self-driving cars by the end of this decade. 

NASA Calls on Researchers to Build Smarter Space Robot
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NASA Calls on Researchers to Build Smarter Space Robot

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has announced a new challenge focused on building a smart robot. 

Watson and the Future of Cognitive Computing
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Watson and the Future of Cognitive Computing

Many applications being explored on the Watson supercomputer involve processing huge volumes of data rapidly to enable cognitive systems to engage with people in...

Researchers Build Jumping, Flipping, Hand-Standing Robot
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Researchers Build Jumping, Flipping, Hand-Standing Robot

The X-Rhex Lite robot can do a handstand, jump over gaps, and climb over rocks, all movements that could be used in hazardous situations. 

High-Performance Computing Turns to Apps to Cut Cost and Frustration
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High-Performance Computing Turns to Apps to Cut Cost and Frustration

The concept of apps could enable more companies to take advantage of high-performance computing (HPC), considering the cost of HPC hardware and software makes adoption...

Kurzweil: Brains Will Extend to the Cloud
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Kurzweil: Brains Will Extend to the Cloud

Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil says human brains will one day extend into the cloud, and it will be possible to selectively erase pieces of memory while keeping...

Self-Driving Cars a Reality For 'ordinary People' Within 5 Years, Says Google's Sergey Brin
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Self-Driving Cars a Reality For 'ordinary People' Within 5 Years, Says Google's Sergey Brin

Self-driving, autonomous vehicles will be available for "ordinary people" in less than five years and they will be much safer than those driven by humans, says...

Nasa ­pgrades Mars Curiosity Software ... from 350m Miles Away
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Nasa ­pgrades Mars Curiosity Software ... from 350m Miles Away

Picture doing a remote software upgrade. Now picture doing it when the machine you're upgrading is a robotic rover sitting 350 million miles away, on the surface...

Robots Are Taking Mid-Level Jobs, Changing the Economy
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Robots Are Taking Mid-Level Jobs, Changing the Economy

The eventual replacement of humans by robots and computers in enough jobs will eventually transform the economic landscape, and this process has already begun,...

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Ibm's Watson Not As Smart As You Think

As smart as IBM's Watson supercomputer may have seemed while defeating two former Jeopardy champions, it wouldn't be able to hold a conversation with or speak...

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Robots as the Next Big Industry?

Although a lot of artificial intelligence (AI) research has moved away from robotics and into creating algorithms for business intelligence, finance, the Web, and...

Nasa Looking to Six-Legged Robot to Build Human Outpost on Mars
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Nasa Looking to Six-Legged Robot to Build Human Outpost on Mars

NASA is developing a six-legged robot called Athlete that can walk or roll on wheels, and ultimately aims to have it help set up a habitat on Mars for future astronauts...

Nasa Official Outlines Plan For Next-Generation Space Robots
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Nasa Official Outlines Plan For Next-Generation Space Robots

NASA engineers are developing a team of robotic rovers that might eventually work alongside astronauts on Mars.

Dwarf Helicopters, Smart Subs, and Mining Robots to Automate Australia
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Dwarf Helicopters, Smart Subs, and Mining Robots to Automate Australia

Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Autonomous Systems (CAS)  research director Hugh Durrant-Whyte has led the development of robots for use in...

Nasa: Robots 'essential' to Endeavour Mission's Success
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Nasa: Robots 'essential' to Endeavour Mission's Success

Robots have a vital role on the space shuttle Endeavour's mission to install two new pieces of the International Space Station. Robotics technology is a critical...

Tokyo Students Design a New Robotic Muscle Suit
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Tokyo Students Design a New Robotic Muscle Suit

Tokyo's University of Science demonstrated a new version of a robotic muscle suit during the recent International Robot Exhibition in Tokyo. The new wearable robotic...
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