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Robotics: The art and science of the creation and use of robots and robotic devices. See robot and tape library.; Full Robotics Definition >>

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Tech camp for kids: Some kids prefer video games and computer programming to sports and nature, and the ID Tech Camps were created with that set in mind. CNET's Kara Tsuboi drops in on a summer session at Stanford University to watch these future tech masterminds hard at work on their summer vacations.; Tags: Tech, Programming, Development Tools, Games, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Personal Technology, News, kara tsuboi, id tech camp, stanford, computer graphics, web, design, video, summer, camp, digital, final cut pro, robotics, science; Videos 2008-07-09
RoboGames: a fight 'til the death: It's the Robot Fighting League's largest contest and CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi has a look at the action. Teams from Australia, Brazil, and elsewhere around the world battle for robot glory.; Tags: Emerging Technologies, News, kara tsuboi, robogames, fort mason, robots, death match, robotics; Videos 2008-06-16
A snake-inspired robot: On a recent visit to Pittsburgh, Penn., CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi dropped by professor Howie Choset's Robotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon University to see his latest creation, the Snakebot.; Tags: News, kara tsuboi, jared kohler, snakeBot, carnegie mellon, howie choset, robotics, rescue, surgery, heart, Robots, Emerging Technologies; Videos 2008-05-08
Why business users should grab a copy of Microsoft's new robotics toolkit: Why business users should grab a copy of Microsoft's new robotics toolkitI guess there is a Tie inMary Jo, I wrote about this on my Microsoft Dynamics AX blog back in 07/2007: http://dynamics-ax.blogspot.com/2007/07/welcome-to-microsoft-robotics-studio-15.htmlAnyway when I wrote this I said: "Now I know this Microsoft Robotics Toolkit does not have a...; Tags: Robots, robotics toolkit, Microsoft Corp., robotics; Discussion threads 2008-04-09
Why business users should grab a copy of Microsoft's new robotics toolkit: If you're a business user who thinks Aibos and sumo robots are fun and cute but irrelevant to the enterprise-software world, read on. On April 9, Microsoft is delivering a first test release of the third iteration of its robotics toolkit, Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio 2008. The...; Tags: Robotics, Microsoft Corp., Robotics Toolkit, CCR, Robots, Team Management, Emerging Technologies, Management, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-04-09

Robotics Manufacturer Automates Collaboration With Digital Note-Taking Program: Autonomous Solutions ASI is the world leader in large vehicle robotics building innovative solutions for clients in industries ranging from agriculture to the military. To effectively manage these multi-million dollar projects, ASI needed a system of collaboration that would support open communication across geographic as well as organizational boundaries. Though...; Tags: Robotics, Collaboration, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Robots, Groupware, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies 2008-04-04
Gecko-inspired robots: From their hands and feet all the way down to their tails, geckos are inspiring all sorts of robotics technology. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi speaks with UC Berkeley research scientists about how they're mimicking nature's gifts in high-tech ways.; Tags: kara tsuboi, geko, geico, uc berkeley, science, robots, robotics, nanofibers, climbing; Videos 2008-03-26
Could robots become the open source hardware target?: Most of you probably just glanced at yesterday's post about Texas Instruments supporting open source with its new OMAP chips, and if so you probably missed an important target market. Robots. (Picture from Willowgarage.com) The age of homebrew robotics has arrived. As with computing...; Tags: Robotics, Texas Instruments Inc., Hardware, Quantity, Robots, Open Source, Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-07
Japanese robots to earn $26 bln by 2010: Japanese government estimates the national robotics industry could surge from about $5.2 bln in 2006 to $26 bln in 2010 and nearly $70 bln by 2025. by AM; Tags: Robotics, Robots, Government, Vertical Industries, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Software, Software, AM; Blog posts 2008-03-01
51% of robotics revenue in 2015 will come from entertainment robotics: ABI Research forecasts that by the year 2015, processors, microcontrollers, sensors, and servos will reach a collective $12 bln in worldwide revenue. About 48% of component revenue can be attributed to task robotics, while 51% will come from the entertainment robotics segment. The remaining 1% to 2% is derived from...; Tags: Revenue, Robotics, Entertainment, Robots, Emerging Technologies, NB; Blog posts 2008-02-06
Marilou Robotics Studio 2008 (zip): Marilou Robotics Studio is a modeling and simulation environment for mobile robots, humanoids, articulated arms and parallels robots operating in real-world conditions that respect the laws of physics. In a realistic graphical environment, Marilou lets you create the hierarchy necessary for building and testing even the most complex assemblies from...; Tags: Robotics, Environment, Marilou Robotics Studio, Robots, Research & Development, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations; Software downloads 2008-02-05
This robot snake wants to dance with you: According to a short article in The Engineer Online, a two-meter high robotic snake will be shown in April 2008 at the London Science Museum. This vertical snake has been designed as an interactive sculpture. It uses sensors to react to what are doing its viewers and 'dances' with them....; Tags: Intention, Robotics, Sensor, World First, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-02-02
Personal robots to generate $15 bln by 2015: ABI Research forecasts that personal robotics market will be worth $15 bln by 2015. The entertainment robotics market saw blips like the low-cost Furby in the late 90's and the expensive AIBO in the early 2000's, and is now dominated by WowWee, but the emerging Ugobe (with its Pleo pet...; Tags: Robotics, Robots, Emerging Technologies, site admin; Blog posts 2008-01-07
The Google of health care: The health care equipment market made a major turn in 2007. (Picture from Intuitive Surgical.) The old dominance of gadgets and cosmetic surgery equipment gave way to that of Intuitive Surgical. Its DaVinci robotic surgeon has made it the Google of the health care sector. ...; Tags: Google Inc., Robotics, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Robots, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-01-01
Is Zeno the future of home entertainment?: Zeno, a humanoid robot with a $300 price tag, is set to be released in 2009. CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos takes a look at a prototype and asks why this one may be different than others that have come before it.; Tags: News.com, Home Entertainment, Robots, Personal Technology, Emerging Technologies, zeno, robot, humanoid, david hanson, hanson robotics, robotics, massive, effects, michael kanellos, robodevelopment, TechRepublic Inc.; Videos 2007-10-29
Sumo Competition for Microsoft Robotics Studio (1.5) (zip): The Sumo Competition Services provide a simulation environment which hosts sumo competitions as well as a sample sumo player service which can be used in the simulation environment and with physical robots. The sumo competition takes place in a round ring. The inner part of the ring is a non-reflective...; Tags: Robotics, Microsoft Corp., Ring, Robots, Emerging Technologies; Software downloads 2007-08-28
Soccer Simulation for Microsoft Robotics Studio (zip): The simulated soccer services implement a simulated soccer competition, using the RoboCup specifications for the field environment, plus automatic enforcement of RoboCup game play rules. The robotic players can be a variety of simulated entities ranging from articulated robots, to simple differential drive models. This version is the first release...; Tags: Robotics, Microsoft Corp., Robots, Emerging Technologies; Software downloads 2007-08-28
Microsoft Robotics Studio (exe): The goal of the Microsoft Robotics Studio is to supply a software platform for the robotics community that can be used across a wide variety of hardware, applicable to a wide audience of users, and development of a wide variety of applications. The Microsoft Robotics Studio delivers areas of software...; Tags: Robotics, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Robotics Studio, Robots, Emerging Technologies; Software downloads 2007-08-17
Photos: Tech camp for kids: Thousands of kids are attending iD Tech Camps on college campuses around the country this summer. Jimmy McChristy, 17, shows off video animations he''s created with Adobe AfterEffects for a four-minute film takeoff on the movie The Matrix.McChristy, a Santa Fe, N.M., high school senior, is one of thousands of...; Tags: Games, PRODUCTIVITY, Corporate communications, It', photograph, game, iD Tech Camps, iD Tech, computer, Jimmy McChristy, Stanford University, camp, video game, hog, dorm, 3D modeling, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., programming, backward, Stanford, robotics, Web design, Universi; Image galleries 2007-08-09
Morphing-wing robotic birds to spy on us: Dutch engineering students have developed RoboSwift, a bio-inspired morphing-wing micro aerial vehicle which flies like a swift. Like the real bird, this robotic one "will have unprecedented wing characteristics; the wing geometry as well as the wing surface area can be adjusted continuously." But unlike the real bird, RoboSwift, which...; Tags: Defense &, Security, Engineering &, Innovation, Robotics; Blog posts 2007-07-24