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Humanoid robots could also take robotics back to the factory floor in the 21st century. Theres a very pragmatic engineering reason to build humanoid robots, and thats because most of our environment h

Theres another, equally important, purpose to making humanoids such as Cog human: interaction with other human beings. For human/robot interaction, its good to have something that looks vaguely human

If I'd seen one of these when I was an 8 year old, I would have gone on a hunger-strike until my parents bought me one.

It really must be the future if we have robot pets.

World robot Olympics start today.

Child-robot with Biometric Body has 200 optical, auditory and tactile sensors.

Humanoid robots arent a new concept. Perhaps the first appearance of a humanoid robot was Elektro, who appeared at the 1939 World Trade Fair in New York. Elektro danced, counted to ten, smoked and rav

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Arctic Monkeys flashback to 1984.

Isaac Asimov would approve.

Each month we put together a list of the technology and trends that have made us sit up and take notice.

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World first puts miniature robot inside an artery.

Earlier walking robots had a more serious side: to discover more about the human brain. Shakey, for example, emerged from the Stanford Research Institute (now SRIs artificial intelligence centre) in 1

Sarah Kidner explores our fascination with robots, looks at their past and ponders the robotic future. What have a Czech playwright, 15th century artist Leonardo da Vinci and the future o

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Corporates muscle in on competition.

Small unmanned ground vehicle heading for Iraq.