Robotics

SRI International calls it Taurus. The 15-pound robot is being developed by researcher Tom Low to remove a roadside bomb in the middle of a war zone, or a suspicious package in the city....

3 | July 26, 2012 9:48am

Grabit, a spin-off from research institute SRI International has developed a way for robots to pick up objects using electroadhesion. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das finds out how the technology works.

May 9, 2012 4:16pm

They save lives, save time, and fascinate us all at once. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das reports from the Future of Robotics in Silicon Valley and Beyond event, where robots take center stage and...

1 | May 9, 2012 4:07pm

Robert Full, a professor at University of California at Berkeley, believes that by studying the motion of animals, we can better design robots for search and rescue missions. SmartPlanet visits...

1 | May 3, 2012 3:00pm

From an autonomous car to a robot built to respond to disasters to a robot that can fold towels a la Rosie from "The Jetsons," these are just some of the amazing machines that caught the attention...

November 30, 2011 5:15pm

The latest creation from U.C. Berkeley's robotics researchers, DASH Plus Wings scampers along at 1.3 meters per second and climbs 17 degree inclines. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das get a close look at...

1 | October 19, 2011 1:19pm

Robotics researchers from around the world gathered in San Francisco to share their work at the 2011 International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. SmartPlanet correspondent Sumi Das...

1 | September 29, 2011 4:37pm

Companies took to the stage at the exclusive DEMO conference for their 5 minutes in the spotlight. From virtual dressing rooms to a smart alarm clock, SmartPlanet correspondent Sumi Das sampled...

1 | September 14, 2011 3:55pm

The new pharmacy at the University of California at San Francisco is believed to be the most automated hospital pharmacy in the country. Robots now track and prepare doses of pills, IV bags, and...

3 | June 8, 2011 12:00am

Pei Zhang, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, is working on a mobile-sensor network that could send swarms of tiny helicopters into a building. The robotic helicopters are equipped with...

8 | May 26, 2011 8:13am

Are robotic vehicles the future of driving? Stanford University researchers think so. They've invented, Junior, a four-wheeled autonomous vehicle that drives just like a regular car, but without...

1 | May 18, 2011 4:49pm

Cal student Austin Whitney, a paraplegic, walks at Saturday's commencement ceremony using an exoskeleton suit designed by professor Homayoon Kazerooni and his graduate robotics students....

3 | May 16, 2011 1:21pm

At the FutureMed conference at Singularity University in Mountain View, Calif., former astronaut Dan Barry explains how robots are helping change the way we think about medicine. Barry shows...

1 | May 13, 2011 12:18pm

UCSF Medical Center patients now receive medication from the hospital's automated pharmacy. By using robots instead of people, the hospital hopes to reduce errors and free pharmacists and nurses...

4 | March 30, 2011 4:31pm

Last year, Jean Stuetzle, 92, learned she had lung cancer and was given few options to make her well again. Then, she visited radiation oncologist Robert Sinha at El Camino Hospital in Silicon...

6 | March 22, 2011 8:40am

Need a little extra help getting the laundry done? Robotics engineers at University of California at Berkeley have developed a robot that can fold towels and socks. SmartPlanet talks to Berkeley...

6 | February 18, 2011 9:00am

PARC research scientists Julia Liu and Ying Zhang are developing robots to help soldiers in urban combat and civilians on rescue missions. The sensor robots are equipped with infrared bump and...

2 | January 3, 2011 8:51am

Researchers at UC Berkeley and Stanford University have developed an unmanned aerial vehicle using Kinect, Microsoft's Xbox sensor technology. The UAV flies autonomously, maps its surroundings in...

1 | December 6, 2010 4:32pm

Hospital stays are rarely relaxing - but at Mountain View's El Camino Hospital, robots run errands, communication devices keep noise to a minimum and patient beds help translate doctors' orders....

2 | September 30, 2010 12:58pm

Raytheon recently demonstrated its next-generation exoskeleton robot suit for military personnel. Using a high-pressure hydraulics system and a mix of sensors and actuators, the new suit aids a...

14 | September 29, 2010 3:39pm