Robot To Wash Solar Panels Among Winning Student Inventions EarthTechling The three winning entrepreneurs won with ideas for robots for cleaning solar panels, developing energy from waste water treatment, and 20% more efficient solar cells. Stanford Nitrogen Group, Greenbotics and Xite Solar shared the prize money. |
 ABC News (blog) | Robot Lifeguard 'Emily' Patrols the Beach ABC News (blog) Lifeguards in California are testing a robotic lifeguard named Emily that could speed up rescues and save lives. Once a lifeguard launches Emily in the water, the robot, which resembles a small motorboat, can speed across the water to a distressed but ... |
Robot uses glue gun to make tools, hopes to ace Survival Skills 101 Engadget By Sarah Silbert posted May 19th 2012 2:16PM Looking through Engadget's annals of robotic achievements, we see droids juggling, dabbling in competitive sailing and even manning prisons. Cool as they are, those functions aren't going to mean a thing ... |
Robotic teams give hope for the future Jacksonville Daily News I was pleased to see the Richlands and Jacksonville High School robotic teams' picture in the paper; however, there should have been an entire article written about this fine group of young people. I should add here that Swansboro also had a team ... |
 Wall Street Journal | Paralyzed patients move robots with minds Bend Bulletin Cathy Hutchinson sips a drink held by a robotic arm. In recent experiments, two people, paralyzed years before by strokes, were able to control robotic arms with the help of a tiny sensor planted in their brains. braingate2.org via Associated Press By ... Paralyzed woman uses her mind to control robot arm Stroke Victims Think, Robotic Arm Acts Robot Puts Mind Over Matter |
South Korea struts its robotic stuff at Expo 2012 San Jose Mercury News By Sam Kim AP In this April 20, 2012 photo, a fish robot swims at the Marine Robot pavilion of the EXPO 2012 Yeosu Korea site in Yeosu, South Korea. More than 100 nations are expected to participate in the expo that will open from May 12 to Aug. |
Rowdy Robot Secures Funding for Internet of Things Device Known as TOD San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Lehi, UT (PRWEB) May 18, 2012 High tech startup Rowdy Robot has reached the $50000 funding mark on the website Kickstarter. The company is developing a new device known as the TOD (pronounced "toad") that will allow people to easily connect real-world ... |
 CrazyEngineers VoiCE | Juggling Robot Does Tricks, Is Cooler Than Your Typical Clown PCWorld (blog) I don't know about you, but I'd much rather have this awesome Japanese robot doing the entertainment at parties than the typical human act. The folks over at Chinba University demonstrated how one of its hand-arm systems can juggle two balls at ... Researchers unveil eerie clothes-scaling robot Best Robot Videos of the Week: Juggling and Climbing Up Your Clothes Worm-like robot climbs clothes with alacrity |
 Treehugger | Albany artist's passion for fire, robots to be on display at Maker Faire San Jose Mercury News By Joshua Melvin Life isn't going to just hand you a flame-throwing metal robot with a giant tool that looks like a chain saw mounted on it -- you will have to make your own. Just ask artist, inventor and welder-run-amok Justin Gray, whose ferocious ... Maker Faire Expects 100000 Visitors Faire in Bay Area celebrates makers of whiz-bang technology Metal Sculptor Justin Gray |
 New York Daily News | Robotic Arms Give Paralyzed Patients Ability to Grasp Objects San Francisco Chronicle May 16 (Bloomberg) -- Two people paralyzed by strokes were able to control robotic arms by using their thoughts, a medical advance that may lead to more-sophisticated prosthetic limbs. One patient, a 58-year-old woman, used a robot arm to sip a drink ... Robotic Arms Allow Paralyzed Patients to Grasp Objects Paralyzed woman controls robot arm with mind Paralysis victims use brain signals to control robotic arm |