Topic: Robotics

Scientists, lawyers mull effects of home robots

Oy! Robot! Scientists, lawyers consider the implications of intelligent machines in the homeEric Horvitz illustrates the potential dilemmas of living with robots by telling the story of how he once got stuck in an elevator at Stanford Hospital with a droid the size of a washing machine. "I remembered thinking ...
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Robot surgery safe in kids, but outcomes no better

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Robotic surgery is safe for use in children, but there's little evidence that outcomes for this type of surgery are any better than they are with standard operations, the authors of a new review of medical studies published in Pediatrics conclude. Robotic surgery-in which a ...
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International Space Station Flight Engineer Nicole Stott gives a thumb-up sign after grappling the unpiloted Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle

International Space Station Flight Engineer Nicole Stott gives a thumb-up sign after grappling the unpiloted Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle
International Space Station Flight Engineer Nicole Stott (R) gives a thumb-up sign from the station's robotic arm control station after grappling the unpiloted Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) in this image from NASA TV September 17, 2009. Stott, Robert Thirsk and Frank De Winne used the station's robotic ...
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Cyborg-walkers stride toward Japan's robotics future

Three Japanese cyborg look-alikes turned heads on busy Tokyo streets and subway trains Monday as they made their way to a robotics conference on a hot summer's day -- without breaking a sweat. Two men and a woman, wearing what looked like white plastic exoskeletons over black outfits, were testing ...
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