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A discussion of Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics.
Video: © World Science Festival (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Learn how the discipline of mechatronics combines knowledge and skills from mechanical,...
Video: © The University of Newcastle, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment with thanks to Jeremy Ley and Nick Parker from Light Creative (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
A “robotic pipeline” used in bacterial genetics at University College Cork, Cork,...
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A multilayered sheet, made from printable material, folds up when heated, transforming...
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Development of a cockroach-inspired robot that can be used to quickly enter into...
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Learn how researchers developed a highly maneuverable ribbon-finned underwater robot,...
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A look at experimental robotic fingers, controlled from a glove, that enhance the...
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The development of robot suits that aid the elderly and disabled.
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Scientists working to develop flexible electronic skin to bring the sense of touch...
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Robots are becoming more humanlike with the development of hairy skin.
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Learn about surgical robots.
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Overview of artificial intelligence.
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Images
ASIMO, a two-legged humanoid robot developed by the Honda Motor Co.
American Honda Motor Co., Inc.
(From left) Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm, and Rudolf Klein-Rogge in Metropolis,...
From a private collection
Three stages of mobile robot development for the Mars Rover Research Project: (A)...
© MIT, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Pebbles, a tractorlike robot utilizing a vision-based control system developed during...
© MIT, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Attila, along with its twin, Hannibal, was built at MIT (1989–91) as part of a research...
© MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Genghis the robot was built at MIT in the mid-1980s to demonstrate the efficacy...
© MIT, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Designed by Rodney Brooks and affectionately named for artificial intelligence pioneer...
© MIT, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Shakey, a mobile robot, was developed (1968–72) at the Stanford Research Institute,...
Courtesy of SRI International
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