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Imagine a future in which robots, smaller than the tip of a hair, are deployed inside the human body to perform micro-surgeries. As far fetched as it may seemed, it's not entirely implausible anymore.

Itai Cohen, Professor of Physics at Cornell University, says the crucial breakthrough was the invention of 'legs' that allow the microscopic robots to move, guided by electrical signals sent by humans. Now, it's just a matter of time before the technology is perfected.

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A team of MIT researchers have developed a printable origami robot that folds itself up from a flat sheet of plastic when heated and measures about a centimeter from front to back. (Learn more: http://mitne.ws/1HwBZro)

Weighing only a third of a gram, the robot can swim, climb an incline, traverse rough terrain, and carry a load twice its weight.

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Why reinvent the wheel? Biomimicry is a hot area of research in robotics.

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What have you been up to lately, Atlas?

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Italian scientists are developing humanoid robots that can observe and learn from human behaviour. Those robots can then collaborate with humans across a range of sectors.

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Das New Yorker Unternehmen Emoshape zeigt auf der CES einen Prozessor, der es elektronischen Geräten unter anderem ermöglichen soll, Mitgefühl für Menschen zu empfinden.

Die meisten CES-Besucher, die am Stand von Emoshape vorbeikommen, haben zunächst Schwierigkeiten zu verstehen, was dort gezeigt wird. Zu sehen ist erst einmal nur eine kleine, für rund 250 US-Dollar vorbestellbare USB-Box mit der Bezeichnung "ExoLife Emotion Engine", die über Unity und UE4 VR-Spiele steuern kann. Doch die Box ist nur ein Vehikel für die "Emotion Processing Unit II" (EPU II), einem von EmoShape über einen Zeitraum von vier Jahren entwickelten Prozessor, der in Echtzeit Gefühle von Menschen erkennen und darauf passend reagieren soll.

Erkannt werden dabei laut Entwickler zwölf verschieden Grundemotionen: Angst, Bedauern, Ekel, Erwartung, Freude, Gleichgültigkeit, Traurigkeit, Überraschung, Verlangen, Vertrauen, Zorn und Zuversicht. In verschiedenen Kombinationen und mit unterschiedlichen Abstufungen würden sogar 64 Milliarden emotionale Zustände in Echtzeit erfasst.

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We haven’t seen much of ATLAS since Google sold Boston Dynamics to Softbank, aside from a few bloopers that gave humanity a false sense of superiority. But this brief one-minute video shows the robot jumping on and off platforms, spinning in the air, and performing a perfect backflip.

A BACKFLIP! That’s the kind of thing you only see robots doing in the movies, but it’s apparently now our sobering reality.

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It looks VERY realistic!

Androidol U is a new life-like female android developed by Osaka University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro. Androidol U is a fully autonomous conversational robot that has a more compact air servo system, better voice and body movement coordination and softer body materials compared to previous androids.

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Interesting article Via Singularityhub The carbon fiber legs or “blades” used by lower limb amputee runners have arguably become one of the most iconic symbols of the Paralympic Games. Although dif…

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If you’re still skeptical as to whether the robot takeover will end humanity as we know it, then you may need to meet Alter. Alter is a new humanoid straight from Japan that runs entirely off a neural network, with 42 pneumatic actuators that help it generate its own movement patterns. And boy, are they freaky. All …

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Amputees will soon have access to a prosthetic worthy of a Skywalker.

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Ford, best known for its cars, pick-up trucks and SUVs, is experimenting with something totally different: a package-carrying robot.

The automaker announced Tuesday it's testing a robot to carry deliveries from its self-driving cars to customers' doorsteps.
Ford is already piloting deliveries with self-driving cars inspired by the popularity of online shopping.
But the company found it was sometimes inconvenient for people to walk outside their homes and take a package from a self-driving car waiting at the curb. So it partnered with Agility Robotics, an Albany, Oregon-based startup that makes a human-like robot capable of carrying 40-pound packages.

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At Tohoku University, there's now a robot that teaches dance. But the goal isn't to put human dance teachers out of work -- instead, scientists are using the project to gather information on how humans can get comfortably close with with robots. If we're going to spending a lot of time with robots in the future, might as well make it easier.

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