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March 11, 2013

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4:18 PM | The Sensitive Robot: How Haptic Technology is Closing the Mechanical Gap [Sponsored Post]
TRP Robotics Haptics One differentiator that's always separated humans from robots is our ability to touch and feel, but advances in haptic technology are rapidly closing the mechanical gap. There are surgeons operating on patients right now who can't feel their instruments. Similarly, there are workers in nuclear facilities around the world using remote manipulator arms to handle radioactive materials without a sense of what they're touching. It's an epidemic of numbness that afflicts […]
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January 21, 2013

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3:00 PM | How To Build A Hero
Rescue Bot In the DARPA Robotics Challenge, robots will compete in a variety of tasks, including the use of tools to cut through a wall. THOR, a humanoid bot built by a Virginia Tech-led team, has especially powerful legs. It should prove adept at maneuvering over terrain and past obstacles. Nick KaloterakisHumans regularly lose their lives rushing into disaster zones. Now engineers are racing to build robots that can take their place. By the end of next year, robots will walk into a disaster […]
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