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World's strongest robot muscles made from everyday fishing line

Posted in Hardware on 22nd Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

For roughly a thousandth the cost of carbon nanotube muscles, fishing line muscle is capable of lifting objects 100 times heavier than natural muscle of the same size.

Robots with Insect Brains: Learning to Navigate Guided by External Stimuli

Posted in Hardware on 7th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

The scientists used the relatively simple nervous system of the honeybee as a model for its working principles.

Army to replace 25 percent of soldiers with robots by 2030

Posted in Hardware on 26th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller

In what might come as a shock to many enlisted individuals out there, The U.S. Army has recently declared that it is cutting troop levels.

Robots test their own world wide web, dubbed RoboEarth

Posted in Online on 15th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller

A world wide web for robots to learn from each other and share information is being shown off for the first time.

The robots are coming. Will they bring wealth or a divided society?

Posted in Business on 6th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller

One labour market expert argues that a 'second machine age' will test our ability to spread the rewards fairly.