robotics

Robot army 'to help alleviate future floods'

Posted in Hardware on 14th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

Working like termites, the robots can build castles, pyramids and towers similar to the insects' soil cathedrals.

Dyson invests m in robotic vision lab with Imperial

Posted in Hardware on 9th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

Dyson, the engineering company best known for its bagless vacuum cleaners, is to invest m in a robotics lab at Imperial College, London.

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.

Googles Grand Plan to Make Your Brain Irrelevant

Posted in Software on 29th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller

Google is on a shopping spree, buying startup after startup to push its business into the future.

Google Acquires Artificial Intelligence Company DeepMind

Posted in Software on 27th Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller

The tech website Recode reported that Google paid $400 million for the startup based in London. DeepMind describes itself as a "cutting edge artificial intelligence company".