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Going "Lean" with Robots

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/leanrobot.png" alt="" width="95" height="77" />When you take into account wages, overtime and benefits that human employees require, it's no wonder that robots are quickly becoming the ...Full Article

‘Robot Brain’ Goes Live in the Cloud

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/digital_brain.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" />European scientists have turned on the first part of a web-based database to help robots learn about what they encounter in the ...Full Article

My Robot Buddy

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/R_and_Frank_cropped.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="72" />Robot & Frank is a new independent film starring Frank Langella as an aging ex-jewel thief in the near future who receives ...Full Article

Robots Don’t Get Carpal Tunnel

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/Sandia-Hand-blog.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="124" />A team of researchers from Sandia National Labs has designed a low cost, modular, plastic proto-hand made primarily from parts found in ...Full Article

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_Asimo_1.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="100" />So recently mere science fiction, today's robots are tools and appliances – but as technology changes, so will perception. Humans and robots ...Full Article

Musical Robot Companion Enhances Listener Experience

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/hgImage.php.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="83" />Shimi, the smartphone-enabled robot from Georgia Tech recommends songs, dances, interacts with listeners, and may just change the way humans and robots ...Full Article

Beef Jerky and the Future of Manufacturing

<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/DMR_Beer.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="81" />Is there a lesson to be learned from a recent PBS story about craft beer and artisanal jerky?Full Article

Lost in Space: RedEye Brings Direct Digital Manufacturing Down to Earth

RedEye, a specialist in direct digital manufacturing techniques, helped NASA develop a prototype for the dexterous humanoid robot known as Robonaut 2, or R2 to his friends. R2 was ...Full Article