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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

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