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The da Vinci has been billed as a breakthrough in the quest to make surgery less invasive. With its four remote-controlled arms and sophisticated camera, it enables surgeons to operate through small ...

More than 78 robots, built by first-year engineering students, raced the clock to win top honors Thursday at St. John Arena. The Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors annual robot competition matched ...

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MANHASSET, NY — The latest kit for the First robots competition has been gifted from Cypress Semiconductor Corp., part of the company's over 1,900 customized kits already provided to First for use in ...

Robots have transformed the way the U.S. military fights wars. Ground-based bomb disposal robots in particular have saved many lives by disarming improvised explosive devices. But these machines ...

In recent years, there has been an increase in the use of robots in war, including remotely controlled robots, operated in some cases by military personnel on a different continent from the machine ...

Want to clean up an oil spill? There’s a robot for that. A team of scientists at MIT have developed a fleet of oil-absorbing robots — Seaswarm — that clean the ocean by collecting oil with a ...

If 2010 is the year of the tiger, Sundance should be known as the festival of the robot. Honda debuted "Living with Robots," an 8-minute film documentary about robots, their potential use to humans, ...

JINAN, China — Service with a smile also comes with an electronic voice at the Dalu Robot restaurant, where the hotpot meals are not as famous yet as the staff who never lose their patience and never ...

IDW editor Chris Ryall is working on a new chapter in his Zombies vs Robots series, due for release in 2010. Zombies vs Robots Aventure kicks off in February, following on from the previous chapter in ...

In recent years, there has been an increase in the use of robots in war, including remotely controlled robots, operated in some cases by military personnel on a different continent from the machine ...