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Researcher designs robot that jumps like a grasshopper (PhysOrg)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first robot that can jump like a grasshopper and roll like a ball could play a key role in future space exploration.

Two Robot Chefs Make Omelets (PhysOrg)

(PhysOrg.com) -- No "house of the future" is complete without a household robot to do the cooking and cleaning. Although today´s robots still have a ways to go before substituting for a real live-in maid, researchers are working on their development.

Devon Robotics Announced as U.S. Distributor of Life-Critical Chemotherapy Drug Preparation Robot CytoCare (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.----The Devon International Group today announced a new company, Devon Robotics , as the exclusive distributor and licensee of Health Robotics’ CytoCare™ robot in North America and the Caribbean Islands.

Researcher designs robot that jumps like a grasshopper (EurekAlert!)

( University of Bath ) The first robot that can jump like a grasshopper and roll like a ball could play a key role in future space exploration.The 'Jollbot' has been created by Rhodri Armour, a Ph.D. student from the University of Bath. It's hoped his creation, which can jump over obstacles and roll over smoother terrain, could be used for space exploration or land survey work in the future.

Robot That Jumps Like A Grasshopper And Rolls Like A Ball Created For Space Exploration (Science Daily)

The first robot that can jump like a grasshopper and roll like a ball could play a key role in future space exploration. The 'Jollbot' is shaped like a spherical cage which can roll in any direction, giving it the maneuverability of wheels without the problem of overturning or getting stuck in potholes.

Medical robot is doctor's eyes in battlefield (Miami Herald)

An American soldier is hit by enemy fire in Iraq. A Humvee speeds him to a field hospital outside the combat area. He looks up groggily to see a robot peering down at him.

Now, a microscopic robot to deliver drugs inside the body (New Kerala)

Washington, Dec 4 : Scientists at the University of Sheffield and the University of Barcelona have devised a microscopic swimming robot that could deliver drugs inside the body by mimicking the wheel of a paddle-steamer.

MSU's Winboni robot cleans windows, wins awards (Engadget)

We don't get out too often (blogger skin burns easily); the closest to the great outdoors we come is squinting longingly through windows gone opaque thanks to lack of cleaning. We'd nearly resigned ourselves to a life lived of dim illumination, but now have new hope thanks to Winboni, an award-winning prototype robot from four mechanical engineering students at Michigan State University. ...

Students to Demonstrate Robot Prototypes (SpaceRef)

Students to Demonstrate Robot Prototypes

Rescue Robot Exercise Brings Together Robots, Developers, First Responders (Science Daily)

NIST held a rescue robot exercise recently in Texas in which about three dozen robots were tested by developers and first responders in order to develop a standard suite of performance tests to help evaluate candidate mechanical rescuers.

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