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$That data is of the spatial variety: the dimensions of a room as well as distances between sofas, tables, lamps and other home furnishings. To a tech industry eager to push \smart\ homes controlled by a variety of Internet-enabled devices, that space is the next frontier.$ Technology

Roomba vacuum maker iRobot betting big on the 'smart' home

The Roomba robotic vacuum has been whizzing across floors for years, but its future may lie more in collecting data than...

29 July 2017 8:03 AM IST

The robot that was used in the study(Credit: EPFL/Alain Herz)

Six-legged robots faster than nature-inspired Gait

These six-legged creatures run fastest using a three-legged, or tripod gait where they have three legs on the ground...

19 Feb 2017 9:50 AM IST

Sophia interacts with IIT-B students. (Photo: Shripad Naik)

Sophia, Saudi Arabia's first robot citizen, wows IIT-B

In a lighter moment, when a questioner asked Sophia if she would marry him, she replied, I will politely decline the...

31 Dec 2017 1:00 AM IST

IMAGE: COURTESY OF YELP24

Robots will soon start home delivery of food in San Francisco

Marble partnered with take-away meal ordering mobile application Yelp Eat24 to put its robots to delivery.

13 April 2017 1:04 PM IST

The robot, which he named Yingying, can identify Chinese characters and images and even say a few simple words. (Photo: Pixabay/Representational)

Chinese engineer fails to find bride, marries self-made robot

One of Zheng's friends said that he had grown frustrated after failing to find a girlfriend.

5 April 2017 8:20 PM IST

(Image: Chowbotics)

Meet Sally, salad-making robot that counts calories too

California-based Chowbotics developed Sally, a salad-making robot that counts calories for you.

5 April 2017 1:09 PM IST

Xiao Nan, the robot reporter, took only a second to finish writing the piece. (representational image)

British robot helping autistic children with their social skills

Kaspar also sings song, imitates eating, plays the tambourine and combs his hair during their sessions

1 April 2017 9:52 AM IST

A six-wheeled ground delivery robot, from Starship Technologies, shares the sidewalk with pedestrians at DuPont Circle in Washington, D.C. Photo:AP

Delivery robots will need permits to roam San Francisco

The regulations specify The robots can't go more than 4.8 kilometers per hour and human operators must be nearby.

6 Dec 2017 9:28 AM IST

The MantaDroid can swim for up to 10 hours.

Singapore researchers' underwater robot inspired by manta ray

The Singaporean team went through 40 different fin designs over two years before settling on using flexible PVC sheets.

5 Dec 2017 4:09 PM IST

The student stated that he has not taken part in any science exhibition and began to create a robot at home after seeing one on TV. (Photo: ANI)

Manipur: Class 11 student creates robot from discarded electronics

The student said that his first robot was an automatic chicken feeding machine, that dispensed food without the need for...

11 Dec 2017 3:36 PM IST

In a study mentioned in the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology by researchers at the University of Reading in England, 98 volunteers listened to music that topped as potential earworm songs.

New AI robot can create its own music

The robot with four arms and eight sticks writes and plays its own compositions on a marimba.

18 Jun 2017 9:17 PM IST

Xiao Nan, the robot reporter, took only a second to finish writing the piece. (representational image)

Robots, high-tech tools join battle against invasive species

A special boat with giant winglike nets stuns and catches Asian carp in the US Midwest.

29 April 2017 12:47 PM IST