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As planned, NASA’s robotic moon explorer, LADEE, crashed into the back side of the moon, just three days after surviving a full lunar eclipse, something it was never designed to do. ...

Next time you play a computer at chess, think about the implications if you beat it. It could be a very sore loser! A new study reflects upon the growing need for autonomous technology, and suggests that humans should be very careful to prevent future systems from developing anti-social and potentially harmful behavior. ...

A way of making hundreds -- or even thousands -- of tiny robots cluster to carry out tasks without using any memory or processing power has been developed. Engineers have programmed extremely simple robots that are able to form a dense cluster without the need for complex computation, in a similar way to how a swarm of bees or a flock of birds is able to carry out tasks collectively. ...

Anki Drive, the game featuring artificially intelligent robotic cars is expanding with new racing tracks, two new cars, and new game-play mode. ...

A robot named Dalek that fixes potholes in two minutes could be the cure for Britain’s bumpy roads. ...

Panasonic’s Resyone, a robotic bed that transforms into an electric wheelchair, is the world’s first ISO13482-compliant service robot. ...

“What is a printer?” asked Zuta Labs, then reimagined it as the Mini Mobile Robotic Printer, as small as your hand. ...

MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory voice-controlled robotic wheelchair could revolutionize the way people with progressive neurological conditions get from place to place. ...

An escape route mapping system based on the behavior of ant colonies could give evacuees a better chance of reaching safe harbor after a natural disaster or terrorist attack by building a map showing the shortest routes to shelters and providing regular updates of current situations such as fires, blocked roads or other damage via the smart phones of emergency workers and those caught up in the disaster....

The robots move at walking speed along airplane components; in doing so, it applies a sealant against corrosion in equal measure. The mobile assistant is surrounded by technical workers who install, drill, and test. Admittedly this scenario is still a glimpse of the future – but in just a few years, it should be reality for the aerospace manufacturing industry. ...

The Bluefin-21 sub had to abort its first mission because it reached a patch of ocean exceeding its maximum depth capacity. But it’s now resumed its search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. ...

A fleet of telemedicine robots to improve efficiency and patient care is being deployed to physicians, who will use them to examine patients remotely. Using a laptop, tablet or smartphone, doctors are now able to interact and perform their jobs in ways not previously possible. They can see, hear, be heard and move around in any remote facility, including being able to visually examine patients without...

TinkerBots is a modular robot building kit for children that allows for a variety of robots to be put together. TinkerBots is seeking to raise $100,000 on Indiegogo. ...

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s unmanned Dragon vehicle loaded down with supplies is expected to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on April 14. ...

Boeing is replacing a crane and a giant cylindrical fixture with assembly robots to increase its 777 production rate beyond the current 100 jets per year. ...

SRI International is stitching together lightweight under-suits embedded with batteries, wires, computers and motors. The suits are designed for soldiers, but it’s easy to imagine applications beyond the battlefield ...

MIT’s Ankur Mehta is lead researcher on a project that quite literally enables people to print robots on a standard piece of paper at home ...

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Scientists have recently discovered that some of the most common activities among smartphone users -- scanning 2-D barcodes, finding free Wi-Fi access points, sending SMS messages, listening to MP3 music and watching MP4 videos -- can leave devices vulnerable to harmful 'computer worms.' ...