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    Google has announced it has sponsored the Google Lunar X Prize, a robotic race to the moon with a purse of US$30 million.

  • Giving robots the gift of sight

    A Carnegie Mellon University professor known for predicting the evolution of super-capable robots says he's just given robots better eyesight.

  • Robodog: no 'placid' pooch

    Robodog goes for his first public 'walkies' this week, with his British master saying the world's biggest four-legged automaton will scare off smaller robo-puppies from Japan.

  • Will robots spit the dummy?

    Why build an angry robot? ZDNet Australia talks to the authors of a system that will bring emotional feelings to aircraft, fridges and household appliances.

  • Season of the robot

    The '98 Christmas season could easily be called the season of the robot. Computer technology combined with mechanical engineering constituted many of last year's successful gifts.

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  • Intel hammering out robot standards

    Intel is developing standards for building inexpensive robots that eventually could automatically inspect industrial equipment or take aerial photographs.

  • How to clone a robot

    Scientists at Cornell University have created small robots that can build copies of themselves.

  • Inventor of swarming robots wins prize

    Swarming robots that can act in concert and mimic the behaviour of bees have netted James McLurkin, a 30-year-old doctoral candidate in computer science, the annual Lemelson-MIT Student Prize.

  • This is your brain on a microchip

    Cognitive computing experts say the day that computers work like brains is getting closer.

  • Practical nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology is constantly finding itself in the headlines. But are microscopic machines an inevitable part of our future, or just another hype-heavy get-rich-quick ruse?

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  • Humans look to robot race

    Commentary: Cars are fun, but they kill people. Can the US defence industry help change this unendearing side effect of modern motoring?

  • Organic robot mixes rat brain with silicon

    A new experimental device combines biology and electronics to investigate the wetware in our heads.

  • Intel hammering out robot standards

    Intel is developing standards for building inexpensive robots that eventually could automatically inspect industrial equipment or take aerial photographs.

  • Sony steadies two-legged robot

    The electronics giant updates the prototype humanoid robot, the SDR-4X II, to make it more agile, chatty and safe. Also, Aibo fetches software for snapping and e-mailing photos.

  • Giving robots the gift of sight

    A Carnegie Mellon University professor known for predicting the evolution of super-capable robots says he's just given robots better eyesight.

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