Penn Researchers Aim High With Robots That Fly, Swarm - Investor's Business Daily

Penn Researchers Aim High With Robots That Fly, Swarm Investor's Business Daily By TONY KONTZER, FOR INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 05/07/2012 06:25 PM ET A University of Pennsylvania research team created a swarm of flying robots that it now hopes to commercialize. View Enlarged Image Getting a swarm of flying robots to act in ...

Aspirant US space miners aim to break into tightly South African-held platinum ... - Creamer Media's Mining Weekly

Aspirant US space miners aim to break into tightly South African-held platinum ... Creamer Media's Mining Weekly Robots, the new aspirant US planet miner says, can be developed to mine small near-earth asteroids that contain water and platinum. The idea is to use water's hydrogen and oxygen to fuel the transport activity that will be required in space to explore, ... and more »

Butterfly Flight Inspires Better Flying Robots - Inside Science News Service

Butterfly Flight Inspires Better Flying Robots Inside Science News Service Mechanical engineers aim high-speed video cameras at planet's prettiest bugs to obtain flight insights. By Inside Science Television Micro aerial vehicle (MAV) - an unmanned aerial vehicle that is designed to be small and in some cases may possess the ... and more »

Researchers aim to build eco-friendly robots from biodegradable materials - Gizmag

Researchers aim to build eco-friendly robots from biodegradable materials Gizmag By Dave Parrack The quest to build better robots capable of completing more tasks is an important one, that could lead to humanity as a whole having a much easier time of it. Robots already manage some of the most banal and time-consuming tasks related ... and more »

Floating, smartphone-equipped robots track water flow - SmartPlanet.com (blog)

Floating, smartphone-equipped robots track water flow SmartPlanet.com (blog) Demonstrating the marriage of robotics and the next generation of water monitoring technology, the smartphone-equipped floating robots' aim was to assist in monitoring and mapping waterways. UC Berkeley researchers have developed the robots as a method ... and more »