CES 2012: Robots helping to improve lives

Far from being just cheesy sidekicks in B sci-fi movies robots are here, doing real world work. Adam Balkin tells us about some new technology.

UPenn’s Flying Robots Called Quadrotors=Skynet?

Apparently there are robots preparing to take over the world; it’s a scary time and we all need to band together. Nah, just kidding, but that’d be kind of cool, right? Well, if you’re a lover of robotics and technology …

Time for robots to get real

Drop the gimmicks, focus on practical problem-solving, and robotics can change the world, says Helen Greiner

CES 2012: Newest flock of robots have dual role

In the fourth part of a look at highlights from the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, technology reporter Adam Balkin shows that while many robots are still developed for pure enjoyment, quite a few of them are getting useful.

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