In Pictures: The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2013 so far
From cool robots and unmanned aircraft to celebrity swatting and Moby Dick emoticons, it’s been an interesting high-tech year!
From cool robots and unmanned aircraft to celebrity swatting and Moby Dick emoticons, it’s been an interesting high-tech year!
Bill Gates supports increasing work automation by robots, so long as it doesn’t mean more war, the Microsoft founder said in a Q&A session at the University of New South Wales televised on ABC1.
A new white paper by CSIRO has called for the introduction of robots which will help, rather than replace, workers in the Australian manufacturing sector.
The Department of Defence’s new White Paper is exploring the introduction of defence drones for Australia, but a recent United Nations report could put the kibosh on killer robots.
Flying and ground-based robots, which could potentially help search and rescue organisations, are under development at Monash University’s Swarm Robotics lab.
The National Museum in Canberra and CSIRO are trialling a virtual tour system using robots called B1 and B2. The robots, which contain telepresence technology, navigate the galleries of the Museum with a human staff member on hand to explain the exhibits.
What a zoo! These mechanical creatures run, crawl, swim and fly not much unlike the real things
La Trobe University is trialing two new robots that will provide support to the elderly in their homes and nursing facilities.
From robotic waiters and high-tech bicycles to “privacy visors,” we take a look at recent inventions that are strange but beautiful
Tomorrow’s Big Day Out music festival in Sydney will not only feature popular bands The Killers and Red Hot Chilli Peppers on stage, but will also include several robots battling it out for champion of the basketball court.
From giants to itsy-bitsy shape shifters, robots are hot
Personal data agents could be part of the next wave of IT consumerization that will challenge IT managers, said Intel chief evangelist, Steve Brown
New robots pick grapes, go after snakes, improve health and measure Antarctic ice
What do Mars, the Terminator, an ostrich and hair-washing have to do with each other? Ask the robots
The cyborg plant is not a new concept. The robot plant replacement is even less new: You can buy one for a price of $4.19 from ThinkGeek, after all. But a team at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich isn't interested in solar-powered plastic toys or surgically-altered self-lighting plants that hang on a wall (creepy!) -- they're giving plants the ability to feed, water, and sun themselves, by augmenting them with iRobot technology and wheels.