Tagged: Robots & News
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RoboRugby Competition tests UCD students’ engineering skills News
24.04.2013 The 2013 Siemens RoboRugby Competition champion was decided at last night’s final held at UCD’s Belfield campus, demonstrating the engineering skills of these first-year students. -
Students to compete in LEGO robot challenge in Galway this weekend News
18.01.2013 Up to 280 students between the ages of 9 and 16 will be heading to Galway this Saturday to take part in the Irish finals of the FIRST LEGO League Challenge, with teams being... -
Scientists pioneer mind-controlled robotic arm (video) News
17.12.2012 A woman paralysed from the neck down has been able to grasp and move objects as well as feed herself chocolate using her thoughts to guide a robotic arm as a result of new... -
The robots are coming! Grishin Robotics invests US$250k in RobotAppStore News
10.12.2012 Want to know what the next big thing will be? Well, combine apps and the latest advances in internet and smartphone technology with robotics and you may have an US$18bn answer.... -
Cork students team up with EMC to build robots for robotics competition News
08.11.2012 Secondary school students from Cork have been working with mentors from the storage hardware solutions provider EMC to build remote-controlled robots as part of a global... -
Viral videos of the week News
16.09.2012 We take a look at some of the most-viewed and most-shared videos on the web. This week features Apple fans loving the 'new' iPhone, pop star Britney Spears learning to dance... -
Weekend News Round-up: Microsoft takes on the iPad, colour-changing robots, girls love science News
20.08.2012 In our trawl through some of the best tech reporting at the weekend: Microsoft wants to take on the iPad with Surface, it’s karma chameleon as scientists create colour-changing...Categories: Upskilling, Training, Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Science, Investments, Internet, Hardware, Financial, Digital Business -
Termin8tors head to Germany for LEGO European finals News
05.06.2012 Termin8tors, a team of nine young brothers and friends from Moycullen Robotics Club in Co Galway, are representing Ireland this week in the 2012 FIRST LEGO League Open European...Categories: Software Development, Science, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Education, Design, Apps Zone, Apps -
Engineers gear up for some rugby robotics at UCD News
13.04.2012 Rugby-playing robots ... now what's that all about? Well, up to 63 first-year engineering students will be bringing their robotic creations to the table next week for a... -
‘Bio-inspired brain’ to help robots think for themselves News
18.07.2011 Engineers at NUI Galway and the University of Ulster are developing bio-inspired integrated circuit technology which mimics the neuron structure and operation of the brain and... -
400 Dublin school students attend ComputeTY at DCU News
21.02.2011 More than 400 transition-year students from 26 schools across Dublin and its environs took part in the ComputeTY programme at DCU’s School of Computing, which introduced them to... -
Craziest tech news stories of 2010 News
01.01.2011 The year 2010 had its fair share of crazy technology news stories. We take a look back over the year to see which ones made us raise our eyebrows the highest. -
Weekend news roundup News
29.11.2010 A quick glance at some of the technology stories breaking in the weekend papers. -
Post-war robot only had eyes for beer News
17.11.2010 One of the world’s earliest humanoid robots, George, which was built out of scrap metal from crashed war planes, could only recognise beer bottles, it has been revealed. -
Robot stars in play News
12.11.2010 In terms of robotic acting, a few big-name Hollywood stars, not to mention the Star Wars prequels, spring to mind, while stage acting is normally the reserve of well-crafted,... -
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Robots could beat ‘world’s best’ footballers by 2050 News
24.09.2010 A professor at New South Wales University in Australia has said that by 2050, autonomous robots will be able to beat the best human footballers. -
AICS to host leading AI and cognitive science researchers News
30.08.2010 NUI Galway is hosting two of the world’s leading researchers, Professor Scott Kelso and Professor Ulrik Brandes, at the Annual Irish Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive... -
Nao, the most human of robots News
09.08.2010 The University of Hertfordshire in the UK has developed a robot named Nao that has both the capability of acquiring a range of emotions and expressing them, essentially... -
Weekend news roundup News
21.06.2010 A quick glance at some of the technology stories breaking in the weekend papers.