Meet Ford's Robot Doctor

As they quietly prepare for their uprising, robots are currently killing time (instead of humans) by doing things like building our cars for us. Since it's National Robotics Week, Ford decided to feature an unsung hero of robotics working at their Niehl, Cologne, Germany plant, robot doctor Gerd Zech.

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I Want To Ride To Work On A Robot Ostrich From Russia

Why are we still talking about cars, anyway? They're yesterday's news. They're a relic of the 20th century. (The 19th century, if you want to get technical.) Today, I have seen the future, and it is robot ostriches from Russia.

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You Can Own A Real, Working Transformer

Admit it. Ever since you were a kid you'd have committed any atrocity if it meant you could own a real robot that turns into a car and vice versa. Because it's incredible. The Transformers concept is such a wildly appealing idea that not even a series of abominable movies can stunt the raw desire flowing through every…

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This Amazing Device Just Made Wheelchairs Obsolete For Paraplegics

The young man in this video looks like he's riding a Segway. But Yusuf Akturkoglu was paralized after falling from a horse five years ago, and he's being mobilized by an amazing device invented by Turkish scientists. It's going to change lives.

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Autonomous Drones Could One Day Recognize Flight Crew Gestures

The flight deck on an aircraft carrier is like a perfectly choreographed ballet. And to ensure that unmanned autonomous aircraft fit right in, researchers at MIT are developing a system that will let drones recognize and follow gestures from the flight crew.

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GM, NASA Build Real-Life Power Glove

First, GM and NASA built the humanoid Robonaut. Now, the two have teamed up again to create a Human Grasp Assist device. The K-Glove, a.k.a, Robo-Glove, a.k.a. a real-life Nintendo Power Glove, gives the user the power of robots. You could be like The Wizard. In space! And not horrible! And without Fred Savage! How bad …

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New autonomous Honda Asimo next step in rise of machines

New updates to Honda's robot Asimo allow it to now move without the assistance of a human operator, travel over uneven surfaces, and better recognize voices and faces. Now Asimo not only can find us no matter where we hide and hunt us down over even the roughest of terrain, but it also can't be turned off. Thanks…

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