Robots Walking Like Humans

In what could be described as a small step for a robot, one giant leap for robot kind, a trio of humanoid machines were introduced Thursday, each with the ability to walk into a human being equally.Each robot has a surprisingly human-like bipedal walking and appearance. Arms swing in the balance. Push off your ankles. Add eyeballs out.One of the robots from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is named for its modest stature Pregnancy and side to side wobble of its passage. Denise, a...

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Korea Spends $750M in Robotics to Lead Market by 2018

The government of South Korea has pledged to invest 1 trillion won (about $ 750 million U.S. dollars) in the robotics industry in an attempt to accelerate their growth. The goal is to help the global robotics market will grow to more than $ 30 million in 2013 to help Korean companies take as much as 10 percent of that market, according to Huh Kyung, Director General of Industry in the emerging government of the Ministry Knowledge Economy, which is responsible for the regulation and supervision...

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