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  September 24th

  News Honda showcases electronic unicycle

  Honda has developed a new personal mobility technology and unveiled U3-X, a compact experimental device that fits comfortably between the rider's legs, to provide free movement in all directions just as in human walking.

  Related categories : World-of-tech , Car-tech , Future-tech

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  June 3rd

  News 9 bits of scary Terminator tech that already exist

  If the Terminator Salvation timeline is correct, robots will be ruling the world by 2018. But Terminator technology is already part of the here and now

  Related categories : World-of-tech

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  May 9th

  News Realistic robot learns to dance the two-step

  Compared to models with wheels and other forms of locomotion, bipedal robots are still far behind where they need to be if they're ever to replace humans, but that isn't stopping researchers striving hard to get there.

  Related categories : Future-tech

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  April 16th

  News Honda prototypes latest walking assist machines

  Car manufacturer Honda is prototyping a new range of walking assist machines in the US to help the disabled and elderly.

  Related categories : Car-tech

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  April 6th

  Blogs UK boffins create robot scientist

  Plan for human and robot scientists to work together in laboratories

  Related categories : Future-tech

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  April 4th

  News Japan sending humanoid robots to the Moon

  The US, Russia, India and China may by eyeing a manned return to the Moon over the next two decades or so, but only Japan could trump the lot by saying it wants to send humanoid robots up there first.

  Related categories : Future-tech

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  November 14th 2008

  Blogs Staying fit with the latest technology

  If Gears of War 2, the Apple iPhone and Pioneer KURO HDTVs represent the glamorous side of modern technology, consider the advances that will keep you alive long enough to enjoy them.

  Related categories : Digital-home

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  July 25th 2008

  News NEC robot draws beady eye on sat-nav role

  You may remember NEC's PaPeRo as the little robot who could - the minuscule bundle of plastic and chips has recently been seen doing everything from blogging to telling people apart using face recognition.

  Related categories : Future-tech

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  June 18th 2008

  News G8 summit to showcase zero-emissions house

  The imminent G8 summit in Hokkaido, Japan, has clearly focused minds on the environmental issues that will dominate, such as the high-tech companies whose sales drive energy consumption.

  Related categories : Future-tech

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  April 23rd 2008

  News Honda uses Asimo robot legs to help the infirm

  In a few years' time, we may look back at April 2008 as the time when robots first started becoming useful in making humankind more mobile. Last week we had HAL, the robotic exoskeleton and today we get news of a similar device from Honda

  Related categories : Future-tech

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  January 30th 2008

  News Honda creates 3D CPU to power super robots

  We've heard only a little before about the three-dimensional computer processors that promise to be the way ahead to an even faster future, so it's encouraging to see that Honda has joined IBM in creating a working 3D chip. Whereas IBM's CPU is intended for future computers, Honda's breakthrough is going to power Asimo, the company's attention-seeking humanoid robot

  Related categories : Processors

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  January 29th 2008

  News Robotic arm to help builders on the job

  Although small robots like Aibo and its ilk and flashy bipedal 'droids such as Asimo tend to hog most of the robotic limelight in the non-specialist press, it's generally well known among researchers that machines that boost the ability of humans to do tasks they find difficult are most likely to change our lives in the near future

  Related categories : Future-tech

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  December 11th 2007

  News Honda's Asimo robot gets even more clever

  If you thought Honda's Asimo humanoid robot was creepy before, you ain't seen nothing yet. Honda has just announced it's just made Asimo even more clever, meaning it can interact with humans with even more intelligence and realism. The Asimo robot is designed to act autonomously to perform uninterrupted service to visitors to Honda's offices

  Related categories : Future-tech

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  December 7th 2007

  News Home robots 'a reality' from 2010

  Robots could be a fact of a every day life in the next decade - assuming car giant Toyota gets it way

  Related categories : Future-tech

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  September 27th 2007

  News Honda Asimo gets slicker, quicker, smarter

  It can run, it can take corners, it can turn on the spot and even do slalom moves. But what is it? It's Asimo, the latest generation humanoid robot from Honda, unveiled today in Barcelona. Asimo has a more streamlined design than its predecessor, quicker movements, and new intelligence capabilities

  Related categories : Future-tech

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  July 9th 2007

  News Japanese robot takeover gathers pace quickly

  We've recently seen some mightily impressive robotics from Japan's Kawada that might one day put us all on the job market. But a recent exhibition saw the firm showcase the next level of mechanised workman in a robot that can operate heavy machinery

  Related categories : Future-tech

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  January 11th 2007

  News CES 2007: The robots of CES

  There's a disheartening lack of robots on the show floor here at CES, despite a whole day of conferences yesterday with exciting titles like 'A robot in every home'.

  Related categories : Future-tech