September 2008

Your Robotic Friend, The Humanoid Robot

Robotics

Robots can take any shape or form and with the explosion in European research and development for every imaginable robot application, there are dozens of completely different designs. Why, then, do we remain fascinated by humanoid robots?

A Robot In Every Home?

Robotics

Observers like Bill Gates believe that by 2025 we could have robots in every home. In labs across Europe, researchers are creating designs that could become the robo-butler of the future.

Do No Harm To Humans: Real-life Robots Obey Asimov’s Laws

Robotics

Researchers have developed technology enabling robots to obey Asimov’s golden rules of robotics: to do no harm to humans and to obey them.