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Things are different in the aerospace industry, however. Airplanes aren’t made on assembly lines, so any robots used in their construction would have to move around <em>them</em>. The member organizations of the European VALERI Project (Validation of Advanced, Collaborative Robotics for Industrial Applications) are now working on making such mobile, autonomous plane-building robots a reality.  <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/valeri-airplane-building-robots/33534/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="33529"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/royal-caribbean-quantum-of-the-seas/33529/">Robot bartenders serve your drinks on the cruise ship of the future</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/author/stu-robarts/">Stu Robarts</a></div> <div class="date">August 26, 2014</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/royal-caribbean-quantum-of-the-seas/33529/pictures">8 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/royal-caribbean-quantum-of-the-seas/33529/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140827122550im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/royal-caribbean-quantum-of-the-seas.png" title="Royal Caribbean has announced a host of high-tech additions that will feature on its newes..." alt="Royal Caribbean has announced a host of high-tech additions that will feature on its newes..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Cruise ships can be pretty palatial places. Now, Royal Caribbean has unveiled some of the technologies that will make its newest ship even more luxurious. The Quantum of the Seas will feature high-speed internet, RFID navigation for guests, and robot bartenders.  <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/royal-caribbean-quantum-of-the-seas/33529/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="33522"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/robo-brain-cornell/33522/">Robo Brain uses the web to teach robots human knowledge</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/author/stu-robarts/">Stu Robarts</a></div> <div class="date">August 26, 2014</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/robo-brain-cornell/33522/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140827122550im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/robobrain-3.JPG" title="The team behind the Robo Brain project (Aditya Jami, Kevin Lee, Prof. Ashutosh Saxena, Ash..." alt="The team behind the Robo Brain project (Aditya Jami, Kevin Lee, Prof. Ashutosh Saxena, Ash..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> One of the steps towards to making robots into the all powerful overlords envisioned in books and movies is to teach them all human knowledge. A project named Robo Brain can do this without any help from humans, trawling the web in search of information and then sharing it with robots.  <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/robo-brain-cornell/33522/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="33494"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/kidsarm-surgical-robot/33494/">Pediatric surgical robot inspired by ISS remote manipulator arm</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/author/richard-moss/">Richard Moss</a></div> <div class="date">August 25, 2014</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/kidsarm-surgical-robot/33494/pictures">3 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/kidsarm-surgical-robot/33494/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140827122550im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/kidsarm-surgical-robot-iss.jpg" title="Robots and space technology may soon be saving children's lives thanks to KidsArm, a robot..." alt="Robots and space technology may soon be saving children's lives thanks to KidsArm, a robot..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> The technology that built (and continues to maintain) the International Space Station can now be used to help heal sick children. KidsArm, a robotic arm designed for delicate pediatric surgery, was built by the same companies that are behind the robotic arms used by astronauts to construct the ISS.  <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/kidsarm-surgical-robot/33494/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="33403"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/fortis-exoskeleton-us-navy/33403/">US Navy to test Fortis exoskeletons</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">August 25, 2014</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/fortis-exoskeleton-us-navy/33403/#comments">7 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/fortis-exoskeleton-us-navy/33403/pictures">7 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/fortis-exoskeleton-us-navy/33403/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140827122550im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/fortis.jpg" title="Lockheed Martin is providing the US Navy with two Fortis exoskeletons" alt="Lockheed Martin is providing the US Navy with two Fortis exoskeletons"/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Move over, Tony Stark; the US Navy is going <em>Iron Man</em>. The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) has ordered a pair of Fortis exoskeletons from Lockheed Martin for testing and evaluation. The unpowered exoskeletons won’t give sailors superhuman strength, but they will allow them to handle heavy equipment for longer periods with less fatigue.  <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/fortis-exoskeleton-us-navy/33403/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="33448"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/control-method-drones-autonomous-docking-moving-vehicles/33448/">New control method enables drones to land autonomously on moving vehicles</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/author/nick-lavars/">Nick Lavars</a></div> <div class="date">August 20, 2014</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/control-method-drones-autonomous-docking-moving-vehicles/33448/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/control-method-drones-autonomous-docking-moving-vehicles/33448/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140827122550im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/drone_autonomous_docking.png" title="Researchers have successfully paired a drone with a unmanned ground vehicle, enabling it t..." alt="Researchers have successfully paired a drone with a unmanned ground vehicle, enabling it t..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> While continual improvements are allowing larger UAVs to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/ion-tiger-uav-endurance-record-nrl/27491/" target="_blank">stay in the air for longer</a>, the lifting capacity and endurance of smaller UAVs is largely constrained by the weight and size of their batteries. In a move that could greatly expand the reach and applications of small UAVs, a team of robotics researchers propose pairing a UAV with a ground vehicle that would provide a place of respite. However, such a vision requires autonomous coordinated docking between the two vehicles, which is exactly what the team has achieved.  <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/control-method-drones-autonomous-docking-moving-vehicles/33448/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="33369"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/savioke-savione-service-robot/33369/">SaviOne robot butler starts room service deliveries this week</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/author/stu-robarts/">Stu Robarts</a></div> <div class="date">August 18, 2014</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/savioke-savione-service-robot/33369/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/savioke-savione-service-robot/33369/pictures">4 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/savioke-savione-service-robot/33369/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140827122550im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/savioke-savione.JPG" title="The SaviOne robot can deliver items to guests in hotel rooms" alt="The SaviOne robot can deliver items to guests in hotel rooms"/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Personal helper and service robots like <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/go/3410/" target="_blank">Milo</a> from RoboDynamics have been in development for some time. Milo was a pretty basic machine, however. It certainly didn't have the dexterity to twist open a bottle like <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/new-honda-asimo-robot/32977/" target="_blank">Honda's most recent ASIMO</a>. Nor could it gauge human reactions and crack jokes like the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/pepper-robot/32428/" target="_blank">Pepper personal robot</a> that's due to be released next year. Now helper robot company Savioke has announced that it is to start trialing service robots for hotels. The SaviOne robot can autonomously deliver items to guests in hotel rooms.  <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/savioke-savione-service-robot/33369/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="33371"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/1000-kilobot-swarm-robots/33371/">Over 1,000 robots swarm together in Harvard lab</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></div> <div class="date">August 15, 2014</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/1000-kilobot-swarm-robots/33371/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/1000-kilobot-swarm-robots/33371/pictures">3 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/1000-kilobot-swarm-robots/33371/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140827122550im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/1000kilobots.jpg" title="Just a few of the Kilobots that were part of the swarm " alt="Just a few of the Kilobots that were part of the swarm "/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> Ants, schooling fish and flocking birds all have something in common – they can achieve things by working together that they could never do on their own. With that in mind, researchers are now looking into ways of allowing "swarms" of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/mast-collaborative-robot-mapping-project/18655/" target="_blank">communicating robots</a> to accomplish tasks that are difficult or even impossible for single robots. Harvard University recently performed an unprecedented demonstration of that behavior, in which a batch of over 1,000 tiny Kilobots arranged themselves into a variety of pre-assigned two-dimensional shapes.  <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/1000-kilobot-swarm-robots/33371/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="33295"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2> <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/origami-robot-folding-walking-electronic/33295/">Origami-style transformer self-assembles before scuttling away</a> </h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/author/colin-jeffrey/">Colin Jeffrey</a></div> <div class="date">August 10, 2014</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/origami-robot-folding-walking-electronic/33295/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/origami-robot-folding-walking-electronic/33295/pictures">4 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20140827122550/http://www.gizmag.com/origami-robot-folding-walking-electronic/33295/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20140827122550im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/foldingrobot-2.jpg" title="A self-folding mobile prototype developed by researchers at MIT and Harvard (Photo: Harvar..." alt="A self-folding mobile prototype developed by researchers at MIT and Harvard (Photo: Harvar..."/> </a> <div class="summary"> <p> An origami-inspired robot that self-assembles and then scuttles away under its own power has been revealed by researchers from Harvard University and MIT. 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