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Diving into mysterious Crater Lake

August 25, 2006 Scientists use aquatic robots and highly sensitive sonar to study its pristine, self-contained ecology. Photos: A water-filled crater Video: Deep-diving robot TAGS: lake, scientist, robot, sonar, water, sign, professor, researcher, video

Mini robot mimics cockroaches

July 22, 2005 Social robots that interact with cockroaches may help rid homes of common pests in the future. TAGS: robot, scientist, animal, robotics, experiment

Science beats fiction in Robot Hall of Fame

May 15, 2007 Three of the four robots inducted this year by Carnegie Mellon were made by real scientists, not writers or directors.Photos: 2007 Robot Hall of Fame inductees TAGS: robot, Matt Mason, science fiction, scientist

Week in pictures: Robots on the march

May 13, 2005 roundup Cornell scientists create a robot that can clone itself, and robotics confab showcases latest advances. Also: Samsung cell phone takes on Motorola's Razr. TAGS: robot, robotics, Motorola Razr, scientist, India, Motorola Inc., advance, Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, cell phone, Samsung Electronics, video, PC, Microsoft Corp.

NASA tests lunar robots in Arctic crater

July 21, 2007 Researchers headed north to simulate a lunar environment. Unfortunately, the weather has been a little too nice.Photos: Lunar rovers on a test drive TAGS: robot, moon, terrain, weather, human, manufacturing, scientist, researcher, GPS, 3D

Soccer-playing bots bask in world victory

July 19, 2005 Humanoid, entertainment robots duke it out for top spots at RoboCup 2005 smackdown in Osaka, Japan. Photos: Bots score in soccer TAGS: robot, robotics, soccer, bot, league, World Cup, Germany, Berlin, goal, scientist, entertainment

Research robot readies for desert duty

August 11, 2005 The 3-year NASA project to test a "search for life" robot is gearing up for one last trip to the Chilean desert. Photos: Robot's desert trek TAGS: robot, desert, researcher, scientist

NASA launches twin robots to map the sun

October 26, 2006 The two-year mission aims to capture the first-ever 3D images of solar storms--which can pack the punch of an armory's worth of nuclear bombs. Photos: Twin robots to map the sun TAGS: sun, spacecraft, robot, scientist, space, satellite, 3D

NASA hosting space elevator competition

October 22, 2005 NASA, Spaceward Foundation host competitions to help generate designs for a sort of highway to the moon. Competitors prepare for lift-off TAGS: tether, elevator, ribbon, robot, hosting, sun, design, development, scientist

Robots take the wheel in desert race

October 7, 2005 DARPA's robot racing challenge will pit research teams against a hazardous course--and just maybe a cactus or two. Photos: 'Stanley' revs up for robo race TAGS: robot, Hummer, race, obstacle, course, car, GPS, scientist

Year in review: Back to nature

January 6, 2005 The natural world was the focus of much nanotechnology and energy research. Robots, meanwhile, were learning to mimic crabs and bees. TAGS: nanotechnology, wireless chip, robot, supercomputer, researcher, energy, nature, scientist, material, IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., start-up, Intel, video

Year in review: From the petri dish to outer space

December 29, 2006 In the new space race, tourism's the key to a winning strategy, while in the lab, single-celled creatures are landing high-tech jobs. TAGS: dish, scientist, planet, robot, brain, researcher, photograph

Year in review: Entrepreneurs, NASA shoot for the moon

December 14, 2007 At the intersection of science and technology, 2007 was overrun by robots and space adventures. TAGS: moon, entrepreneur, robotics, robot, race, scientist, photograph

Week in pictures: Lean, green driving machines

April 28, 2006 roundup Prototype commuter vehicles go ultraefficient route. Also: Microjets, Maker Faire and new MacBook Pro. TAGS: Intel vPro, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple MacBook, robot, broadcasting, scientist, Nokia Corp., Intel, camera, video

Week in pictures: Gadgets and games

October 14, 2005 roundup Apple showcases bounty and Microsoft puts on game face. Also: Chip artistry, AMD's new fab, online plagues, Big Blue's innovations and techie toys. TAGS: fab, plague, robot, innovation, Bill Gates, scientist, IBM Corp., face, Apple iMac, Apple Computer, handheld, CEO, satellite, AMD, TV, games
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