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Competitors wait with their humanoid robots for the start of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:39:33 GMT

(Reuters) - Competitors wait with their humanoid robots for the start of a soccer match the RoboCup 2009 in Graz July 3, 2009. RoboCup, one of the largest and most important event for intelligent and autonomous robots, attracts the best robot teams from all over the world who compete in a world championship. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA SCI TECH SOCIETY)

The referee shows a yellow card to a robot during a soccer match ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:38:27 GMT

(Reuters) - The referee shows a yellow card to a robot during a soccer match at the RoboCup 2009 in Graz July 3, 2009. RoboCup, one of the largest and most important event for intelligent and autonomous robots, attracts the best robot teams from all over the world who compete in a world championship. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA SCI TECH SOCIETY)

Robots await for the start of a soccer match the RoboCup 2009 ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:37:20 GMT

(Reuters) - Robots await for the start of a soccer match the RoboCup 2009 in Graz July 3, 2009. RoboCup, one of the largest and most important event for intelligent and autonomous robots, attracts the best robot teams from all over the world who compete in a world championship. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA SCI TECH SOCIETY)

Robots await for the start of a soccer match the RoboCup 2009 ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:34:59 GMT

Competitors wait with their humanoid robots for the start of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:33:47 GMT

A boy prepares his robot for performance during the RoboCup ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:32:26 GMT

(Reuters) - A boy prepares his robot for performance during the RoboCup 2009 in Graz July 3, 2009. RoboCup, one of the largest and most important event for intelligent and autonomous robots, attracts the best robot teams from all over the world who compete in a world championship. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA SCI TECH SOCIETY)

A boy prepares his robot for performance during the RoboCup ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:31:19 GMT

Competitors wait with their humanoid robots for the start of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:30:03 GMT

Humanoid robots compete in a soccer match the RoboCup 2009 in ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:28:57 GMT

(Reuters) - Humanoid robots compete in a soccer match the RoboCup 2009 in Graz July 3, 2009. RoboCup, one of the largest and most important event for intelligent and autonomous robots, attracts the best robot teams from all over the world who compete in a world championship. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA SCI TECH SOCIETY)

Humanoid robots compete in a soccer match the RoboCup 2009 in ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:27:50 GMT

Humanoid robots compete in a soccer match the RoboCup 2009 in ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:07:55 GMT

Competitors wait with their humanoid robots for the start of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:07:51 GMT

Competitors wait with their humanoid robots for the start of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:05:24 GMT

Competitors wait with their humanoid robots for the start of ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:05:22 GMT

Humanoid robots wait for the start of a soccer match during ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:59 GMT

(Reuters) - Humanoid robots wait for the start of a soccer match during the RoboCup 2009 in Graz July 3, 2009. RoboCup, one of the largest and most important event for intelligent and autonomous robots, attracts the best robot teams from all over the world who compete in a world championship. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA SCI TECH SOCIETY)

A humanoid robot Nao performs during the RoboCup 2009 in Graz ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:55 GMT

(Reuters) - A humanoid robot Nao performs during the RoboCup 2009 in Graz July 3, 2009. RoboCup, one of the largest and most important event for intelligent and autonomous robots, attracts the best robot teams from all over the world who compete in a world championship. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger (AUSTRIA SCI TECH SOCIETY)

A robotic scientist student sets up a football robot on June ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:35:56 GMT

(AFP/File) - A robotic scientist student sets up a football robot on June 30, 2009 on the eve of the "RoboCup" the world largest robotic event, hosting 408 teams with 2300 scientists and students in Graz some 200 kilometers southwest from Vienna.(AFP/File/Dieter Nagl)

A group of students of robotics setup a football robot on June ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:35:56 GMT

(AFP/File) - A group of students of robotics setup a football robot on June 30, 2009 on the eve of the "RoboCup" the world largest robotic event, hosting 408 teams with 2300 scientists and students in Graz some 200 kilometers southwest from Vienna. robotic scientist student sets up a football robot on June 30, 2009 on the eve of the "RoboCup" the world largest robotic event(AFP/File/Dieter Nagl)

Vienna University of Technology's Professor Peter Kopacek ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:37:44 GMT

(Reuters) - Vienna University of Technology's Professor Peter Kopacek looks on during the presentation of humanoid robot dubbed "Archie" during a news conference in Vienna June 29, 2009. "Archie" is a project by the Vienna University of Technology in cooperation with the University of Manitoba, to create an affordable robot to assist in daily tasks, such as cooking, cleaning and playing games. The designers hope to eventually release "Archie" to consumers at an approximate price of 15,000 Euros ($21,082). REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA SCI TECH)

Vienna University of Technology's Professor Peter Kopacek ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:35:21 GMT

(Reuters) - Vienna University of Technology's Professor Peter Kopacek gestures during the presentation of humanoid robot dubbed "Archie" during a news conference in Vienna June 29, 2009. "Archie" is a project by the Vienna University of Technology in cooperation with the University of Manitoba, to create an affordable robot to assist in daily tasks, such as cooking, cleaning and playing games. The designers hope to eventually release "Archie" to consumers at an approximate price of 15,000 Euros ($21,082). REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA SCI TECH)

Journalists film a humanoid robot dubbed "Archie" ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:35:12 GMT

(Reuters) - Journalists film a humanoid robot dubbed "Archie" during a news conference in Vienna June 29, 2009. "Archie" is a project by the Vienna University of Technology in cooperation with the University of Manitoba, to create an affordable robot to assist in daily tasks, such as cooking, cleaning and playing games. The designers hope to eventually release "Archie" to consumers at an approximate price of 15,000 Euros ($21,082). REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA SCI TECH)

Iranian born student Ahmad Byagowi sets up a humanoid robot ...

(Reuters) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:34:03 GMT

(Reuters) - Iranian born student Ahmad Byagowi sets up a humanoid robot dubbed "Archie" during a news conference in Vienna June 29, 2009. "Archie" is a project by the Vienna University of Technology in cooperation with the University of Manitoba, to create an affordable robot to assist in daily tasks, such as cooking, cleaning and playing games. The designers hope to eventually release "Archie" to consumers at an approximate price of 15,000 Euros ($21,082). REUTERS/Herwig Prammer (AUSTRIA SCI TECH)

A manlike robot called Archie, center, developed after four ...

(AP) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:39:22 GMT

(AP) - A manlike robot called Archie, center, developed after four years by the Technical University of Vienna and the University of Manitoba, Canada, is presented by Jacky Baltes, left, from the University of Manitoba, and Peter Kopacek, right, from the Technical University of Vienna, at the Technical University in Vienna, Austria, Monday, June 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

A manlike robot called Archie, developed after four years by ...

(AP) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:33:27 GMT

(AP) - A manlike robot called Archie, developed after four years by the Technical University of Vienna and the University of Manitoba, Canada, is presented to the press at the Technical University in Vienna, Austria, by student Ahmad Byagowi Monday, June 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, ...

(AP) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:44:27 GMT

(AP) - In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, twin robots, Skids, left, and Mudflap are shown in a scene from, 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures)

In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, ...

(AP) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:44:02 GMT

(AP) - In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, twin robots are shown in a scene from, 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures)

Sparks fly as assembly line robots weld on the frame of a 2009 ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:44:21 GMT

(Reuters) - Sparks fly as assembly line robots weld on the frame of a 2009 Dodge Ram pick-up truck at the Warren Truck Assembly Plant in Warren, Michigan September 12, 2008. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

Ocean Park Chairman Allan Zeman poses in front of a robotic ...

(Reuters) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 11:26:34 GMT

(Reuters) - Ocean Park Chairman Allan Zeman poses in front of a robotic model of a Velociraptor in Hong Kong's Ocean Park June 23, 2009. The theme park's "Prehistoric Summer Splash 2009" exhibits dinosaurs powered by robotics and electronics. REUTERS/Aaron Tam (CHINA ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY TRAVEL)

Humanoid robot KOBIAN displays an emotion of sadness during ...

(AP) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:51:38 GMT

(AP) - Humanoid robot KOBIAN displays an emotion of sadness during a demonstration at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. KOBIAN which can express seven programmed emotions by using its entire body including facial expressions has been developed by researchers at Waseda's Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, led by Prof. Atsuo Takanashi, and robot manufacturer tmsuk, based in Kitakyushu, southern Japan. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Humanoid robot KOBIAN displays a surprised expression during ...

(AP) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:49:45 GMT

(AP) - Humanoid robot KOBIAN displays a surprised expression during a demonstration at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. KOBIAN which can express seven programmed emotions by using its entire body including facial expressions has been developed by researchers at Waseda's Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, led by Prof. Atsuo Takanashi, and robot manufacturer tmsuk, based in Kitakyushu, southern Japan. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Waseda University Ph. D. Student Nobutsuna Endo adjusts humanoid ...

(AP) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:47:42 GMT

(AP) - Waseda University Ph. D. Student Nobutsuna Endo adjusts humanoid robot KOBIAN standing in an emotionless neutral posture during a demonstration at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. KOBIAN which can express seven programmed emotions by using its entire body including facial expressions has been developed by researchers at Waseda's Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, led by Prof. Atsuo Takanashi, and robot manufacturer tmsuk, based in Kitakyushu, southern Japan. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Humanoid robot KOBIAN displays an emotion of happiness during ...

(AP) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:44:46 GMT

(AP) - Humanoid robot KOBIAN displays an emotion of happiness during a demonstration at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. KOBIAN which can express seven programmed emotions by using its entire body including facial expressions has been developed by researchers at Waseda's Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, led by Prof. Atsuo Takanashi, and robot manufacturer tmsuk, based in Kitakyushu, southern Japan. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Humanoid robot KOBIAN displays an emotion of disgust during ...

(AP) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:44:25 GMT

(AP) - Humanoid robot KOBIAN displays an emotion of disgust during a demonstration at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. KOBIAN which can express seven programmed emotions by using its entire body including facial expressions has been developed by researchers at Waseda's Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, led by Prof. Atsuo Takanashi, and robot manufacturer tmsuk, based in Kitakyushu, southern Japan. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Humanoid robot KOBIAN displays an emotion of sadness during ...

(AP) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:26:52 GMT

Humanoid robot KOBIAN displays an emotion of disgust during ...

(AP) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:19:58 GMT

An exhibitor shows the ViBot, a 1 millimetre in diameter robot, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:45:39 GMT

(Reuters) - An exhibitor shows the ViBot, a 1 millimetre in diameter robot, at a biomedical conference in Tel Aviv June 16, 2009. Researchers at Israel's Technion Institute of Technology say the ViBot can be used to deliver a targeted dose of medication to a tumour in a lung or clear a blockage in the brain, though it will be 5-10 years before such applications are plausible. Picture taken June 16, 2009. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen (ISRAEL HEALTH SCI TECH)

Thai workers finish installing a character robot 'Aveobot' to ...

(AP) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:05:51 GMT

(AP) - Thai workers finish installing a character robot 'Aveobot' to promote the movie Transformers in front of a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Avebot is six meters high. (AP photo/Sakchai Lalit)

A visitor (L) grips the hand of a robot (R) with soft pneumatic ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:33:34 GMT

(Reuters) - A visitor (L) grips the hand of a robot (R) with soft pneumatic fingers during a demonstration at the FOOMA Japan international food machinery and technology exhibition in Tokyo, June 12, 2009. The robot's hands are soft and have very few metal parts in order to handle delicate objects without crushing them. REUTERS/Michael Caronna (JAPAN BUSINESS SOCIETY SCI TECH)

A robot with soft pneumatic fingers reaches for pieces of cake ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:32:25 GMT

(Reuters) - A robot with soft pneumatic fingers reaches for pieces of cake during a demonstration at the FOOMA Japan international food machinery and technology exhibition in Tokyo, June 12, 2009. The robot's hands are soft and have very few metal parts in order to handle delicate objects without crushing them. REUTERS/Michael Caronna (JAPAN BUSINESS SCI TECH SOCIETY FOOD)

A robot cooks okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancakes) during ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:31:17 GMT

(Reuters) - A robot cooks okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancakes) during a demonstration at the FOOMA Japan international food machinery and technology exhibition in Tokyo, June 12, 2009. REUTERS/Michael Caronna (JAPAN BUSINESS SOCIETY SCI TECH FOOD)

A robot cooks okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancakes) during ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:30:06 GMT

A robot cooks okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancakes) during ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:27:50 GMT

A robot with soft pneumatic fingers handles plastic sushi during ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:25:37 GMT

(Reuters) - A robot with soft pneumatic fingers handles plastic sushi during a demonstration at the FOOMA Japan international food machinery and technology exhibition in Tokyo, June 12, 2009. The robot's hands are soft and have very few metal parts in order to handle delicate objects without crushing them. REUTERS/Michael Caronna (JAPAN BUSINESS SCI TECH FOOD SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A screened graphic explaining the location and organization ...

(AP) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:40:26 GMT

(AP) - A screened graphic explaining the location and organization of France's means of research to find Air France's plane crash passengers' bodies, debris and missing flight recorders, seen during a weekly press briefing by French armed forces spokesman Christophe Prazuck, unseen, at the Defense Ministry in Paris , Thursday June 11, 2009. Prazuck said the French oceanographic survey ship Pourquoi Pas is due to arrive in the search zone Friday. On board are a mini-submarine and a remote-controlled robot, which will be used to try to pick up the jet's flight recorders, if they are found.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

A screened graphic explaining the resources location and organization ...

(AP) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:21:00 GMT

(AP) - A screened graphic explaining the resources location and organization of France's and Brazil's joint search to find Air France's plane crash passengers' bodies, debris and missing flight recorders, seen during a weekly press briefing by French armed forces spokesman Christophe Prazuck, unseen, at the Defense Ministry in Paris , Thursday June 11, 2009. Prazuck said the French oceanographic survey ship Pourquoi Pas is due to arrive in the search zone Friday. On board are a mini-submarine and a remote-controlled robot, which will be used to try to pick up the jet's flight recorders, if they are found. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

French armed forces spokesman Christophe Prazuck speaks during ...

(AP) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:14:49 GMT

(AP) - French armed forces spokesman Christophe Prazuck speaks during a weekly press briefing at the Defense Ministry in Paris, Thursday June 11, 2009, in front of a screened graphic explaining the organization of France's search to find Air France's plane missing flight recorders. Prazuck said the French oceanographic survey ship Pourquoi Pas is due to arrive in the search zone Friday. On board are a mini-submarine and a remote-controlled robot, which will be used to try to pick up the jet's flight recorders, if they are found. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

Professor Lord Ara Darzi speaks to Reuters about robotic surgery ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:20:53 GMT

(Reuters) - Professor Lord Ara Darzi speaks to Reuters about robotic surgery in front of a streaming video of a robot demonstrating surgery on a prosthetic heart at Imperial College London October 24, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2008 file photo, assembly line worker ...

(AP) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:20:05 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2008 file photo, assembly line worker Melvin Matthews, right, uses a large robotic machine to install front seats in a new 2009 Chevrolet Traverse at the GM Spring Hill Manufacturing Plant, in Spring Hill, Tenn. General Motors Corp. has narrowed down the locations, June 10, 2009, where it could build its new small car to factories in either Michigan, Tennessee or Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Bill Waugh, File)

U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade are taught ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:06:56 GMT

(AP) - U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade are taught how to use a robot to search for improvised explosive devices during training lesson at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan's Helmand province Tuesday June 9, 2009. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Cooking robot 'Okonomiyaki Robot' pours the ingredients for ...

(AP) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:58:26 GMT

(AP) - Cooking robot 'Okonomiyaki Robot' pours the ingredients for okonomiyaki (Japanese flour cake) over a heated cooking pan during its demonstration at the International Food Machinery and Technology Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, June 9, 2009. The Okonomiyaki Robot, developed by Osaka-based robot system integrator Toyo Riki Co., can demonstrate the whole process of okonomiyaki cooking as stirring the ingredients in a bowl, pouring them on the heated cooking pan, turning the okonomiyaki over with spatulas and serves it on a plate and asking you what types of sauces and other condiments to go with it by using both arms. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)