Robotics Stories for 2009

Impressive Robot Hand From Shadow 101
The Best Robots of 2009 51
The First Robot To Cross the Atlantic Ocean Underwater 156
Man Controls Cybernetic Hand With Thoughts 81
Robo-Chefs and Fashion-Bots On Show In Tokyo 35
Moon-Excavation Robots Face Off 61
The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of Pleo 40
Swiss Experimenter Breeds Swarm Intelligence 144
Elder-Assist Robotic Suits, From the Real Cyberdyne 121
Skiing Robot May Not Be Useful, But Fun To Watch 64
Robot Controlled By Human Brain Cells 86
A New Robotic Hand That Can "Feel" 112
iRobot Introduces Morphing Blob Robot 177
MIT Researchers Develop Autonomous Indoor Robocopter 69
Behind the Scenes With America's Drone Pilots 419
Radio-Controlled Cyborg Beetles Become Reality 150
Exoskeletons For Rent In Japan 226
Where's Waldo (the Submarine)? 107
Swarms of Solar-Powered Microbots On the Way 119
Pogo-Style Robot Legs Allow 9-Foot Bounces 42
Offshore Drilling Rigs Vulnerable To Hackers 116
High-Speed Robot Hand Shows Dexterity and Speed 133
Taiwan University Students Build Tour-Guide Robot 35
Robots Make the Coins Go 'Round, Down Under 126
Robots Are the Chefs In This Japanese Restaurant 3
Marine Corps Wants a Throwable Robot 270
Neural Networks-Equipped Robots Evolve the Ability To Deceive 116
A Standardized OS For Robots 184
Nano Origami for DNA, Complete With Software 32
Toyota Reveals A Humanoid Robot That Can Run 216
London's Robotic Fire Brigade 82
Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man 652
$2 Million NASA Power Beaming Challenge Heating Up 98
Solar-Powered Moon Rover To Explore Apollo Landing 151
Japanese Researchers Create Skiing Robot 52
Company Denies Its Robots Feed On the Dead 154
Robotic Glider Set To Break Autonomous Flight Records 33
Memristor Minds, the Future of Artificial Intelligence 184
NASA Uses AI Customer Service Robot In Second Life 45
Robot Invented To Crawl Through Veins 99
RC Submarine Lays Fiber Through Sewers In Italy 122
NASA Suggests Nano Robots To Explore Mars 104
Flapping NAV Performs Controlled Hovering Flight 128
Robotic Ferret Used To Fight Smugglers 54
400 Battle Bots Fight, Toss Enemies At RoboGames Competition 58
Air Force Planning New Drone Fleet For Pakistan 240
Wired for War 252
DIY 18-ft.-High Robotic Exoskeleton 206
Pleo Robot Dinosaur Back From Extinction 42
Robot Warfare Going Open Source 105
Towards Artificial Consciousness 291
Terminator Salvation Opens Well, Scientists Not Impressed 344
Paro the Therapeutic Robot Baby Seal 52
Rutgers Attempts Robot Atlantic Crossing 67
Soccerbots Learn How To Fall Gracefully 105
Robot Soldiers Are Already Being Deployed 258
Robot Warriors Will Get a Guide To Ethics 317
Dean Kamen Awarded Patent For Robot Competition Rules 110
For Building DIY Droids, It Helps to Live In Japan 38
Spirit Stuck In Soft Soil On Mars 160
Robots Take To the Stairs 85
Drug-Sniffing Drones Take To the Skies In the Netherlands 229
Ugobe, Maker of Pleo, Files For Bankruptcy 79
Robotic Penguins 118
Sink Your Balls Quickly With Pool-Cue Robots 79
Robo-Arm Signatures Are Legal, Gov't Buys One 154
MIT and the Constant Robotic Gardeners 101
Flying Micro-Robot Takes Off 72
"Tweenbots" Test NYC Pedestrian-Robot Relations 197
NASA's Zero-Gravity Robotic-Arm Partnership With Canada 41
Robot Body Suit To Be Marketed In Japan 128
New CASMOBOT Lawnmower Controlled By a Wiimote 81
Will Wright Leaves EA/Maxis For Stupid Fun Club 102
Engineering Students Build Robotic Foosball Players 59
Robot Makes Scientific Discovery (Mostly) On Its Own 250
Honda Develops Brain Interface For Robot Control 88
Nanotube Muscles Are Strong As Steel, Light As Air 103
Robot Fish To Hunt Down Pollution 55
Maker Faire Storms Newcastle 43
A High School Programming Curriculum For All Students? 214
Robot Love Goes Bad 101
Filmmaker Working On Eye-Socket Camera 114
Good Robot Projects For K-5? 136
iRobot Develops Hamster-Guided Robotic Vacuum 108
Small Robots Could Build Landing Site For Moon Base 199
Folding Nanosheets To Build Components 29
Robotic Prostheses For Human Faces 111
NASA Fashions Mountain-Climbing Robot 65
Snakelike Robot To Treat Soldiers During Battle 130
Smart Robot Capable of Hunting For Its Own "Food" 191
Summer Research Programs? 87
Radio Controlled Cyborg Insects At MEMS 2009 46
Toward Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft Technology 137
Variations On the Classic Turing Test 82
Nano-motors For Microbots 77
The Best Robots of 2008 57
A Robotic Bartender, and How To Build One 66
FIRST Robotics Competition Announced 73
A Robotic Cyberknife To Fight Cancer 80