Robotics Stories for 2013

Japanese SCHAFT Takes the Gold at DARPA Robot Challenge 51
How Asimov's Three Laws Ran Out of Steam 153
One-Armed UBR-1 Points the Way To Cheaper Robots 56
Will You Even Notice the Impending Robot Uprising? 246
Fully Autonomous Flapping-wing MAV Is As Light As 4 Sheets of A4 Paper 79
Google Acquires Boston Dynamics 104
Amazon Uses Robots To Speed Up Human 'Pickers' In Fulfillment Centers 184
Factory-In-a-Day Project Aims To Deploy Work-Ready Robots Within 24 Hours 157
Andy Rubin Is Heading a Secret Robotics Project At Google 162
R2-D2: Mall Cop 139
U-CAT Robotic Sea Turtle Set To Explore Shipwrecks 23
Gift Review: Strandbeest Model Kit 28
DARPA's Atlas Walking Over Randomness 76
Anki Is Not a Toy Company; Has iRobot, Others In Its Sights 19
Robots: a Working Breed At the Dairy 65
Military Robots Expected To Outnumber Troops By 2023 177
NASA's Robonaut Gets Its Legs; Could a Moonwalk Be In Its Future? 63
Scientists Invent Urine-Powered Robots 123
Construction Firm Balfour Beatty Considers Drone Workers 129
AgriRover Brings Mars Rover Technology To the Farm 41
Robots Can Learn To Hold Knives — and Not Stab Humans 104
Robotic Surgery Complications Going Underreported 99
Japanese Researchers Build Rock-paper-scissors Robot That Wins 100% of the Time 114
Insect-Inspired Flying Robot Handles Collisions And Keeps Going 61
How To Attend Next Week's Robotics Show Robotically 38
Weaponized Robots Could Take Point In Future Military Ops 182
People Trust Tech Companies Over Automakers For Self-Driving Cars 152
3D Printing a 'Terminator' Arm ... Or a Whole Body 29
Digital Revolution Will Kill Jobs, Inflame Social Unrest, Says Gartner 754
Cyborg Cockroach Sparks Ethics Debate 512
Boston Dynamics Wildcat Can Gallop — No Strings Attached 257
The Era of Young Innovators: Looking Beyond Universities To Source Talents 86
MIT Researchers Unveil Self-Assembling Robot Swarm 55
Unmanned 'Terminator' Robots Kill Jellyfish 149
Captain Cyborg Is Back! Kevin Warwick Predicts the Future 57
Students Build Ship Inspecting Robot 47
Robotic Boat Hits 1,000-Mile Mark In Transatlantic Crossing 68
Robotics Research Lab Willow Garage Shutting Down? 23
US Killer Robot Policy: Full Speed Ahead 202
Emotional Attachment To Robots Could Affect Battlefield Outcome 194
Robots Join Final Assembly Line At US Auto Plant 223
FEMA Grounds Private Drones That Were Helping To Map Boulder Floods 356
45% of U.S. Jobs Vulnerable To Automation 625
Dogs Love Robots, Prefer Humans 45
Unboxing Boston Dynamics' DARPA-Ready Atlas Robot 42
Bringing Affordable Robotics To Big Agriculture 196
Will Robots Replace Rent-a-Cops? 157
Curiosity Goes Autonomous For the First Time 32
Technologies Like Google's Self-Driving Car: Destroying Jobs? 736
Nissan's Crash-Free R&D: 7 Cute Robots Mimicking Bees and Fish 105
Will the Headless Ape Robot Win the DARPA Challenge? 37
Mobiserv Robot Designed To Keep Tabs On Seniors 40
Report: By 2035, Nearly 100 Million Self-Driving Cars Will Be Sold Per Year 325
Colorado Teen Designs Robotic Arm With 3D Printing 68
Competition Tests Student-Built Aerial Espionage Robots 33
Give Zebrafish Some Booze and They Stop Fearing Robots 58
RHex Robot Shows Off Parkour Moves 46
Robot Produces Paintings With That 'Imperfect' Human Look 74
Would You Let a Robot Stick You With a Needle? 209
Self-Assembling Multi-Copter Demonstrates Networked Flight Control 48
Interviews: Ask James Gosling About Java and Ocean Exploring Robots 87
RoboCup 2013: Team Water Is Middle Size League World Champion 16
Jetstream Retrofit Illustrates How Close Modern Planes Are To UAVs 205
DARPA-Funded Software Could Usher In the Era of Open-Source Robotics 17
Cute Japanese Robots To Be Launched Into Space 90
Foxconn's Robot Workforce Now 20,000 Strong 213
Eye Surgery By Magnetically Guided Microbots Moves Toward Clinical Trials 47
The Plight of Star Wars Droids 245
Cat-like Robot Runs Like the Wind 69
Robot Dominates Air Hockey, Adapts To Opponents' Playing Style 49
India To Develop Military Robots For Warfare 169
Footage Reveals Drone Aircraft Nearly Downed Passenger Plane in 2004 206
IBM Uses Roomba Robots To Plot Data Center Heat 57
Ask Slashdot: How To Begin Simple Robotics As a Hobby? 166
NASA Launches Second Robot Challenge 9
UN Debates Rules Surrounding Killer Robots 215
Stanford's Flying Fish Glider 12
CurvACE Gives Robots a Bug's Eye View 16
Will Robots Take Over the Data Center? 141
Arduino Branches Out, With a Plug-and-Program Robot 24
Robotic Bartender Assembles Your Drink, Monitors Alcohol Consumption 138
Drones: Coming Soon To the New Jersey Turnpike? 249
How Should the Law Think About Robots? 248
Meet the Sehome Seamonsters FRC (First Robotics Competition) Team 2605 (Video) 18
Robot 'Fly' Mimics Full Range of Insect Flight 41
Robots Help Manufacturing Recover Without Adding Jobs 559
Robot Snake Could Aid Search and Rescue Operations 66
IBM Robotic Coworker Will Help Engineers Fix Broken Systems 56
Teachable Robot Helps Assemble IKEA Furniture 88
Noodle Robots Replacing Workers In Chinese Restaurants 531
Perceiving Robotic Industrial Arm Inches Toward Autonomy 22
Coral-Repairing Robots Take a Step Closer To Reality 39
Ocean Robots Upgraded After Logging 300,000 Miles 21
Scientists Tout New Way To Debug Surgical Bots 68
Inside Mantis: a 2-Ton Hexapod Robot With a Linux Brain 84
Making Robots Mimic the Human Hand 43
Iranian Lab's Quadcopters To Rescue Swimmers 81
How Could Swarms of Robots Help Humanity? 67
Giant Robotic Jellyfish Unveiled by Researchers 43
Drone Swarm Creates Star Trek Logo In London Sky 118
Golf Channel Testing Out New Octo-copter Drone To Film Golfers This Weekend 97
Go To Uni, Earn a Degree In Drones 66
Defense Dept. Directed To Disclose Domestic Drone Use 190
Rand Paul Launches a Filibuster Against Drone Strikes On US Soil 693
Drone Comes Within 200 Feet of Airliner Over New York 339
When Will We Trust Robots? 216
Not Quite a T-1000, But On the Right Track 159
Texas Declares War On Robots 387
BigDog Robot Grabs, Lifts, and Throws Cinder Blocks With Its New Arm 91
Terminator Sparrows? 138
Future Fighters Won't Need Ejection Seats 622
Human Rights Watch: Petition Against Robots On the Battle Field 275
Quadrocopters Throwing and Catching an Inverted Pendulum 103
Planetary Resources To 'Claim' Asteroids With Beacons 221
Computers Shown To Be Better Than Docs At Diagnosing, Prescribing Treatment 198
DIY Web-Controlled Robot That Takes 1 Hour To Build 56
Supercomputer Designer Asked To Improve Robo-Bugs 21
A Robot With a Chainsaw! 101
Recession, Tech Kill Middle-Class Jobs 586
Robot Serves Up 360 Hamburgers Per Hour 299
A Humanoid Robot Named "Baxter" Could Revive US Manufacturing 414
Telepresence Robot Rundown 51
Molecular Robot Mimics Life's Protein-Builder 53
Researchers Seek to Use Drones For Brushfire Forecasting 52
LEGO Announces GNU/LInux-Powered Mindstorms EV3 Platform 164
2013 FIRST Robotics Competition Kicks Off 64
Researchers Create Vomiting Robot To Analyze Contagions 65
Stanford Team Developing Spiked Robots To Explore Phobos 49