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Photos: The Cern computers cracking the Big Bang
Photo Whenever one of scientists plugged into the LHC Computing Grid requests data, it is retrieved by a robot within the StorageTek vault as seen here. The Cern Computer Centre in Geneva, seen here, is the number-crunching... [06 Oct 2008]
Photos: Military robot wars
Photo The MoD has announced the winner of its Grand Challenge competition to produce a vehicle capable of identifying threats encountered by UK troops on current operations. Team Stellar beat off six other hopefuls, whittled down from 23, in... [21 Aug 2008]
Blowing up hard drives, stinky broadband and super cars
Photo It might only be the size of a briefcase but an intelligent robot is helping to protect the UK's borders from criminals and terrorists. The Tesla Roadster, a sporty variation on the electric car, was one of the many high... [01 Aug 2008]
Photos: 'Hero' bot hunts criminals
Photo It might only be the size of a briefcase but an intelligent robot is helping to protect the UK's borders from criminals and terrorists. The robot, seen showing off its agility here, can also be fitted... [24 Jul 2008]
Photos: Supercomputers signal when storms are a-brewing
Photo A robot arm is able to retrieve requested data in seconds, whizzing around data silos plucking out tapes and copying the data into the system. Tucked away in Reading, the European Centre for Medium Range Weather... [06 Jun 2008]
Photos: Welcome to Satyam's R&D labs
Photo This friendly face is a Dr Robot e-100 model that lives within a glass case at the R&D labs. Passing through the soothing blue glow of a giant neon tube sets the tone perfectly for outsourcer Satyam's R&D facility in... [19 May 2008]
Photos: Robot warriors engage in battle
Photo What the unit sees is what its operator will see, although the unit will automatically travel through a set series of waypoints, leaving the operator free to assess what they see through the robot's eyes. [06 May 2008]
India's high-tech cities, web whispers, Babbage's Difference engine and more...
Photo Scientists in the US have developed a robot (pictured above) - named El-E - that uses lasers to help it pick up items from both floors and shelves, and could be a lifeline for people with mobility difficulties. [29 Apr 2008]
Photos: Robots, lasers, action
Photo But rather than 50-tonne behemoths dealing death with a massive light cannon, the El-E robot is instead using lasers to think like a human. The robot and its ability to pick up items from both floors and... [10 Apr 2008]
Photos: Future tech at Microsoft Innovation day
Photo This is a robot developed by Robosoft, which can navigate by itself and be used for a variety of purposes, such as helping elderly people with daily tasks like cleaning. This photo shows a system developed by the... [06 Dec 2007]
Photos of the Month - November 2007
Photo The overall challenge was won by Carnegie Mellon University's offering Boss, which narrowly beat Stanford University's robot, called Junior. This is MIT's robot, Talos. This story looks at how Belgian... [29 Nov 2007]
Photos: Robots befriend roaches
Photo Roach and robot huddled together in perfect harmony. Hmm, no snacks here. But that's OK - this roach is looking for company, not food. And as it turns out, cockroaches may be more inclined to follow the crowd than to... [20 Nov 2007]
Caption Competition: It's a dog's life for a robot!
Photo This competition is now closed. The winning entry, from silicon.com reader Sean Black, was "These over bred pedigree dogs are looking more and more ridiculous. Photo credit: iRobot [16 Nov 2007]
Photos: Robots race around 'Darpa city'
Photo Tony Tether director of Darpa said he was "holding his breath" to see robot meet robot on the course for the first time in history. It was part of Darpa's $3.5m robot race, the Urban... [14 Nov 2007]
Photos of the month - September 2007
Photo Apple launched an updated range of iPods this month with CEO Steve Jobs beamed live to the BBC's Television Centre from the grand unveiling in San Francisco. The iPod Touch features touchscreen controls, much like the iPhone, and the... [27 Sep 2007]
