Robotics

Technology

App State researcher develops AI-driven microscope to detect poultry parasites

5:00am June 02, 2025

Poultry and livestock are important drivers of North Carolina’s economy. A new technology from Appalachian State University will help keep the animals safe from parasites.

Foust Principal Kendrick Alston cut the ribbon with several students

Education

Nation's first gaming and robotics elementary school opens in Greensboro

4:11pm February 04, 2025

by Amy Diaz

The Guilford County community celebrated the opening of the new Foust Gaming and Robotics Elementary School Monday night, just under a month after it opened for students.

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This synthetic fish is powered by human heart cells. Scientists say that they could help lead the way toward building replacement hearts from human tissue.

Watch these robotic fish swim to the beat of human heart cells

8:15pm February 10, 2022

by Jon Hamilton

Tiny, robotic fish powered by human heart cells suggest that scientists are getting closer to their goal of building replacement hearts from living tissue.

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President Barack Obama bumped fists with Nathan Copeland during a tour of innovation projects at the White House Frontiers Conference at the University of Pittsburgh in 2016.

Health & Safety

Scientists Bring The Sense Of Touch To A Robotic Arm

6:44pm May 20, 2021

by Jon Hamilton

A man who is paralyzed can quickly perform tasks like pouring a glass of water, thanks to a mind-controlled robotic arm that conveys a sense of touch.

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Elham Mansori, Florence Poya, Nahida Khajazadeh and Somaya Farooqi, members of the Afghan Dreamers, are building a mechanized version of the hand-operated ventilator.

All-Girl Robotics Team In Afghanistan Works On Low-Cost Ventilator ... With Car Parts

10:46am May 21, 2020

Automated ventilators are expensive. Hand-operated ventilators require a lot of labor. So these teens are on a quest to create a mechanized bag-valve-mask that'll do the job.

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A Creator Burger fresh out of the robot that toasted the buns, sliced the produce, shredded the cheese, and cooked the beef.

Fad Or The Future? Robot-Made Burgers Wow The Crowds In San Francisco

5:25pm August 24, 2018

by Anna Mantzaris

As more culinary robots find their way into commercial food prep, one restaurant in San Francisco called Creator is hoping to strike a balance between high tech and the human touch.

Ayanna Howard, a roboticist at Georgia Tech, was always interested in building robots.

Science

Being Different Helped A NASA Roboticist Achieve Her Dream

9:50am December 19, 2017

Ayanna Howard was 27 when she headed her first team at NASA. She talks about feeling like an outsider, and discovering that diversity drives innovation.

World News

How Did The Afghan All-Girl Team Do At The Robotics Competition?

5:27pm July 20, 2017

by Courtney Columbus

The Afghan team made headlines even before the event started when their visas were denied. But they made it after all!

Fatoumata Ceesay of team Gambia displays her country's flag at the First Global Challenge.

World News

Meet The Other Robotics Team That Almost Didn't Make It To The Competition

6:29pm July 17, 2017

by Courtney Columbus

The team from Gambia was denied visas when they first applied. "Having no hope to come, we still worked," says team captain Alieu Bah.

After twice being denied visas, a team of Afghan girls, who stopped for a photo at Herat International Airport in western Afghanistan on Thursday, has been permitted to travel to the U.S. for a robotics competition.

Afghan Girls Robotics Team Allowed To Enter U.S. For Competition

6:50pm July 13, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

President Trump intervened to find a way to permit the girls entry after their applications for visas were twice rejected. For the budding scientists, the path to compete has been a long one.