A team at Trinity College in Dublin is building a robot that will help those with disabilities become more independent. In April 2012, Irish teenager Joanne O'Riordan, who was born without arms or ...

In April 2012, Irish teenager Joanne O'Riordan, who was born without arms or legs, addressed the United Nations and asked for someone to build her a personal robot that would let her function more ...

If you do not speak English, I am at your disposal with 187 other languages along with their various dialects and sub-tongues. -- Robbie the Robot, in Forbidden Planet And for a mere $49,999.95, you ...

In April 2012, Irish teenager Joanne O'Riordan, who was born without arms or legs, addressed the United Nations and asked for someone to build her a personal robot that would let her function more ...

Fundraisers in Reading have smashed all records by raising the most money for any appeal in the shortest time. The campaign to keep the state-of-the-art robotic surgeon Robbie the Robot at the Royal ...

Purdue University scientists now have a $1 million robot system at its Math Sciences Building with the capacity to store up to 1 petabyte of data. The system -- named "Robbie the Robot" for the robot ...

Joanne O’Riordan was born with a rare condition called Tetra-amelia syndrome, and as a result, she doesn’t have any arms or legs. In the spring of 2012, the 18-year-old spoke at the United Nations ...

A robot is being trained to recognise signs of dementia – by watching TV. Robbie the Robot, believed to be the first gadget of its kind, binge-watched ITV soap opera Emmerdale to learn how to ...