A robot designed by Lely helps save farmers from bending and stooping.  Farmers are known to need knee and hip surgery.  This system saves them from bending, stooping and the later need for surgery.
Cornish dairy farmer Fred Harvey and family have been using the Lely robotic milking system since 2006 to great success. The herd [...]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has begun testing two mars robots named Bruno and Bradley.
The robots feature extreme manuverability and can rotate one wheel at a time if needed.  They can also move sideways like a crab.
The robots will also carry large payloads, be able to make decisions on their own and drill down up [...]

The students at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh Scotland have created an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UAV).
They have also entered and won the Student Autonomous Underwater Challenge - Europe (SAUC-E), besting 5 other teams.  The challenge was held in France this year.
The team also won the THALES Special Award for innovation in autonomy, taking home €11,000.
Their [...]

Japanese researchers at the University of Tokyo have created a so called “e-skin” to enable robots to feel more.
The rubber sheet is filled with carbon nanotubes that allow electricity to be applied to it.  The rubber sheet is completely bendable and can be mounted on curved surfaces.
The “e-skin” could be used to make integrated circuits [...]

The robot called the Autosub 6000 is being deployed by the National Oceanography Center in Southampton UK.
It will run for 1,000 kilometers at a time on lithium polymer battery packs.  It should have used the difference in water temperature as its energy source like the robot glider from Woods Hole.
The Autosub 600 will be sent [...]