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 ...

In fact, you could say Robbie was made for her. But then that’s exactly what Joanne, who was born without arms or legs, asked for when she addressed a UN conference two years ago and challenged ...

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 ...

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 ...

A prototype robot designed by TCD researchers and engineering students for Cork teenager Joanne O’Riordan, who was born without limbs due to a rare congenital disorder known as total amelia syndrome, ...

A robot prototype created to act as an assistant for Cork teenager Joanne O’Riordan, who was born without arms or legs, has passed a UN inspection by the secretary general of the International ...

Robots with cat-like faces are pitching in at two Vancouver Island restaurants to deliver food and drinks to customers at a time when the hospitality sector is desperate for staff. Customers are ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new resident of the Math Sciences Building is supporting the sophisticated data-storage needs of researchers at Purdue University and helping to establish the institution ...

A robot watching TV could help us learn how to spot signs of dementia. Robbie is a part of a computer science project at Edge Hill University.. And he's been watching episodes of Emmerdale which has ...