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You Will Not Feel the World’s Smallest Walking RC Robot Crawling Across Your Body
With all the doom and gloom over the inevitable robot apocalypse, we’ve at least been able to take solace in the fact that we’ll see…
New deep learning technique paves path to pizza-making robots
This article is part of our coverage of the latest in AI research. For humans, working with deformable objects is not significantly more difficult than…
Home Security Robots Are Already Here to Protect You
Robots are already cleaning our homes (and giving free rides to pets), but the market for home security robots is quickly expanding. There are already…
US tests of robotic patrol dogs on Mexican border prompt outcry
Civil liberties group urges Washington to cancel programme to prevent ‘slide into anti-immigrant dystopia’ The US is testing robotic patrol dogs along its frontier with…
Police use robot dogs to test unhoused people for Covid
Vice reports that the Honolulu Police Department spent $150,000 on a Robot Dog from Boston Dynamics, plus $11 on a thermometer, to go around to…
Check out this robot restaurant built for the Winter Games
A robot restaurant built for the Winter Olympics delivers meals from the ceiling and is designed to minimize human contact to prevent COVID-19 infections. Source:…
Grasping Robotic Drone Can Land on a Branch Like a Freakin’ Bird
A newly developed, bio-inspired aerial robot can land on a variety of branches and carry objects like a bird. Read more… Source: https://gizmodo.com/grasping-robotic-drone-can-land-on-a-branch-like-a-frea-1848151578 Proactive Computing…
Ameca humanoid robot puts AI in a gender-neutral, ‘non-threatening’ body
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is one of the most prolific areas of research in several fields. AI has vast potential to improve medicine and many…
Caltech’s LEONARDO bipedal robot can skateboard and more
Researchers from Caltech have built a new bipedal robot that leverages a new type of locomotion, making it nimble and capable of completing complex movements….
iRobot built over 100 models of dog poop to train Roomba’s visual AI
Apparently Roomba owners who also own dogs have long encountered a problem: If the dog poops on the floor, their helpful robot vacuum rides right…
Ford has new robotic test drivers at its Weather Factory
One of the cooler buildings that Ford has for testing its automobiles is called the Weather Factory. At the Weather Factory, Ford can simulate all…
Hospitals are taking on a surgical robot monopoly
Several hospitals have mounted a legal battle against the company that makes the da Vinci surgical robot, alleging its monopoly position forces hospitals to buy…
NYPD cancels use of robotic dog after backlash
The New York Police Department (NYPD) will no longer be using the controversial “robot dog” following mounting uproar against the machine’s use, officials confirmed Wednesday.John Mi……
New Robots Could Use Synthetic Bat Ears to Pinpoint Sound Sources 🦇
Led by mechanical engineering professor Rolf Mueller, a team of researchers at Virginia Tech developed a new, bat-inspired technology to help robots accurately determine a…
Contractors, Beware: This Robot Is Coming for Your Job
It’s been hard to automate construction and home improvement. While there is plenty of room for robots on the worksite, I doubt any of us…
Laid off by the pandemic, some workers find robots took their job
After social distancing measures forced layoffs in labor-intensive factories, manufacturers turned to automation, despite the high cost. Now, they aren’t going back. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/manufacturers-embrace-robots-perfect-pandemic-worker-n1263434 Proactive…
New York lawmaker wants to ban police use of armed robots
Enlarge (credit: Michael Cohen | Getty Images) New York City councilmember Ben Kallos says he “watched in horror” last month when city police responded to…
Talking robots with Ford
Before we get too far into this week’s roundup, I want to kick things off with an interview we haven’t published anywhere else. Earlier this…
Minor League Baseball Reportedly Experimenting with Robot Umpires
The seeds of the robot apocalypse are apparently being sown in Minor League Baseball. Or rather, the minor leagues appear to be one more sector…
This is Catfish Charlie, the CIA’s robot spy fish
In the 1990s, the CIA’s Office of Advanced Technologies and Programs built Charlie, a remote-controlled robotic fish to surreptitiously collect water samples. According to the…
Artists outfitted robot dog Spot with a paintball gun in commentary on futuristic killer robots, just as NYDP deploys the same robot
On Tuesday, the New York Police Department reportedly unleashed Spot, the state-of-the-art robotic dog from Boston Dynamics, to do reconnaissance at a home invasion crime…
Air-powered robot uses no electronics
University of California San Diego engineers have created a soft quadruped robot that doesn’t require any electronics to work. The robot only needs a constant…
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