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Robotics Jan 24, 2019

Interactive control to guide industrial robots

Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU have developed an innovative technology enabling people and large industrial robots to work together in an intuitive way that feels a lot ...

Earth Sciences Jan 24, 2019

One year into the mission, autonomous ocean robots set a record in survey of Antarctic ice shelf

A team of ocean robots deployed in January 2018 have, over the past year, been the first self-guided ocean robots to successfully travel under an ice sheet and return to report long-term observations.

Robotics Jan 23, 2019

Amazon rolls out 'Scout' delivery robots

Amazon on Wednesday began putting cooler-sized robots to work delivering packages to customers in a neighborhood outside Seattle.

Business Jan 23, 2019

Technology and robots will shake labour policies in Asia and the world

In the 21st century, governments cannot ignore how changes in technology will affect employment and political stability.

Nanophysics Jan 23, 2019

New 3-D nanoprinting strategy opens door to revolution in medicine, robotics

Engineers at the University of Maryland (UMD) have created the first 3-D-printed fluid circuit element so tiny that 10 could rest on the width of a human hair. The diode ensures fluids move in only a single direction—a ...

Robotics Jan 22, 2019

Some robots walk. Others fly. He built one that can do both.

A bipedal robot walks on the surface of a distant planet. Its sensors scan the environment, sending data back to Earth. It comes to a crumbling hillside, flexes its knees and leaps, thrusters whirring, to land safely above ...

Robotics Jan 22, 2019

Increasing skepticism against robots

In Europe, people are more reserved regarding robots than they were five years ago. This is shown in a new study published by scientists from Linz and Würzburg.

Business Jan 17, 2019

Amazon sets conference on robotics, artificial intelligence

Amazon announced plans Thursday to hold a conference open to the public on robotics, space and artificial intelligence, as well as to discuss future applications of emerging technologies.

Robotics Jan 17, 2019

Robots can go all the way to Mars but they can't pick up the groceries

Cambridge researchers are studying the interaction between robots and humans – and teaching them how to do the very difficult things that we find easy.

Archaeology Jan 16, 2019

Robot recreates the walk of a 290-million-year-old creature

How did the earliest land animals move? Scientists have used a nearly 300-million-year old fossil skeleton and preserved ancient footprints to create a moving robot model of prehistoric life.

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