Six ways robots are used today that you probably didn't know about
How many times in the past week do you think your life was affected by a robot?
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Tiny fish-shaped robot 'swims' around picking up microplastics
Microplastics are found nearly everywhere on Earth and can be harmful to animals if they're ingested. But it's hard to remove such tiny particles from the environment, especially once they settle into nooks and crannies at ...
Nanophysics
Jun 22, 2022
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Delivery robots are showing up on city sidewalks
Designers of futuristic cityscapes envision delivery drones dropping off your packages from the sky and driverless cars taking you to work. But the robotic delivery invasion already has arrived in the form of machines that ...
Robotics
Dec 16, 2016
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Robot earns its shoes, walks like a person
What do you give a robot when it takes it first steps like a human? Its first pair of shoes.
Robotics
Jul 13, 2016
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A satellite with a harpoon, net and drag sail to capture space junk is in orbit and will be tested soon
After almost 70 years of spaceflight, space debris has become a rather serious problem. This junk, which floats around in low Earth orbit (LEO), consists of the spent first rocket stages and non-functioning satellites and ...
Space Exploration
Jun 29, 2018
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Only slight chance of asteroid Bennu hitting Earth: NASA
An asteroid known as Bennu will pass within half the distance of the Earth to the Moon in the year 2135 but the probability of an impact with our planet in the coming centuries is very slight, scientists said Wednesday.
Space Exploration
Aug 11, 2021
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NASA, Sierra Space deliver Dream Chaser spaceplane to Florida for launch preparation
As part of NASA's efforts to expand commercial resupply in low Earth orbit, Sierra Space's uncrewed spaceplane arrived at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of its first flight to the International Space Station.
Space Exploration
May 20, 2024
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Robots at center of China's strategy to leapfrog rivals
The Canbot can say its name, respond to voice commands, and "dance" as it plays Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean." Other robots China is displaying at the World Robot Conference can play badminton, sand cell phone cases and ...
Robotics
Oct 24, 2016
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French designer shows off DIY robot in public for first time
A French designer has shown his humanoid DIY robot to the public for the first time.
Robotics
May 26, 2017
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Cleaning equipment-maker hopes to introduce industrial-sized Roomba-like floor scrubber
New robotics technology is seeping into every part of manufacturing - even the cleaning of the factory floors and assembly lines.
Robotics
Nov 25, 2016
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