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Baubot comes out with two new robots to aid in construction projects
Despite artificial intelligence and robotics adapting to many other areas of life and the work force, construction has long remained dominated by humans in neon caps and vests. Now, the robotics company Baubot has developed ...
Biorobotics lab builds submersible robot snake
Carnegie Mellon University's acclaimed snake-like robot can now slither its way underwater, allowing the modular robotics platform to inspect ships, submarines and infrastructure for damage.
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A robot that teaches itself to walk using reinforcement learning
A team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has built a two-legged robot with t he ability to teach itself to walk using reinforcement learning. The team has written a paper describing their work and ...
In an AI world we need to teach students how to work with robot writers
Robots are writing more of what we read on the internet. And artificial intelligence (AI) writing tools are becoming freely available for anyone, including students, to use.
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Apr 09, 2021
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Robo-starfish aims to enable closer study of aquatic life
Biologists have long experienced the challenges of documenting ocean life, with many species of fish proving quite sensitive to the underwater movements of humans.
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Apr 09, 2021
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Warm feelings about human-looking robots can turn icy when bots blunder
If a robot worker makes a mistake on the job, or annoys customers, businesses may not give it a pink slip and a cardboard box for its office belongings, but companies may be forced to shut down these expensive machines, according ...
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Apr 08, 2021
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The ulti-mutt pet? Chinese tech company develops robo-dogs
It's whip fast, obeys commands and doesn't leave unpleasant surprises on the floor—meet the AlphaDog, a robotic response to two of China's burgeoning loves: pets and technology.
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Apr 08, 2021
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Robots can be more aware of human co-workers, with system that provides context
Working safely is not only about processes, but context—understanding the work environment and circumstances, and being able to predict what other people will do next. A new system empowers robots with this level of context ...
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Apr 07, 2021
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Digital twin can protect physical systems and train new users
It is more complicated than copy and paste, but digital twins could be the way of future manufacturing according to researchers from the University of Kentucky. They developed a virtual environment based on human-robot interactions ...
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Apr 07, 2021
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A laser equipped robotic guide dog to lead people who are visually impaired
A small team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley has developed a robot dog to help in ways similar to real guide dogs. They have written a paper describing their robot guide dog and have uploaded it to ...
Robot artist sells art for $688,888, now eyeing music career
Sophia is a robot of many talents—she speaks, jokes, sings and even makes art. In March, she caused a stir in the art world when a digital work she created as part of a collaboration was sold at an auction for $688,888 ...
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Apr 03, 2021
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'Neutrobots' smuggle drugs to the brain without alerting the immune system
A team of researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology along with partners at the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, both in China, has developed a tiny robot that can ferry cancer drugs through ...
A robot that senses hidden objects
In recent years, robots have gained artificial vision, touch, and even smell. "Researchers have been giving robots human-like perception," says MIT Associate Professor Fadel Adib. In a new paper, Adib's team is pushing the ...
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Apr 01, 2021
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ThermoBots: Microrobots on the water
This research project was originated from the collaboration between two institutions with their respective expertise: The TIPs laboratory of the ULB, in Belgium, which is a group dedicated to the study of transport phenomena ...
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Apr 01, 2021
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Even without a brain, these metal-eating robots can search for food
When it comes to powering mobile robots, batteries present a problematic paradox: the more energy they contain, the more they weigh, and thus the more energy the robot needs to move. Energy harvesters, like solar panels, ...
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Mar 31, 2021
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Scientists create the next generation of living robots
Last year, a team of biologists and computer scientists from Tufts University and the University of Vermont (UVM) created novel, tiny self-healing biological machines from frog cells called "Xenobots" that could move around, ...
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Mar 31, 2021
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Roboreptile climbs like a real lizard
While a Mars rover can explore where no person has gone before, a smaller robot at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia could climb to new heights by mimicking the movements of a lizard.
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Mar 31, 2021
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Ready for duty: Healthcare robots get good prognosis for next pandemic
Not long after the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, Czech writer Karel Čapek first introduced the term "robot" to describe artificial people in his 1921 sci-fi play R.U.R. While we have not yet created the highly intelligent humanoid ...
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Mar 30, 2021
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Boston Dynamics' new robot Stretch can help move boxes in warehouses
Boston Dynamics, the company many people know for its dog robot Spot, has unveiled a new bot targeting warehouses.
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Mar 29, 2021
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How tiny machines become capable of learning
Living organisms, from bacteria to animals and humans, can perceive their environment and process, store and retrieve this information. They learn how to react to later situations using appropriate actions. A team of physicists ...
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