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Roach-inspired robot nearly as fast as real thing, unsquashable

Jul 31, 2019 (UPI)

The new robot, developed by engineers at Cal, can run nearly as fast as a cockroach and as is even harder to kill. If one were to stomp on the little robot, the...

In the shoes of a robot: The future approaches

Jul 24, 2019 (SPX)

One of its authors, Francesco Pavani, professor of Psychology at the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC) and at the Department of Psychology and Cognitive Sc...

Russia's Humanoid Robot FEDOR Renamed to Skybot Ahead of Its First Space Mission

Jul 22, 2019 (Sputnik)

"Anthropomorphic robot Skybot F-850 and its control equipment have been delivered to corporation Energia," the corporation said, referring to FEDOR. Energia is ...

Get up and go bots getting closer, study says

Jul 22, 2019 (SPX)

Researchers who specialize in 3D printing have long sought to make an entire robot in one print - a machine that would be able to walk itself away from the prin...

Kitchen disruption: better food through artificial intelligence

Jul 21, 2019 (AFP)

Increasingly, players in the food industry are embracing artificial intelligence to better understand the dynamics of flavor, aroma and other factors that go in...

A squeaky clean: friendly robots spruce up Singapore

Jul 18, 2019 (AFP)

Four of the robots, which have oval-shaped heads with lights for eyes, have already got down to work and it is hoped that 300 will be put into service by March ...

With Squad X, dismounted units partner with AI to dominate battlespace

Jul 13, 2019 (SPX)

"We are in a race with potential adversaries to operationalize autonomy, and we have the opportunity to demonstrate autonomy in a way that we don't believe any ...

Robot-ants that can jump, communicate with each other and work together

Jul 11, 2019 (SPX)

At EPFL, robotics researchers in Professor Jamie Paik's Laboratory have reproduced this phenomenon, developing tiny robots that display minimal physical intelli...

For climbing robots, the sky's the limit

Jul 11, 2019 (JPL)

In its last field test in Death Valley, California, in early 2019, LEMUR chose a route up a cliff while scanning the rock for ancient fossils from the sea that ...

Engineers design robot to pick iceberg lettuce

Jul 10, 2019 (UPI)

The picking of dozens of fruit and vegetable crops has been automated, but engineers have struggled to design a robot and the necessary algorithms to effectivel...

Tiny motor can 'walk' to carry out tasks

Jul 08, 2019 (SPX)

Gershenfeld and his students have been making steady progress in that direction ever since. Their latest achievement, presented this week at an international ro...

Jumping space robot 'flies' like a spacecraft

Jul 08, 2019 (ESA)

SpaceBok is a quadruped robot designed and built by a Swiss student team from ETH Zurich and ZHAW Zurich. It is currently being tested using robotic facilities ...

Safe, low-cost, modular, self-programming robots

Jul 01, 2019 (SPX)

When companies use robots to produce goods, they generally have to position their automatic helpers in safety cages to reduce the risk of injury to people worki...

Artificial intelligence controls robotic arm to pack boxes and cut costs

Jul 01, 2019 (SPX)

"We can achieve low-cost, automated solutions that are easily deployable. The key is to make minimal but effective hardware choices and focus on robust algorith...

NASA's first Astrobee robot Bumble starts flying in space

Jun 24, 2019 (SPX)

Robots that can operate on their own in space, such as Astrobee, can be caretakers for NASA's lunar gateway and will play a significant part in NASA's future mi...

'Robot blood' powers robotic fish in Cornell laboratory

Jun 20, 2019 (UPI)

Scientists have developed a robotic fish powered by "robot blood." The hydraulic liquid circulatory system allows the robot to use, store and transfer energy. "...

I, Chatbot: Getting your news from a talkative automaton

Jun 16, 2019 (AFP)

If it seems like a personal question, don't worry -- Jam isn't a person, but a chatbot, eager for a bubbly conversation about the news, environment, pop culture...

Investing in Tech Concepts Aimed at Exploring Lunar Craters, Mining Asteroids

Jun 12, 2019 (SPX)

"We are pursuing new technologies across our development portfolio that could help make deep space exploration more Earth-independent by utilizing resources on ...

British art dealer unveils pioneering robot artist

Jun 05, 2019 (AFP)

Ai-Da is the brainchild of Aidan Meller, who claims she is the world's first ultra-realistic humanoid artist, able to draw creatively thanks to in-built artific...

Better together: human and robot co-workers

Jun 03, 2019 (SPX)

However, an interdisciplinary research team from the universities of Gottingen, Duisburg-Essen and Trier has observed that cooperation between humans and machin...