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The first tendril-like soft robot able to climb
Jan 25, 2019 (SPX)
Barbara Mazzolai was listed in 2015 among the 25 most influential women in robotics by RoboHub, and in 2012 she coordinated the EU-funded project "Plantoid" tha...
Information theory holds surprises for machine learning
Jan 25, 2019 (SPX)
The conception goes something like this: because of their ability to discard useless information, a class of machine learning algorithms called deep neural netw...
NC State researchers create 3D-printed soft mesh robots
Jan 24, 2019 (SPX)
"This research shows capabilities in the emerging field of combining 3D printing and soft robotics," said Orlin Velev, S. Frank and Doris Culberson Distinguishe...
Automation to hit most jobs, but overall impact 'muted': study
Jan 24, 2019 (AFP)
"Almost no occupation will be unaffected by the adoption of currently available technologies," said the Brookings Institution study. The researchers, examining ...
Amazon rolls out 'Scout' delivery robots
Jan 23, 2019 (AFP)
Electric-powered, wheeled delivery vehicles named "Scout" were created by Amazon and guide themselves along sidewalks at a walking pace, according to Sean Scott...
Increasing skepticism against robots
Jan 23, 2019 (SPX)
More and more robots in everyday life. But how do people feel about robots? Apparently increasingly uncomfortable, as the two professors show in the journal Com...
Paw patrol: Sony offers robocop dog at home
Jan 23, 2019 (AFP)
The 30-centimetre (one-foot) robopup with flapping ears and cutting-edge LED eyes will roam around the home at pre-designated times looking for family members. ...
Smart microrobots that can adapt to their surroundings
Jan 21, 2019 (SPX)
The group of scientists - led by Selman Sakar at EPFL and Bradley Nelson at ETH Zurich - drew inspiration from bacteria to design smart, biocompatible microrobo...
Amazon sets conference on robotics, artificial intelligence
Jan 17, 2019 (AFP)
The re:MARS conference in Las Vegas will include "visionary talks, interactive workshops, technical deep dives, roundtables, hands-on demos, and more," an Amazo...
WSU smart home tests first elder care robot
Jan 15, 2019 (SPX)
The Robot Activity Support System, or RAS, uses sensors embedded in a WSU smart home to determine where its residents are, what they are doing and when they nee...
Deere puts spotlight on high-tech farming
Jan 10, 2019 (AFP)
Deere brought its massive agricultural combine and GPS-guided tractor to the Las Vegas technology event, making the point that farming is more than sticking a f...
Artificial bug eyes
Jan 10, 2019 (SPX)
That's why scientists are developing artificial compound eyes to give sight to autonomous vehicles and robots, among other applications. Now, a report in ACS Na...
How game theory can bring humans and robots closer together
Jan 08, 2019 (SPX)
The research team used adaptive control and Nash equilibrium game theory to programme a robot that can understand its human user's behaviour in order to better ...
Breadmaking robot startup eyes fresh connections
Jan 07, 2019 (AFP)
Wilkinson Baking Company unveiled its BreadBot at the Consumer Electronics Show, a machine that mixes and bakes up to 235 loaves a day. Chief executive Randall ...
Growing bio-inspired shapes with hundreds of tiny robots
Jan 02, 2019 (SPX)
"We show that it is possible to apply nature's concepts of self-organisation to human technology like robots," says EMBL Barcelona group leader James Sharpe. "T...
First Harris T7 bomb disposal robots sent to British army
Dec 26, 2018 (UPI)
The T7 ground vehicles, manufactured by Florida-based Harris, are equipped with high-definition cameras, data links, an adjustable manipulation arm, and tank-li...
Self-driving rovers tested in Mars-like Morocco
Dec 21, 2018 (ESA)
This marked the end of the first phase of the strategic research cluster on space robotics technologies, a scheme funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 pr...
New models sense human trust in smart machines
Dec 17, 2018 (SPX)
The long-term goal of the overall field of research is to design intelligent machines capable of changing their behavior to enhance human trust in them. The new...
Robot shown on Russian TV revealed to be man in costume
Dec 12, 2018 (AFP)
The Rossiya 24 rolling news channel on Tuesday broadcast footage of what it presented as a dancing, singing robot at a technology forum for school pupils. "At t...
Norfolk Navy Shipyard introducing exoskeletons for workers
Dec 07, 2018 (UPI)
The Robotics Subcommittee has been investigating technologies that will assist shipyard employees. The Levitate AIRFRAME is a flexible mechanical back-mounted u...
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