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Rutgers researchers develop automated robotic device for faster blood testing
Jun 22, 2018 (SPX)
A study describing the fully automated device is published online in the journal TECHNOLOGY. "This device represents the holy grail in blood testing technology,...
Future robots need no motors
Jun 19, 2018 (SPX)
A mechanical engineering team led by Professor Alfonso Ngan Hing-wan, Chair Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, and Kingboard Professor in Materials...
Robots learn by checking in on team members
Jun 19, 2018 (SPX)
"Giving UAVs more autonomy makes them an even more valuable resource," says Mohamed Abdelkader, who worked on the project with his colleagues under the guidance...
A fast, low-voltage actuator for soft and wearable robotics
Jun 18, 2018 (SPX)
Today, it is easy to envision a world in which humans and robots collaborate - in close proximity - in many realms. Emerging soft robots may help to ensure that...
'iPal' robot companion for China's lonely children
Jun 14, 2018 (AFP)
The "iPal" was among a slew of new tech unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show Asia in Shanghai this week, offering education and company for lonely children...
Cometh the cyborg: improved integration of living muscles into robots
Jun 12, 2018 (SPX)
Now, in a study reported in the journal Science Robotics, researchers at The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science have overcome these problems by...
C2-A2 AGRODROID the world's new Smart Farming product
Jun 12, 2018 (SPX)
Cognitive Technologies - one of the top developers of AI-based systems for self-driving cars and autonomous transportation - announces the launch of the world's...
Self-healing material a breakthrough for bio-inspired robotics
Jun 12, 2018 (SPX)
This soft-matter composite material is composed of liquid metal droplets suspended in a soft elastomer. When damaged, the droplets rupture to form new connectio...
Service Robotics Market worth over $22bn by 2024
Jun 07, 2018 (SPX)
Indeed, it would be apt to state that the deployment of advanced technologies in robots have revolutionized a plethora of application sectors ranging from healt...
'Smart' material enables novel applications in autonomous driving and robotics
May 30, 2018 (SPX)
Liquid Crystals, already widely used in flat-screen TVs, are materials that are in a state between solid and liquid. Prof Jan Lagerwall and his team at the Phys...
Lu resignation a blow for Baidu's push into AI, analysts say
May 21, 2018 (AFP)
The loss of chief operating officer and AI expert Lu Qi is the latest blow for the company, often referred to as China's Google, which has invested heavily in i...
Robotic assembly of the world's smallest house
May 21, 2018 (SPX)
The microhouse construction, reported in the Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, from AIP Publishing, demonstrates how researchers can advance optical s...
Google pushes artificial intelligence for upgraded news app
May 20, 2018 (AFP)
Google chief Sundar Pichai, who unveiled the updated Google News earlier this month, said the app now "surfaces the news you care about from trusted sources whi...
Robot teaches itself how to dress people
May 15, 2018 (SPX)
To help address this need, a robot at the Georgia Institute of Technology is successfully sliding hospital gowns on people's arms. The machine doesn't use its e...
Wearable ring, wristband allow users to control smart tech with hand gestures
May 15, 2018 (SPX)
Using acoustic chirps emitted from a ring and received by a wristband, like a smartwatch, the system is able to recognize 22 different micro finger gestures tha...
Human-sounding Google Assistant sparks ethics questions
May 10, 2018 (AFP)
The unveiling of the natural-sounding robo-assistant by the tech giant this week wowed some observers, but left others fretting over the ethics of how the human...
Google pitches artificial intelligence to help unplug
May 09, 2018 (AFP)
Kicking off the tech giant's annual developers conference, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai argued that its AI-powered digital assistant had the potential t...
First robotic system plays tic tac toe to improve task performance
May 07, 2018 (SPX)
The interdisciplinary research team designed a game with a robotic arm to simulate "3D Functional Activities of Daily Living" - actions people undertake daily, ...
Researchers selected to develop novel approaches to lifelong machine learning
May 07, 2018 (SPX)
DARPA's Lifelong Learning Machines (L2M) program, drawing inspiration from biological systems, seeks to develop fundamentally new ML approaches that allow syste...
NASA's swarmathon improves student skills in robotics, computer science
May 01, 2018 (SPX)
In her welcoming remarks, Deputy Center Director Janet Petro noted that work is ongoing to prepare for NASA's new rocket that will send humans to deep space. Th...
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