What’s new in robotics this week? China’s had a telescope on the moon the...
Why humans interact better with robots that have imperfections; China reveals its lunar robot telescope; Walking-rolling robot; Capital last obstacle to sustainable asteroid mining, and more....
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? A robot with digital hormones
Why robots with “hormones” are a good thing; the return of the uncanny valley; robots falling over (intelligently); drone regulation; South Korea-Samsung investment in robot factories; and more....
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? Robots can now teach each other new tricks
Robots teach each other new tricks; versatile construction bots; Leeds to employ robot utility inspectors and workers; Hollywood drone mishap; Robopocalypse Now! and more. Robots can now teach each...
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? It’s getting harder to tell a human from an...
Almost human robots; N. American robotics market sets new record; Chinese robot sets walking record; will superhuman robots be our friends and more. Almost human robots, how to tell them apart from a...
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? Robotic spacecraft riding the solar wind
Credit: Alexandre Szames, Antigravite, Paris, France Solar wind for robotic spacecraft, AI in fiction ranked by evilness, the drone with no flight time limit and 10 drones you won’t need to register....
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? Empathy for robots
Japanese researchers have found that humans empathize with robots; Zano mini drone Kickstarter shut down; police pull over Google car; and more. Empathy For Robots: Similar But Not Quite The Same...
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? Researchers teach robots to disobey (for...
Researchers teaching robots to disobey human instructions; bug-zapping robot helps 8-year old; new drone regulations; robot tractors; and more. Researchers Teaching Robots How to Best Reject Orders...
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? Bosch unveils agricultural robot
Italian humanoid; Robot Car Championship; Ethics of Robot Love; Bosch unveils agricultural robot; Tribute to Joseph Engelberger in New York Times; Robot Samurai; Geminoid F; and more. Walk-Man the...
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? DJI is training 10K drone pilots
ROS Turns 8; DJI Japan to train drone operators; farewell Nereus; New robot for kids with autism; Mercedes-Benz adds lane change tech, and much more. ROS Turns 8 (Open Source Robotics Foundation) The...
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? Australia’s $310K (AUD) firefighting bot
Plus: empathy for humanoids; learning to walk using neural networks; X Prize for marine robots; turtle-inspired robot … and much more. Australia unveils firefighting robot that is way better than...
View ArticleThe robotics year, 2015 in review
As 2015 draws to a close, it’s a good time to take a look back at a few of the stories and trends that defined the past year. So, without further ado.. Drone Regulation in the U.S. What a saga! The...
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? U.S. Army showcases driverless technology
The pioneer of artificial intelligence left us at 88 years old; Google’s ‘AI’ breakthrough; Robotic customer service; the army showcases examples of driverless trucks; world fastest Rubik cube solving,...
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? Chameleon robot blends in with its...
Mechanical chameleon through dynamic real-time plasmonic tuning. Source: Wired UK/youtube Soft bots; record-breaking North American robot sales; robots saving refugees; chameleon robot blends in with...
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? SpaceX sending Dragon spacecraft to Mars as...
Musk for Mars; Mexican robotics revolution; Russia “battle bot”; MIT student’s robot kitchen; Integrating automation; and more. Find out what’s happening in our robotics universe this week. Mars...
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? First commercial 3D printer in space is up...
The wrench 3D-printed by the Additive Manufacturing Facility (AMF) aboard the International Space Station has the name of toolmaker Kobalt emblazoned on its side — the result of a partnership between...
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? Limiting cuteness in robot design
Credit: Lijin Aryananda Automatica coverage; new sUAS rules; limiting cuteness in robot design; bots to become electronic persons?; European Robotics League launches, and more. Find out what’s...
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? Amazon’s robot champion
Amazon Picking Challenge 2016 Pick Task Finals – Team Delft. Source: RoboValley/YouTube Amazon’s robot champion; Bipedal robot’s testing terrain; Robots thinking like predators; Major flaw in Turing...
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? SoftBank spending $32 billion on ARM
Softbank spending $32 billion on ARM; tactile intelligence is the future of robotic grasping; a ‘cyborg’ robot is built out of sea slug muscles and 3D printing; a German robot grills up sausages and...
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week: British Standards Institute releases...
Source: The Guardian Ethics guidelines for robots; $1m grant for cobot research; Lyft fleet to be autonomous in 5 years; self-driving car policy; Russian bot arrested, and more. Find out what’s...
View ArticleWhat’s new in robotics this week? China’s had a telescope on the moon the...
Why humans interact better with robots that have imperfections; China reveals its lunar robot telescope; Walking-rolling robot; Capital last obstacle to sustainable asteroid mining, and more....
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