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Snapchat's latest set of lenses come with a timely reminder of the importance of social distancing. The app introduced two new lenses, created in collaboration with the World Health Organization, that use augmented reality to serve users with tips on how to stay healthy.

UC Berkeley is launching a pop-up testing lab that uses an automated liquid-handling robot to analyze swabs from patients to diagnose COVID-19.

Robots play an important role in fighting the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 around the globe. Disinfection robot UVD for example has been in high demand since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. Chinese hospitals have ordered more than 2,000 UVD robots by Danish manufacturer Blue Ocean Robotics. They starte...

Marine aquaculture pens have to be regularly checked for holes, plus the fish need to be inspected for disease or parasites. And although the job is typically performed by human divers, it turns out that a robotic sea turtle may be a better choice for the task.

Robots are being deployed in more and more situations, many of which involve collaboration between humans and robots—for example relieving humans of onerous tasks in the workplace. The challenges are ...

Here, she discusses what it means to identify as a creative without a consciousness with Futurist Geraldine Wharry

The Hastings Contemporary is offering virtual tours during the coronavirus lockdown.

The huge mirror of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope -- its successor to Hubble -- has been successfully tested for the first time, putting it one step closer to its eventual launch, which is slated for 2021. Like Hubble -- which has long outlived its original lifespan but is expected to remain oper...

Fei-Fei Li shared her thoughts on possible AI technologies that could help care for the seniors during the coronavirus pandemic

The OmniTact tactile sensor was designed for robotic manipulation. It uses micro-cameras to detect multi-directional deformations of a gel-based skin.

4-D printing is taking conventional 3-D printing and adding a time factor into the process. Certain materials that are compatible with biological systems expand, contract, bend, or straighten into calculated shapes when introduced to an external energy stimulus.

Covid-Sanity, a web interface designed to navigate the flood of bioRxiv and medRxiv COVID-19 papers.

An international medical team plans to publish the results of its first drone delivery of diabetes supplies to a patient in the Aran Islands.

More people are needed for blue collar jobs in areas where AI-enabled automation was to have the most impact. So where are the robots?

As the original epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, China was one of the top countries to deploy robotic technology to combat the coronavirus.

Companies are earmarking billions to create unattended retail experiences that optimize the combination of products, connected commerce and physical space.

We've seen many people around Metro Detroit step up to try to make a difference during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis. In Romeo, a team that usually works on robots is using 3D printers to help people stay safe on the front lines.

Army Has Another Go at Robotic Mule Program

Meet AVATRINA, a robotic nursing assistant under development at the University of Illinois that could potentially deliver some help when the next pandemic comes along.

On a chilly winter day, Moneesh Upmanyu took a walk with his son near their home outside of Boston. They passed a rhododendron bush, its thick green leaves curled up into thin tubes dangling limply from ...

The COVID-19 pandemic shows robots need to be better than proofs of concept and can no longer depend on on-site support for edge cases.

In the next few years, SpaceX will fly cargo to an orbit farther than where the ISS is. NASA has awarded the space agency with a contract to deliver critical cargo, scientific experiments and other supplies to the Lunar Gateway, which will serve as the staging point for missions headed to the lunar ...

Celltrio, a Silicon Valley-based laboratory automation startup, has develped systems combining robotics, cyrogenics, and cell culturing.

The new IDTechEx report, ‘Electric Vehicles and Robotics for Mining 2020-2030’ shows how electric vehicles and robotics progress to the....