Allow me to borrow a phrase from baseball for a moment. If you follow the sport, you’re likely aware of the concept of the “three true outcomes.” They are, specifically, a home run, a strikeout, and a walk. The throughline between the three is that, in most instances, they’re not determined by the d...
Six-year-old Karter Goodchild was born with cerebral palsy. He loves walking, thanks to a device called the Trexo Robotics Gait Training Home System.
Advancing smart dust concepts is inhibited by a lack of equally small on-chip power sources that can function anytime and anywhere. Could this microbattery the size of a grain of salt be the solution?
Aloft Hotel at Cascadia Station first deployed "Robby" back in December to roam the parking lot.
From fall detection cameras to COVID-19-testing robots, the event showcased several technological innovations.
Xiaomi has launched the Mijia Cooking Robot for pre-order in China. The smart device has 35 different uses, with a maximum heating temperature of 180 °C (~356 °F). The pot can hold up to 2.2 L and intelligently cook as little as 1 g (~0.04 oz) of food. Plus, an integrated display can show one of ove...
The FAA Aerospace Forecast predicts that through 2031, the general aviation fleet will increase at an average annual rate of 0.9%, growing from an estimated 224,172 in 2010 to 270,920 aircraft in 2031. Aerospace Manufacturing and Design serves the aerospace industry by providing timely information o...
Intel Labs introduced a new approach to neural network-based object learning that uses interactive online object learning methods.
IronOx is building regional robotic greenhouses. Here's what inside them.
Hinge joints are usually the simplest to use for robotic applications, but if you want motion that looks more organic, rolling joint (or rolling contact) mechanisms are worth a look. [Skyentific] i…
There’s plenty of power to be had from the sun, but you need to be out of the shade to receive it. [Dennis] built a robot by the name of Sun Chaser that has the smarts to go where the sun is …
Russia appears to have resolved the spacesuit power issue that cut a spacewalk short two weeks ago.
Along with being costly, herbicides can also harm the environment … so why apply them to a whole crop, instead of just the areas where weeds are growing? That's the thinking behind the Solix Sprayer robot, which spots and sprays weeds in farmers' fields.
Sending robots to the moon has become a routine part of space exploration, with innovators worldwide developing these rovers for monitoring and exploring the lunar surface. There is one aspect, howeve
Not to be outdone, this week Switzerland-based MSC Cruises announced an all-new amusement ride coming to its newest ship, MSC Seascape. Robotron, a robotic
Dragon is one of those robots with literally more degrees of freedom than it knows what to do with—in the sense that the hardware is all there, but the trick is getting it to use that hardware to do things that are actually useful in a reliable way.
One Valley restaurant explains why they've begun to use mobile robots to help serve their customers.
TOKYO (AP) — A small robot with a clip-like hand and enough smarts to know which drinks are popular is part of an effort to make convenience stores even more convenient. On a recent day in Tokyo, the robot named TX SCARA slid back and forth behind the refrigerated shelves in the back of a FamilyMar...
Hong Kong startup Rice Robotics' delivery bot Rice is designed to assist in settings like cafes and hotels. It's already serving up drinks around the city -- and the company hopes it will help to bring about a robot revolution in the hospitality sector.
New Jersey-based supply chain firm NFI has agreed to order $10 million worth of Boston Dynamics' Stretch robots for its U.S. warehouses.
This Raspberry Pi radio controller can also moonlight as a cute retro gaming handheld.
Robots are coming to football and, right now, they’re on Real Madrid’s side. If you thought semi-automated VAR at the World Cup was a step closer to a dystopian future you aren’t …
An Indianapolis-based robotics and automation company made a stop in South Bend to show off their new systems on Tuesday.
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