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Kids are having fun, career building through robots
Curated from www.kxnet.com - July 15th, 2022 by igor_X

Pfaff says he is aspiring to be a software engineer, which is one of the many reasons he is also assisting at the camp.

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Deformable pump gives soft robots a heart | Cornell Chronicle
Curated from news.cornell.edu - July 15th, 2022 by igor_X

A collaboration between Cornell researchers and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory has leveraged hydrodynamic and magnetic forces to drive a rubbery, deformable pump that can provide soft robots with a circulatory system, in effect mimicking the biology of animals.

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Exploring the Red Planet with Robots
Curated from airandspace.si.edu - July 15th, 2022 by igor_X

Take a look back with us at the landers, rovers, and helicopter that have explored Mars.

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Engineers need better tools to design spacecraft and robots more quickly
Curated from qz.com - July 15th, 2022 by igor_X

KittyCAD and Violet Labs want to give hardware engineers the tools that revolutionzed software design.

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Robots cut worker injuries but increase drug abuse risk - Futurity
Curated from www.futurity.org - July 15th, 2022 by igor_X

Americans who have robots as coworkers are more likely to suffer from adverse mental health effects—and are more likely to abuse drugs or alcohol.

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Human-like robot tricks people into thinking it has a mind of its own
Curated from www.livescience.com - July 15th, 2022 by igor_X

It was actually being controlled by researchers.

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Wandering Robots in the Wild
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - July 15th, 2022 by igor_X

In order to better understand how people will interact with mobile robots in the wild, we need to take them out of the lab and deploy them in the real world. But this isn’t easy to do.

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Material recovery to double at MRF after EverestLabs installation
Curated from www.recyclingproductnews.com - July 14th, 2022 by igor_X

The Sunnyvale Materials Recovery and Transfer Station will install additional EverestLabs RecycleOS robotics to aid in quality control by the end of...

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Nothing nerdy about robotics title
Curated from www.yourobserver.com - July 14th, 2022 by igor_X

Two Lakewood Ranch High students placed second at the National TSA's VEX Robotics Competition, propelling each other toward their aeronautical dreams.

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Nuro lays off employees in Texas, California and Arizona - The Robot Report
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - July 14th, 2022 by igor_X

Nuro joins a number of companies announcing layoffs this month, with the company letting go of employees in Texas, California and Arizona.

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Starfish embryos swim in formation like a 'living crystal,' could inform the design of self-assembling robotic swarms
Curated from phys.org - July 14th, 2022 by igor_X

In its earliest stages, long before it sprouts its signature appendages, a starfish embryo resembles a tiny bead, spinning through the water like a miniature ball bearing.

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Robot and AI Sci-Fi Books Like Murderbot
Curated from bookriot.com - July 14th, 2022 by igor_X

Love All Systems Red by Martha Wells? Check out these eight other sci-fi books full of robots and AI like Murderbot.

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Robot that can perceive its body has self-awareness, claim researchers | New Scientist
Curated from www.newscientist.com - July 14th, 2022 by igor_X

The team claims to have given a robot self-awareness of its location in physical space, but others are sceptical

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Efforts to regulate 'killer robots' are threatened by war in Ukraine | New Scientist
Curated from www.newscientist.com - July 14th, 2022 by igor_X

International efforts to legally control the use of "killer robots" are faltering because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

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2 Your Health: Robotic prostate cancer procedure reduces recovery time
Curated from www.counton2.com - July 13th, 2022 by igor_X

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.  And in some cases, they may require surgery to …

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Russia threatens ISS European robotic arm after ExoMars termination - SpaceNews
Curated from spacenews.com - July 13th, 2022 by igor_X

ESA has officially ended cooperation with Russia on the ExoMars mission, prompting a Russian threat to halt use of an ISS European robotic arm.

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From science fiction to reality: Austin's Apptroniks humanoid robot
Curated from www.statesman.com - July 13th, 2022 by igor_X

Apptronik says its next-generation robots are capable of changing the way we work and live.

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The Robot Guerrilla Campaign to Recreate the Elgin Marbles
Curated from www.nytimes.com - July 13th, 2022 by igor_X

The British Museum has staunchly refused to return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece. A team of archaeologists are working on a technological solution to the dispute.

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Meet the new robot companions helping to fight depression and loneliness in aging adults 
Curated from fortune.com - July 13th, 2022 by igor_X

“Even though it’s a robot, it’s someone to say hello to."

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How to use grants and partnerships to fund early stage robotic startups
Curated from techcrunch.com - July 12th, 2022 by igor_X

Attabotics provides warehouses with a novel robotic solution that is reinventing supply chain management. The company has attracted investment from a wide range of investors, including Gordon Food Service, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension fund, and traditional firms like Coatue Management and Forerunne...

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XPENG Robotics Completes US$100M Series A Funding
Curated from www.finsmes.com - July 12th, 2022 by igor_X

Xpeng Robotics, a Shenzen, China-based affiliate of XPeng Inc. and a key part of its mobility ecosystem dedicated to creating smart robots, raised over US$100 million in Series A funding

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DoorDash bought Chowbotics last year, now it’s shutting down the salad robot startup
Curated from techcrunch.com - July 12th, 2022 by igor_X

DoorDash has decided to cease operation of the Chowbotics business, effective August 31st, 2022.

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'Hot robots' may be necessary for future nuclear space missions
Curated from www.space.com - July 12th, 2022 by igor_X

These robots could boldly go where no man has gone before - and survived.

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Chinese EV maker XPeng’s robotics arm raises $100 million to bring robots to households in 2 years
Curated from www.cnbc.com - July 12th, 2022 by igor_X

XPeng's focus is still on growing its electric car sales, but the firm has been keeping one eye on the future via spin-off entities in robotics and flying cars.

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