The flexible electronic skin is packed with sensors, wireless transmitters, and tiny vibrating magnets that provide haptic feedback to users.
Robots could be invaluable allies for older adults and people with physical disabilities, as they could assist them in their day-to-day life and reduce their reliance on human carers. A type of robotic ...
Science fiction is full of computer programmes and androids who fall afoul of the plots of some of Shakespeare’s most brutal tragedies.
Misty has had a hell of a journey of it. After raising $11.5 million from Foundry and Venrock, then crowdfunding its personal robot, the company hit a series of challenges. Today, Swedish social robotics company Furhat Robotics is offering the beleaguered startup a gentle landing in what the Swedish...
French startup Exotec has raised a $335 million Series D round in a new round of funding led by Goldman Sachs’ Growth Equity business. Following today’s investment, the company has reached a valuation of $2 billion. Exotec sells a complete end-to-end solution to turn a regular warehouse into a parti...
Denmark-based company Rope Robotics unveiled the BR-8 robot that walks along the enormous blades of wind turbines to perform repairs and...
China has developed the world's largest electric-powered quadruped bionic robot, which is expected to join logistics delivery and reconnaissance missions in complex environments that have proven too challenging for human soldiers, including remote border regions and highly risky combat zones, analys...
One local grocery store is getting creative with how they’re checking inventory. The goal is to help with product efficiency while freeing up employees to help customers.
Watch how noodles, rice and burgers are prepared and delivered by robots at the Beijing Olympics Village. Journalists are among the early attendees having this futuristic experience.
Despite having a few common elements, AI and robotics are not the same. To understand the difference between the two, one can imagine AI to be the brain and robots to be the body of artificially intelligent robots—the combination of AI and robotics.
The milestone enables next-generation robotic fleet to navigate city sidewalks more safely and efficiently.
Robo-advisors, which use algorithms to help put investing on auto pilot, are growing more popular. But are they right for everyone?
The company was recently approved for a patent on the mechanical eyeball, which is designed to better track human eye movement.
Unitree Robotics, well known for providing affordable legged robots along with questionable Star Wars-themed promotional videos, has announced a brand new, custom-made, 6-degree-of-freedom robotic arm intended to be mounted on the back of its larger quadrupeds. Also, it will save humanity from Sith
Joshua Martinangeli, 7, is too ill to go to school. But the German student can still interact with his teacher and classmates through an avatar robot that sits in class in his place and sends a blinking signal when he has something to say.
This robot is equipped with sarcasm, not machine guns.
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The "world's most advanced" humanoid robot was having none of it when a heckler asked her if she had a boyfriend.
Over the past few decades, computer scientists have been trying to train robots to tackle a variety of tasks, including house chores and manufacturing processes. One of the most renowned strategies used ...
Flying, bug-like bots are becoming more efficient, and you can now refuel in Tibet via an app-controlled, explosion-resistant robot.
By placing a marimo, a naturally forming ball of algae, inside a plastic shell, researchers have created a robot that can move through water powered only by photosynthesis
Join CGTN at China's first sci-tech museum for bionic robots and interact with robots built in the image of world renowned figures including theoretical physicist Albert Einstein and Chinese man of letters Lu Xun.
Even in the era of the virtual event, it tends to take me a few days to recover from the whirlwind of CES. Frontloading the year’s big hardware news is a bit less than ideal, but perhaps the changing nature of the big tech event will bring adjustments to the news cycle, as well. For […]
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