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Kansas farmer invents robots to reduce pesticide use
Curated from www.nwaonline.com - July 16th, 2021 by igor_X

For years, Kansas farmer Clint Brauer has struggled with keeping weeds out of his row crops. Along with keeping living roots in the ground, organic practices and no-till methods, he tried crimping -- but the pigweeds just grew taller.

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Check This Chess-Playing Raspberry Pi Robot
Curated from www.tomshardware.com - July 16th, 2021 by igor_X

Not that kind of Single Board Computer

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Dutch queen and robot open 3D-printed bridge in Amsterdam
Curated from abcnews.go.com - July 16th, 2021 by igor_X

Dutch Queen Maxima has teamed up with a small robot to unveil a steel 3D-printed steel pedestrian bridge over a canal in the heart of Amsterdam’s red light district

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Paramedics in the UK Have a New Teammate – a Robot That Does the CPR for Them
Curated from www.goodnewsnetwork.org - July 15th, 2021 by igor_X

The gurney-mounted LUCAS-3 compression robot performs live-saving CPR in the UK, freeing up paramedic hands for other tasks.

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The Greek laser weapon that hits drones every 2-3 seconds - Greek City Times
Curated from greekcitytimes.com - July 15th, 2021 by igor_X

The inventor of the first robot in Greece, Konstantinos Soukos, has pushed Greece into a new era by creating laser weapons that target drones.

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Crawling Robots Plod Ahead in Oil and Gas Asset Inspections
Curated from www.rigzone.com - July 15th, 2021 by igor_X

One of Gecko Robotics' crawling robots performs a pipe inspection. PHOTO SOURCE: Gecko Robotics

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Watch a 3D-printed robotic hand play Nintendo
Curated from www.cbsnews.com - July 15th, 2021 by igor_X

Using "soft robotics," engineers at the University of Maryland built a prosthesis powered by water and air.

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Robots may have to dig through ice to find life on Europa
Curated from www.dailymail.co.uk - July 14th, 2021 by igor_X

Robots may have to dig through at least a foot of ice on Jupiter's moon Europa, a new study suggests, as the ice moon is being hit with 'impact gardening.'

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Humanoid Robot Keeps Getting Fired From His Jobs
Curated from www.wsj.com - July 14th, 2021 by igor_X

SoftBank’s humanoid robot had big career plans, including a job at a bank and dancing with the elderly. Ask about Pepper these days, though, and the conversation gets awkward.

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Researchers Create Simulator to Help Robots Wield Knives
Curated from thespoon.tech - July 14th, 2021 by igor_X

Robotics researchers from NVIDIA and the University of Southern California (USC) announced today the first differentiable simulator for robotic cutting, or DiSECt for short. This new simulator can …

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A Capable Nerf Launcher Robot
Curated from hackaday.com - July 13th, 2021 by igor_X

Nerf blasters are fun to play with, and it’s now possible to even get robotic Nerf launchers you can use to chase around your friends. [Engineering After Hours] wasn’t satisfied with th…

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Stealthy robot trout could infiltrate schools of fish and monitor ...
Curated from www.chemistryworld.com - July 13th, 2021 by igor_X

Piezoelectric robotic fish swims like the real thing and harvests energy that could power on-board sensors

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Drone swarms are coming to the Middle East and Israel is leading the way
Curated from www.jpost.com - July 13th, 2021 by igor_X

Evidence shows not the creation of “killer robots,” but rather the networking of drones and other autonomous or unmanned systems.

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MIT robot could help people with limited mobility dress themselves | Engadget
Curated from www.engadget.com - July 13th, 2021 by igor_X

Scientists at MIT CSAIL have developed an algorithm that would allow robots to efficiently dress people by allowing for non-harmful collisions..

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UBTECH Robotics unveils its new intelligent humanoid service robot
Curated from www.inceptivemind.com - July 12th, 2021 by igor_X

Walker X is your agile, smart companion that aims to one day be an indispensable part of your family.

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‘We Don’t Need Another Michelangelo’: In Italy, It’s Robots’ Turn to Sculpt
Curated from www.nytimes.com - July 12th, 2021 by igor_X

Using the same marble found in Renaissance masterpieces, a team of robots is accepting commissions. Their owners say tech is essential to Italy’s artistic future.

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Robots come to the rescue after Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
Curated from www.cbsnews.com - July 12th, 2021 by igor_X

More than 10 years after a powerful earthquake and tsunami caused a massive nuclear meltdown in the Daiichi Power Plant, Lesley Stahl reports on the unprecedented cleanup effort.

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Stumble-proof robot adapts to challenging terrain in real time
Curated from techcrunch.com - July 9th, 2021 by igor_X

Robots have a hard time improvising, and encountering an unusual surface or obstacle usually means an abrupt stop or hard fall. But researchers at Facebook AI have created a new model for robotic locomotion that adapts in real time to any terrain it encounters, changing its gait on the fly to keep t...

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From the Farm: Ag robots
Curated from www.wcia.com - July 9th, 2021 by igor_X

URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) — Robots were operating on the UIUC south farms on Wednesday as researchers were putting them through their paces.   Arun — a second-year graduate student — was develo…

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Drug-delivery robots deployed at Israel’s largest hospital to cut chemo wait
Curated from www.timesofisrael.com - July 9th, 2021 by igor_X

The robots will whirr along a system of underground tunnels, use regular corridors, and even call and ride elevators, to race drugs to patients as fast as possible

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Somebody created a Roomba for dog poop and the world will never be the same
Curated from www.upworthy.com - July 8th, 2021 by igor_X

It hunts down and scoops up the poop all by itself.

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This robot fish makes seafood more sustainable | Greenbiz
Curated from www.greenbiz.com - July 8th, 2021 by igor_X

Aquaai's mechanized surveillance swimmers are helping fish farms be more efficient and clean.

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Blount County robotics team creates life-saving technology
Curated from www.wvlt.tv - July 8th, 2021 by igor_X

Heritage High School Skills USA students placed in a national robotics competition.

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I Got Eyelash Extensions Done By a Huge Robot, and Here's How It Truly Went Down
Curated from www.popsugar.com - July 8th, 2021 by igor_X

As I walked into the LUUM headquarters in Oakland, CA, I was . . . a little nervous. As an editor who loves all things beauty, I volunteered to test out the

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