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Piestro Uses Robots to Make Pizzas | Los Angeles Business Journal
Curated from labusinessjournal.com - April 5th, 2021 by igor_X

Massimo Noja De Marco has been in the food service and hospitality industry for decades, with stints at Wolfgang Puck Catering, SBE Entertainment Group and Wurstkuche Restaurants.

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Scientists Create the Next Generation of Living Robots
Curated from now.tufts.edu - April 5th, 2021 by igor_X

Last year, a team of biologists and computer scientists from Tufts University and the University of Vermont (UVM) created novel, tiny self-healing biological machines from frog cells called

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Cheat At Cornhole With A Bazillion-Dollar Robot
Curated from hackaday.com - April 5th, 2021 by igor_X

While the days of outdoor cookouts may be a few months away for most of us, that certainly leaves plenty of time to prepare for that moment. While some may spend that time perfecting recipies or do…

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Zeus Fighting Robot Must Pack Some Serious Punches for $4,500
Curated from www.autoevolution.com - April 4th, 2021 by igor_X

Back in 2011, a movie called 'Real Steel' hit theaters. It was all about boxing robots going after each other in both official and underground fights, throwing punches left and right as their handlers were gunning for the ultimate title.

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Swiss start-up deploys robots to disinfect passenger aircrafts using UV light
Curated from www.gizmochina.com - April 4th, 2021 by igor_X

The COVID-19 pandemic hit the airline industry very hard, and several airlines across the world are still grappling with the pandemic’s effects. At the height of the pandemic in 2020, many airports were shut down for extended periods. There were fears that the virus was being transmitted rapidly thr...

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China’s robot restaurant
Curated from www.scmp.com - April 4th, 2021 by igor_X

A restaurant in China is using robots to deliver a fully automated dining and cooking experience for customers. At the Foodom restaurant in Foshan, a city in the southern province of Guangdong,…

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Sophia the robot sells digital NFT artwork for nearly $700,000
Curated from newatlas.com - April 2nd, 2021 by geraldinebc15

Continuing the wave of extraordinary digital art sales manifested by new blockchain-based NFT technology, an artwork co-created by the famous humanoid robot Sophia has now sold for just under US$700,000.

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Future EVs could be made out of batteries | Engadget
Curated from www.engadget.com - April 2nd, 2021 by geraldinebc15

EV batteries are large and expensive. Nanom thinks it has a solution: a cheaper, longer-lasting cell that can be built right in to the structure of a vehicle.

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Even without a brain, metal-eating robots can search for food | Penn Today
Curated from penntoday.upenn.edu - April 2nd, 2021 by igor_X

SEAS engineers are developing robot-powered technology with energy sources that are harvested in the robot’s environment.

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MIT robot uses radio waves to find and retrieve hidden objects
Curated from thenextweb.com - April 2nd, 2021 by igor_X

MIT researchers have developed a robotic system that uses RF signals and computer vision to grasp objects that are hidden from a camera's view.

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Is Boston Dynamics becoming a boring robotics company?
Curated from bdtechtalks.com - April 2nd, 2021 by igor_X

Boston Dynamics's new robot Stretch is boring in comparison to the company's previous achievements. But it can be the product that turns the research lab into a profitable company.

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Scientists have created living robots that can self-heal and record memories
Curated from thenextweb.com - April 2nd, 2021 by igor_X

The tiny robots were manufactured from the stem cells of frogs and could one day detect diseases, deliver drugs, and clean up radioactive waste.

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Bipedal Robots Are Learning To Move With Arms as Well as Legs
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - April 1st, 2021 by geraldinebc15

Multi-contact locomotion helps humans get around tricky environments, and it’s a skill robots are starting to learn

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Boston Dynamics gets to work with its new Stretch robot
Curated from newatlas.com - April 1st, 2021 by geraldinebc15

Boston Dynamics has revealed its first robot developed specifically for commercial applications. Named Stretch, the robot has been designed for warehouse work, purpose-built for mobile deployment in existing spaces.

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Specialized's latest e-bike is a lighter, easier-to-ride city cruiser | Engadget
Curated from www.engadget.com - April 1st, 2021 by geraldinebc15

Specialized has introduced the Turbo Como SL, a super light e-bike meant for maneuverability and less effort when you pedal.

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MIT study finds labelling errors in datasets used to test AI | Engadget
Curated from www.engadget.com - March 30th, 2021 by geraldinebc15

Over three percent of data in the most-cited datasets was deemed inaccurate or mislabeled.

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Video: Inside Boston Dynamics' robotics headquarters
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - March 30th, 2021 by geraldinebc15

60 Minutes got an exclusive look inside Boston Dynamics' headquarters in Waltham, Mass. You can watch the video here if you missed it.

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Backpack AI system helps the visually-impaired navigate safely
Curated from newatlas.com - March 30th, 2021 by geraldinebc15

Autonomous vehicles and robots use elaborate suites of sensors and cameras to make sense of their surroundings – but visually-impaired people still get by with canes and guide dogs. Now, engineers have developed a voice-activated wearable system that can track obstacles in real-time and describe a p...

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This tiny, robotic dragonfly flies around to detect and clean up oil
Curated from www.syfy.com - March 30th, 2021 by igor_X

Borrowing yet again from the ingenious design of Mother Nature, scientists at Duke University have created an elegant robotic dragonfly to help detect and diffuse environmental hazards around the

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Omnidirectional mini robot could soon be patrolling your home
Curated from newatlas.com - March 30th, 2021 by igor_X

While most of us can't afford to pay a person to patrol our home at night, it would still be nice to know that something was checking up on stuff as we slept. That's where Moorebot's Scout robot is designed to come in.

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'Hamster ball' robot could explore Moon caves | Engadget
Curated from www.engadget.com - March 30th, 2021 by igor_X

The ESA is backing a 'hamster ball' robot, DAEDALUS, that would explore Moon caves for signs of water ice and even potential settler sites.

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Shadow Plays Jenga, and More
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - March 29th, 2021 by geraldinebc15

The Shadow Robot team couldn't resist! Our Operator, Joanna, is using the Shadow Teleoperation System which, fun and games aside, can help those in difficult, dangerous and distant jobs.

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Boston Dynamics' Stretch robot handles truck unloading & palletizing
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - March 29th, 2021 by geraldinebc15

Boston Dynamics revealed its Stretch robot, a mobile manipulator designed to move boxes out of trucks and build pallets inside warehouses.

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VR wristband tracks finger-taps via vibrating wrist bones
Curated from newatlas.com - March 29th, 2021 by geraldinebc15

Currently, if you want a VR setup to "know" what your individual fingers are doing, you either have to wear special gloves or place your hands directly in front of a camera. A new system, however, keeps tabs on the fingers via a simple wristband.

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