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Robot is building a three-bedroom house in East Yorkshire in UK first
Curated from www.dailymail.co.uk - October 7th, 2020 by igor_X

Built by York-based firm Construction Automation, the machine is capable of setting down all the bricks, blocks and mortar - and can even 'build around corners'.

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Robot reapers and AI: Just another day on the farm | ZDNet
Curated from www.zdnet.com - October 7th, 2020 by igor_X

Pressures on agriculture have forced a technological revolution that are driving a new age of farming.

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Mail delivery robot makes test run on Tokyo road
Curated from www.bangkokpost.com - October 7th, 2020 by igor_X

TOKYO: Japan Post on Wednesday unveiled a self-driving mail delivery robot, the first of its kind on a public road in Japan, as demand grows for minimising human contact amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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A smarter, more capable Flippy robot knows how to fry 19 things
Curated from www.engadget.com - October 7th, 2020 by geraldinebc15

Miso Robotics (makers of Flippy, the burger-flipping robot chef) argue that the path back to financial stability for America’s restaurants will require an autonomous revolution.

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Toyota Research Institute shows robot prototypes in virtual open house
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - October 7th, 2020 by geraldinebc15

Toyota Research Institute demonstrated its research into household robots in a virtual reality open house for the media this week.

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Switchblade 600 drone provides improved loitering missile capability
Curated from newatlas.com - October 7th, 2020 by geraldinebc15

AeroVironment has unveiled its latest loitering missile unmanned aircraft system for the US Army and other customers. Based on the Switchblade 300, which was deployed with US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2011, the Switchblade 600 is larger with increased capabilities.

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This malfunctioning dental school robot is terrifying | Boing Boing
Curated from boingboing.net - October 7th, 2020 by igor_X

Nightmare fuel.

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Hacker Has Robot Give Yubikey The Finger
Curated from hackaday.com - October 7th, 2020 by igor_X

[Bertrand Fan] is not a fan of the tiny, hard-to-actuate button on the average Yubikey. Before all that is 2020 occurred, [Bert] had the little 2FA nano-donglette plugged into a spare USB port on t…

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Underwater robots to autonomously dock mid-mission to recharge and transfer data
Curated from techxplore.com - October 7th, 2020 by igor_X

Robots can be amazing tools for search-and-rescue missions and environmental studies, but eventually they must return to a base to recharge their batteries and upload their data. That can be a challenge ...

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newme is an tele-presence avatar robot by japan's largest airline
Curated from www.designboom.com - October 7th, 2020 by igor_X

 

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A robot suitcase could replace canes and guide dogs for blind people
Curated from edition.cnn.com - October 7th, 2020 by igor_X

A suitcase packed with artificial intelligence technology could help blind people travel the world in a whole new way.

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An Open-Source Bionic Leg
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - October 6th, 2020 by geraldinebc15

Freely available designs could help drive advanced control systems

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Jetson Nano 2GB designed by NVIDIA to make AI more accessible
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - October 6th, 2020 by geraldinebc15

NVIDIA said its new Jetson Nano 2GB Developer Kit is designed to be affordable while empowering newcomers to AI, robotics, and IoT.

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BIG shoots for the Moon with 3D-printed lunar habitat plan
Curated from newatlas.com - October 6th, 2020 by geraldinebc15

The Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has conceived some of the most interesting architecture projects we've seen on land, and even water, but its latest design is out of this world – literally. It involves the development of 3D-printed Moon habitats that could be used to support the human exploration of Ea...

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Robot Dogs Can Help Seniors Cope—Especially During Covid
Curated from www.wired.com - October 4th, 2020 by igor_X

They're not about to replace real-life therapy dogs, but research shows that motorized mutts can benefit people struggling with loneliness or dementia.

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How Robots Became Essential Workers in the COVID-19 Response
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - October 3rd, 2020 by geraldinebc15

Autonomous machines proved their worth in hospitals, offices, and on city streets

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Nvidia Releases ‘Imaginaire’ Library for Image and Video Synthesis
Curated from medium.com - October 3rd, 2020 by geraldinebc15

Imaginaire, a universal PyTorch library designed for various GAN-based tasks and methods.

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PTR Robots announces mobile robot for lifting and rehabilitating patients
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - October 3rd, 2020 by geraldinebc15

Blue Ocean Robotics spinoff PTR Robots said its new mobile robotic lift can help nurses avoid strain and limit staff exposure to infections.

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Video Friday: An In-Depth Look at Mesmer Humanoid Robot
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - October 3rd, 2020 by igor_X

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

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Robot Cat Takes Inspiration From Nature
Curated from hackaday.com - October 1st, 2020 by igor_X

Oftentimes, a project starts with a clean sheet of paper, and we set out wildly sketching towards the goal in our minds. However, it can pay to do your research first, as [Chen Liang] demonstrates …

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Bentonville becomes second city in the US to employ crime-fighting robot
Curated from www.nwahomepage.com - October 1st, 2020 by igor_X

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A northwest Arkansas city becomes the second in the nation to implement the latest technology in the effort to keep citizens safe. The Bentonville bomb squad r…

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What tiny surfing robots teach us about surface tension
Curated from phys.org - October 1st, 2020 by igor_X

Propelled by chemical changes in surface tension, microrobots surfing across fluid interfaces lead researchers to new ideas.

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Yale's smart robotic fabric is as flexible as you need it to be
Curated from www.engadget.com - October 1st, 2020 by igor_X

Now a research team out of Yale University has taken the technology one step further with the invention of smart, robotic fabric that can change its shape and stiffness on the fly. The team, led by Dr. Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, spun epoxy into fibers that can vary their stiffness thanks to the part...

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Toyota Research Demonstrates Ceiling-Mounted Home Robot
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - October 1st, 2020 by geraldinebc15

This prototype manipulator is just one of the cool robots that TRI has been working on

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