Internal logistics is an indispensable part of the supply chain, especially in large manufacturing enterprises. However, the tasks involved can also be quite repetitive. Humans can easily do such t…
The Obayashi Corporation, one of the five largest construction companies in Japan, is building a giant dam with robots, according to a report on the Nikkei Asian Review website. The dam project is…
Meet Erica, an android believed to be Hollywood’s first fully autonomous artificially intelligent actor. Can she overcome the uncanny valley?
The One Love Machine band are a scrappy crew. They have an affinity for punk rock, and members of the band play the bass, drums and flute. Oh, and they're all robots. The band is made up of scrap metal animatronics, created from salvaged junk from scrapyards around Berlin. For creator of the band Ko...
Acrobat Mattias Lindström interacts with an industrial robot during the performance of "The Last Fish."
Singulation and sorting of parcels is a demanding task for humans, and the latest 3D vision-driven robots can help logistics operations.
Python rules the roost, but Cobol gets a pandemic bump
NASA plans to send an 8.4 foot telescope into the upper stratosphere aboard a “football stadium” sized balloon. ASTHROS (astrophysics stratospheric telescope for high spectral resolution observerations at submillimeter-wavelengths) will study the gases around newly-formed giant stars by observing th...
Capturing the complexities of the human hand is a difficult task – just ask any artist or animator. Now, engineers at Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a new wearable system that uses thermal sensors to accurately predict hand positions, with potential applica...
Like many big Quebec lottery winners, Guylaine Desjardins received her prize at a Loto-Quebec press conference. But unlike previous winners, Desjardins was handed her cheque by a peculiar presenter.
Israeli machine learning system turns drone tracking data into a finger pointedi right at a concealed pilot
China successfully launched a combination Mars orbiter and rover early this morning, using a Long March 5 rocket that took off from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan Island at 12:41 AM EDT. The Tianwen-1 payload it carries represents China’s first full-scale Mars exploration mission, after ...
Generally speaking, robotic "hands" vary between rigid devices with a firm grasp, and softer, gentler gadgets that are a bit wimpier. Now, however, scientists have created an appendage that they claim combines the best features of both.
Bored kids at home? These free, printable worksheets will help kids learn about robots
Humanoid robots have not stood up to the expectation set forth by Rosie from The Jetsons in the 1960s, but they’re finally becoming good enough to come to market.
A serial entrepreneur describes current fundraising trends and what robotics startups should consider as they seek investment.
In August, a robot will begin placing food and drinks on store shelves in Japan. This is a test that the robot's maker hopes will increase automation.
Neuroscientist Agnieszka Wykowska investigates how the human brain reacts to embodied artificial intelligence.
Michigan State researchers have developed flexible hybrid pneumatic actuator that combines aspects of both hard and soft robotic grippers.
Swiss student Johan Link created an instructable for making a Ball Balancing PID System, and he posted a very nice video demonstration.
The global pandemic has accelerated the development and proliferation of contactless restaurant technologies that enable positive guest experiences and improved efficiencies — while, most importantly, reducing the risk of exposure to the deadly virus that [...]
The IEEE senior member’s IMDB biography described him as an “electronics wizard.” He operated R2-D2 in the Star Wars prequels. He also built robots for television. They included Geoff Peterson—Craig Ferguson’s android sidekick on “The Late Late Show”—and the Energizer batteries bunny mascot.
MIT researchers developed a representation of spatial perception for robots that is modeled after the way humans perceive and navigate the world.
More and more, workplaces are using assistive exoskeletons to protect their employees from injury. One of the newest, the 4th-generation version of German Bionic's Cray X, features a lightweight carbon fiber frame.
