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Ford bought a robotics company to boost its self-driving cars
Curated from www.engadget.com - August 5th, 2019 by RobotShop

has acquired a Michigan-based company called Quantum Signal to help it solve those problems and advance its goal of launching a self-driving vehicle business.

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Surprisingly Speedy Soft Robot Survives Being Stepped On - IEEE Spectrum
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - August 5th, 2019 by RobotShop

This little robot, developed by researchers from Tsinghua University in China and University of California, Berkeley, looks like a bent strip of paper, but it’s able to move at 20 body lengths per second and survive being stomped on.

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Can robots find a home in the classroom?
Curated from techcrunch.com - August 5th, 2019 by RobotShop

With the demise of some robot makers, it’s fair to wonder if there will be a time when robots have a real place in our lives. But some robots are finding a home in a counterintuitive place: schools.

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July 2019 robotics investment recap -- big deals increase
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - August 2nd, 2019 by RobotShop

In July 2019, autonomous vehicles, AI, and healthcare robots continued to receive investor support. Activity around manufacturing automation slowed.

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Stretchy Wearable Patch Allows Two-Way Communication With Robots - IEEE Spectrum
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - August 2nd, 2019 by RobotShop

Multifunctional metal-oxide semiconductor used to build flexible RRAM, transistors, and sensors

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One-Shot imitation from watching videos
Curated from www.wevolver.com - August 2nd, 2019 by RobotShop

The robot learns to place the peach into the red bowl after watching the human do so. 

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Microsoft invests $1 billion in OpenAI to pursue holy grail of artificial intelligence
Curated from www.theverge.com - August 1st, 2019 by RobotShop

The investment will make Microsoft the “exclusive” provider of cloud computing services to OpenAI, and the two companies will work together to develop new technologies.

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Robot Vacuum Manufacturer Will Add Support for Siri Shortcuts This Fall
Curated from www.digitaltrends.com - August 1st, 2019 by RobotShop

California-based Neato Robotics continues to add new bells and whistles to its popular line of robotic vacuums for the smart home. It has announced that a firmware update will add Siri Shortcuts that enable users of its robot vaccuums to start, stop, and direct its devices using voice commands.

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Strap on Your Exoskeleton and Dance, Dance, Dance
Curated from www.wired.com - August 1st, 2019 by RobotShop

A robot is making me dance.

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Guide to warehouse robots: types of warehouse robots, uses & more
Curated from 6river.com - August 1st, 2019 by RobotShop

More warehouses are adopting robotics technology than ever before. The warehouse robotics market was valued at $2.28 billion in 2016 ... Read More

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Robots in the vineyard
Curated from www.designworldonline.com - July 30th, 2019 by RobotShop

In France’s Bordeaux region, robots ensure that the wine is organically good. They autonomously eliminate grass and weeds between the vines, making

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Radio beacon-guided drone has a nose for toxic gases
Curated from newatlas.com - July 30th, 2019 by RobotShop

​In settings such as disaster sites, toxic gas leaks can pose a real risk to rescue teams. With that in mind, Spanish researchers have outfitted a small drone to go into buildings and check for such gases, before anyone enters.

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Swiss Post Suspends Drone Delivery Service After Second Crash - IEEE Spectrum
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - July 30th, 2019 by RobotShop

An emergency parachute failure raises questions about the safety of urban delivery drones

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Meet Aquanaut, the Underwater Transformer - IEEE Spectrum
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - July 30th, 2019 by RobotShop

Houston Mechatronics built a robot sub that transforms into a skilled humanoid

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TIAGo++ robot from PAL Robotics ready for two-armed tasks
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - July 29th, 2019 by RobotShop

TIAGo++ is intended to enable engineers to create applications that include a touchscreen interface for human-robot interaction (HRI) and require simultaneous perception, bilateral manipulation, mobility, and artificial intelligence.

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Remaking the World for Robots - IEEE Spectrum
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - July 29th, 2019 by RobotShop

Over time, we will design physical spaces to accommodate robots and augmented reality

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Fetch Robotics raises $46 million to expand warehouse automation internationally
Curated from techcrunch.com - July 29th, 2019 by RobotShop

he San Jose-based warehouse automation company’s total funding up to $94 million.

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Top 10 ROS-based robotics companies to know in 2019
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - July 29th, 2019 by RobotShop

list of the top 10 robotics companies worldwide that base their robotics products on ROS.

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Researchers develop modular bots that combine to form a single flexible machine
Curated from www.engadget.com - July 26th, 2019 by RobotShop

The robots can be connected in 17 different configurations.

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Toyota will spend 10 years perfecting its astronaut moon rover
Curated from www.engadget.com - July 26th, 2019 by RobotShop

Japan has an ambitious plan to send men to the moon by 2030 as part of a multinational mission and is determined they'll have a ride when they get there

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What’s new and what isn’t about Elon Musk’s brain-computer interface
Curated from www.technologyreview.com - July 26th, 2019 by RobotShop

It’s state of the art, but Neuralink still has a long way to go

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Boston Dynamics Says It’ll Sell Robots, But Won’t Give Any Details
Curated from futurism.com - July 26th, 2019 by RobotShop

Boston Dynamics is back in the news promising that it will start mass-producing and selling its SpotMini robot soon, but the details keep shifting.

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The flamethrower drone will soon be a thing you can buy
Curated from www.theverge.com - July 25th, 2019 by RobotShop

In pieces, anyhow

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Should robots ever look like us?
Curated from www.bbc.com - July 25th, 2019 by RobotShop

Some think humanoid robots will be easier to interact with, but others think we'll find them creepy.

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