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Experts: It’d Be “Relatively Easy” to Deploy Killer Robots by 2021
Curated from futurism.com - June 26th, 2019 by RobotShop

Prototypes of killer robots are already in development and could be ready for action within two years, according to a new Vox story.

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Facebook makes PyRobot open source to speed robotics, AI research
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - June 26th, 2019 by RobotShop

Facebook Inc. today announced that it is making the PyRobot framework for robotics research and benchmarking open source.

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NASA taps CMU to develop robots to help turn pits on the Moon into potential habitats
Curated from techcrunch.com - June 26th, 2019 by RobotShop

Lunar rovers are cool — but imagine how much cooler they’d be if they could also rappel. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University will try to make rappelling robots a reality, after having been selected by NASA as the recipient of a new $2 million research grant aimed at coming up with new technolo...

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Toyota Basketball Bot Earns Guinness Record With 2,020 Perfect Throws
Curated from www.digitaltrends.com - June 25th, 2019 by RobotShop

After years of trial and error, a humanoid robot built by Toyota (yes, the car company!) set a Guinness World Record for its impressive basketball shooting abilities. The robot, known as CUE3, earner its record by sinking 2,020 free throws in a row, without ever missing a shot.

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Artificial intelligence sees construction site accidents before they happen
Curated from www.technologyreview.com - June 25th, 2019 by RobotShop

Construction companies are developing an AI system that predicts worksite injuries—an example of the growing use of workplace surveillance.

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$35 Raspberry Pi 4 announced with 4K support and up to 4GB of RAM
Curated from www.theverge.com - June 25th, 2019 by RobotShop

The Raspberry Pi foundation has announced the fourth version of its miniature budget computer. The Raspberry Pi 4 keeps the same form-factor and $35 starting price of its predecessor, but it has improved specs across the board.

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Susanna Reid gets freaked out by robot that LOOKS like her and speaks on Good Morning Britain
Curated from www.thesun.co.uk - June 25th, 2019 by RobotShop

SUSANNA Reid was freaked out by a robot that LOOKS like her and even speaks on Good Morning Britain today. The robot sported brunette hair and large brown eyes just like pretty Susanna and was able…

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Airbot One Air Duct Cleaning Robot
Curated from www.roboticgizmos.com - June 24th, 2019 by RobotShop

Meet the Airbot One robot: a duct inspection and cleaning robot that is propelled by 2 powerful motors.

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Industrial Robots Stepping in to Help Economies with Inadequate and Expensive Labor Force | RoboticsTomorrow
Curated from www.roboticstomorrow.com - June 24th, 2019 by RobotShop

It is expected that such robots will not only boost productivity but will also provide advanced smart assistance to humans in the coming years.

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Cleaning up nuclear waste is an obvious task for robots - Dangerous work
Curated from www.economist.com - June 24th, 2019 by RobotShop

But designing ’bots that can do it is hard

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A new chip lets robots “imagine” their actions before they make a move
Curated from www.technologyreview.com - June 24th, 2019 by RobotShop

Robots that can rapidly plan out their movements could accelerate factory automation—and help keep fragile humans safe.

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Sensitive Whiskers Could Make Small Drones Safer - IEEE Spectrum
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - June 21st, 2019 by RobotShop

This whisker sensing system can detect air pressure from objects even before they make physical contact

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iRobot enters the classroom with acquisition of Root Robotics
Curated from www.engadget.com - June 21st, 2019 by RobotShop

iRobot, the company behind the Roomba, is about to do more than vacuum your house, mop your floors and mow the lawn. Today the company announced that it'

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New Mind-Controlled Robot Arm First to Work Without Brain Implant
Curated from futurism.com - June 21st, 2019 by RobotShop

Researchers have created the first noninvasive mind-controlled robot arm that exhibits the kind of smooth motion that previously required a brain implant.

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Dishcraft Robotics Takes Over Dishwashing From Humans - IEEE Spectrum
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - June 21st, 2019 by RobotShop

Washing dishes is a problem that robots can solve, at least in commercial kitchens

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Machine Vision Sales in North America Declined in Q1 2019
Curated from www.roboticsbusinessreview.com - June 20th, 2019 by RobotShop

North American sales of machine vision components and systems that provide vision intelligence to robots and other devices declined 4.5% over the first quarter of 2019

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Training robots to relieve chronic pain
Curated from phys.org - June 20th, 2019 by RobotShop

Researchers at Swinburne have developed a collaborative robot system to automatically treat back, neck and head pain caused by soft tissue injury.

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Marty the Robot is newest Stop & Shop employee, and here's what it does
Curated from www.app.com - June 20th, 2019 by RobotShop

Earlier this year, Stop & Shop and its sister stores, Giant and Martin's, deployed nearly 500 autonomous robots to its grocery stores. In a statement announcing the move, it was hailed as  "one of the most significant deployments of robotics innovation in the grocery retail industry.”

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Robot Fish Powered by Synthetic Blood Just Keeps Swimming - IEEE Spectrum
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - June 20th, 2019 by RobotShop

A liquid battery that doubles as hydraulic fluid helps this robot swim for up to 36 hours

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MiR Launches Robots-as-a-Service Option for its Mobile Robots
Curated from www.roboticsbusinessreview.com - June 19th, 2019 by RobotShop

A robots-as-a-service option has been launched by Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) to provide leasing alternatives for its autonomous mobile robots.

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What Adam Savage Needs to Know to Fly an Iron Man Suit
Curated from www.wired.com - June 19th, 2019 by RobotShop

In the first episode of Savage Builds, Adam Savage tries to build and control an Iron Man flying suit. But he didn't quite figure out the controls.

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This Video of a Robot Beating Up Humans Is Extremely Satisfying
Curated from www.popularmechanics.com - June 19th, 2019 by RobotShop

The Boston Dynamics parody is seriously impressive ... and perhaps a bit ominous.

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BionicWheelBot
Curated from www.wevolver.com - June 18th, 2019 by RobotShop

The BionicWheelBot has eight legs, enabling it to both walk and roll.

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In the Future, Sex Robots could be Prescribed by your Doctor
Curated from www.technowize.com - June 14th, 2019 by RobotShop

Doctors could soon prescribe sex robots to patients with sexual dysfunction to meet their sexual needs, said Dr. Marianne Brandon at the Applied Evolutionary Psychology Society’s Mental Health Symposium.

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