A French inventor took to Kickstarter to raise funds for an insect-inspired winged drone called MetaFly. It generated quite a buzz. As of the time this article was published, more than 1,850 people have pledged over $187,500 to bring the drone to market. It's expected to ship in September 2019.
Smart robot Jibo has started informing its owner that its servers will be shut down any day now. Once that happens, its interactions will be limited.
Google parent company Alphabet is preparing to launch what the Australian Broadcasting Corporation says is the first commercial drone delivery service.
Over the last decade we have seen the challenges associated with the skills gap gain new dimensions given changes in workplace development, jobs, and in-demand skills in the 21st century economy.
How do you build a very big army of very small robots? Start with a 10-centimetre silicon wafer.
Japanese tech giant SoftBank partnered with NASA to build a massive solar-powered drone that can bring 5G connectivity to practically anywhere in the world.
At a Future of Work forum, experts say demographic shifts, not artificial intelligence, create the biggest challenges for today’s jobs and workplace.
Intel and academic groups are designing specialized hardware to speed path planning and other aspects of robot coordination
UNEXMIN is an EU Horizon 2020-funded project that is developing a novel robotic system, primarily designed for the autonomous exploration and mapping of Europe's flooded mines.
The issue of granting intelligent machines robot rights has drawn ambivalent responses from European legislators and members of the scientific committee following an appeal to grant robots personhood.
top predictions of where automation and robotics are set to make waves in 2019.
The 1980s were great years for robot fans: from Terminators to Short Circuit’s Johnny 5, you couldn’t move for robots on cinema screens and on TV.
Collaborative robotics leader Universal Robots today announced it will feature four different application clusters at the upcoming Automate 2019 show in Chicago, aimed to address the labor-hungry industries and applications in manufacturing that face shortages of workers.
Deep learning helps one of Georgia Tech's musical robots to understand humans and sing to them
Cortica embedded its "Autonomous A.I." solution on the Renesas system-on-chip (SoC) for self-driving cars. Autonomous A.I. uses "unsupervised learning" to enable vehicles to make predictions based on visual data. Cortica says unsupervised learning is faster and more accurate than deep learning-based...
An autonomous camera robot has been developed to shoot videos and photography of astronauts performing work on the International Space Station.
Last month, the U.S. Army put out a call to private companies for ideas about how to improve its planned semi-autonomous, AI-driven targeting system for tanks. In its request, the Army asked for help enabling the Advanced Targeting and Lethality Automated System (ATLAS) to “acquire, identify, and en...
An autonomous marine robot has been released at a Devon harbour in an attempt to clear it of plastic waste. With the ability to “swallow” up to 60kg of debris in one trip, the WasteShark has been proposed as a way to clean up coastal waters in the country’s most vital marine zones. Modelling their d...
Robotic grippers are continuing to evolve and diversify in response to widening commercial applications beyond manufacturing.
Mitsubishi Electric had developed an algorithm that measures inconsistencies in multiple sensors to thwart malicious manipulation
Instead of an employee walking through a store to manually gather the items in an online order, the machine does all the work. It travels through a system of conveyors and elevators, bringing the shelves to the employees.
The 2018 Holiday shopping season was the biggest on record for e-commerce, with nearly $126 billion in online sales. But as e-commerce continues to expand, the demand for warehouse workers is growing faster than the labor supply and creating an increased need for automation. Given its dominance in …
Chinese company INNFOS recently demoed the abilities of its humanoid robot XR-1, which can complete a slew of tasks with remarkable dexterity.
Courier delivery service FedEx has announced its entry into the fast-growing field of delivery robots with the SameDay Bot. The company's delivery bots are capable of roaming the streets autonomously, and can even hop curbs and climb stairs to deliver packages to your front door.
