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3 Smart Things About Animal-Inspired Robotics
Curated from www.wired.com - October 26th, 2018 by RobotShop

From the energy-efficient way turkeys walk to the "invincibility" of a cockroach, critters serve as models for tech.

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These Lego-like “Brixels” Could Make Your Walls Into Robots –
Curated from futurism.com - October 26th, 2018 by RobotShop

Brixels are smart bricks with built-in actuators that let them transform on the fly, giving designers a new tool with which to create adaptable spaces.

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Robotic Raven Gains Altitude - IEEE Spectrum
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - October 26th, 2018 by RobotShop

Maryland student’s research advances pioneering micro air vehicle

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The rise of the robot butler – fad or the future of hotel room service?
Curated from www.telegraph.co.uk - October 26th, 2018 by RobotShop

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Tiny Drones Team Up to Open Doors - IEEE Spectrum
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - October 25th, 2018 by RobotShop

Drones take a cue from wasps to manipulate objects 40 times their own mass

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US DOT tells self-driving shuttle company to stop transporting kids
Curated from www.engadget.com - October 25th, 2018 by RobotShop

Sorry kids, neither you nor robots can be trusted. The US Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has tol

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Study: Industrial robots increase wages for employees
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - October 25th, 2018 by RobotShop

An analysis of statistics from 17 countries shows the introduction of industrial robots has led to higher wages for employees, while increasing production.

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New self-healing technology makes robots more human-like
Curated from bigthink.com - October 25th, 2018 by RobotShop

The researchers created a special polymer that can make robots repair themselves.

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Is This Creepy New AI Assistant Too Lifelike? –
Curated from www.rollingstone.com - October 24th, 2018 by RobotShop

Magic Leap’s new AI assistant Mica laughs, emotes and even yawns, connecting users to an interface in a whole new way

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This Group is Giving Away Art Robots to Public Schools –
Curated from futurism.com - October 24th, 2018 by RobotShop

The International Robot Art Competition is giving away 40 painting robots to public schools around the world to inspire tomorrow's high-tech artists.

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‘We'll have space bots with lasers, killing plants’: the rise of the robot farmer | Environment | The Guardian
Curated from www.theguardian.com - October 24th, 2018 by RobotShop

Tiny automated machines could soon take care of the entire growing process. Fewer chemicals, more efficient – where’s the downside?

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The Army is preparing to send driverless vehicles into combat
Curated from news.vice.com - October 24th, 2018 by RobotShop

These autonomous vehicles and high-tech machines push the military into the 21st century (and ahead of Russia)

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Lacking millennials, manufacturers turn to robots - News - The Intelligencer - Doylestown, PA
Curated from www.theintell.com - October 23rd, 2018 by RobotShop

Robots were all the rage as many of the region's top manufacturers gathered for a summit at The Fuge in Warminster.

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Iron Man-like exoskeletons studied to improve productivity, safety, and well-being
Curated from phys.org - October 23rd, 2018 by RobotShop

Over the next decade, American manufacturers are facing an industrial skills gap with projections of 2 million manufacturing jobs going unfilled due to a lack of qualified and skilled applicants. A large portion of the current manufacturing workforce is nearing retirement age and younger generations...

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AI will impact 100% of jobs, professions, and industries, says IBM's Ginni Rometty
Curated from www.zdnet.com - October 23rd, 2018 by RobotShop

At the Gartner Symposium/ITExpo, Rometty laid out three principles for companies working ethically with AI.

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These Tidying Robots Clean Up Toys, Put Roomba to Shame –
Curated from futurism.com - October 23rd, 2018 by RobotShop

Tokyo-based robotics company Preferred Networks demonstrated its mostly effective but super slow tidying robots at a Japanese convention.

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Octopus-Inspired Camouflage for Soft Robotics - IEEE Spectrum
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - October 22nd, 2018 by RobotShop

A new elastic skin morphs to produce different textures

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Pepper the robot tells politicians why robots' time is upon us
Curated from www.cnet.com - October 22nd, 2018 by RobotShop

Sure, it's charming now. But let's see who has the last laugh.

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This Robotic Warehouse Fills Orders in Five Minutes, and Fits in City Centers
Curated from singularityhub.com - October 22nd, 2018 by RobotShop

Most fulfillment centers are outside cities, which means more time and more money to get your stuff from that fulfillment center to your front door.

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Simulations Are The Key To Intelligent Robots
Curated from www.theconstructsim.com - October 22nd, 2018 by RobotShop

I read an article entitled Games Hold the Key to Teaching Artificial Intelligent Systems, by Danny Vena, in which the author states that computer games like Minecraft, Civilization, and Grand Theft Auto have been used to train intelligent systems to perform better in visual learning, understand lang...

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Get Ready for Roaming Delivery Robots on Dallas’ Sidewalks
Curated from www.dmagazine.com - October 19th, 2018 by RobotShop

San Francisco-based Marble is rolling toward a sidewalk near you.

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Hybrid Robot Walks, Transforms, And Takes Flight
Curated from hackaday.com - October 19th, 2018 by RobotShop

[Project Malaikat] is a 3D printed hybrid bipedal walker and quadcopter robot, but there's much more to it than just sticking some props and a flight controller to a biped and calling it a day. No

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Robotic tractor sets world record for autonomous snow removal – DC Velocity
Curated from www.dcvelocity.com - October 19th, 2018 by RobotShop

Finnish firm unleashes 45 mph driverless snowplow—on a closed road, of course.

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This Robotic Hand Can Shift Gears to Catch a Beer Can and Crush It
Curated from motherboard.vice.com - October 19th, 2018 by RobotShop

By creating a lightweight, 3D-printed “transmission,” engineers were able to build a hand that is strong when it needs to be and fast when it needs to be.

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