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Burning Man sells out 26,000 tickets in half hour
Curated from www.rgj.com - March 29th, 2018 by RobotShop

There are still other ways to get Burning Man 2018 tickets.

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How to Make a Robot - Lesson 1: Getting Started
Curated from www.robotshop.com - March 29th, 2018 by RobotShop

Lessons Menu: Lesson 1 – Getting Started Lesson 2 – Choosing a Robotic Platform Lesson 3 – Making Sense of Actuators Lesson 4 – Understanding Microcontrollers Lesson 5 – Choosing a Motor Controller Lesson 6 – Controlling your Robot Lesson 7 – Using Sensors Lesson 8 – Getting the Right Tools Lesson 9...

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Udacity introduces real robots and virtual worlds to help students build skills
Curated from techcrunch.com - March 27th, 2018 by RobotShop

Udacity is hosting its annual Intersect conference this week, and the online learning platform is introducing some new programs and features for students at the event. Those include two new ways fo…

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Soft Robotics introduces a low-cost, AI-driven picking system for its rubbery grippers
Curated from techcrunch.com - March 27th, 2018 by RobotShop

Massachusetts-based Soft Robotics has already shown us some pretty impressive capabilities for its rubbery robotic grippers, but the demos have mostly been straightforward picks off of a conveyor b…

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micro:bit in Wonderland Book - RobotShop
Curated from www.robotshop.com - March 26th, 2018 by RobotShop

micro:bit in Wonderland Book and other robot products. At RobotShop, you will find everything about robotics.

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Watch a giant industrial drone de-ice a huge wind turbine
Curated from www.theverge.com - March 26th, 2018 by RobotShop

Drones are being used in all sorts of weird jobs, including surveying, inspection, and cleaning. This huge UAV has 24 propellors and is being used to scrub ice off a wind turbine.

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Someone Go Find a Practical Use for This Sweet-Ass Conductive Plastic
Curated from gizmodo.com - March 22nd, 2018 by RobotShop

Walmart filed a glut of patents today that suggest the US’s biggest retailer could be ramping up incorporation of emerging tech in ways that would dramatically change how consumers shop and order.

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Agility Robotics raises $8M to develop legged robots
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - March 22nd, 2018 by RobotShop

Agility Robotics, maker of the Cassie bipedal robot, raised $8 million in Series A funding to continue its development of legged robots. Agility co-founder and CEO Damion Shelton will deliver a keynote at the Robotics Summit and Showcase in Boston on May 23.

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Here are 64 startups that launched today at Y Combinator’s W18 Demo Day
Curated from techcrunch.com - March 20th, 2018 by RobotShop

Biotech, robotics, and fintech startups took the spotlight today at Y Combinator’s 26th Demo Day. This batch features 141 total companies from 23 countries, with presentations spread over two…

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Capers II, a Hexapod Robot: 22 Steps (with Pictures)
Curated from www.instructables.com - March 19th, 2018 by RobotShop

This Instructable will show you how to build your very own hexapod robot, I call the design Capers II. Robot DesignA hexapod robot is a robot with six legs

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Robot assembly Clerk
Curated from www.robotshop.com - March 19th, 2018 by RobotShop

As an integral part of the manufacturing team, the robot assembly clerk will be responsible for assembling, testing and packaging robots for our customers.

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Walmart files patent for autonomous robotic bees, or "pollination drones"
Curated from bigthink.com - March 16th, 2018 by RobotShop

Amid an ongoing battle over the retail and grocery delivery market, Walmart has filed a patent for robotic bees that would pollinate crops just like the real insects.

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Watch a sparkly basketball robot built by Toyota engineers sink flawless free throws
Curated from www.theverge.com - March 15th, 2018 by RobotShop

Engineers from Toyota have built a basketball-playing robot in their spare time. It may not be that sophisticated, but it’s certainly consistent.

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Someone is making a multiplayer trash robot you steer through an actual river
Curated from www.theverge.com - March 14th, 2018 by RobotShop

A nonprofit is trying to use Kickstarter to crowdfund a floating, trash-cleaning robot that anyone can remotely control over the internet.The nonprofit Urban Rivers already has a prototype running in the Chicago River

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A Fleet of Underwater Robots Will Create Detailed Map of Marine Microbes
Curated from futurism.com - March 14th, 2018 by RobotShop

Scientists are testing a fleet of autonomous vehicles to collect data on the microbes that live in, and move through, the ocean.

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iRobot Spinoff Ava Robotics Introduces Autonomous Telepresence Robot - IEEE Spectrum
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - March 14th, 2018 by RobotShop

Sophisticated sensors and autonomous navigation set Ava apart from other telepresence robots

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What If the AI Revolution Is Neither Utopia nor Apocalypse, but Something in Between?
Curated from singularityhub.com - March 13th, 2018 by RobotShop

Why does everyone assume that the AI revolution will either lead to a fiery apocalypse or a glorious utopia, and not something in between? Part of it is down to how humans think about change, especially unprecedented change.

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This Bot Wants To Pay People When Their Flights Get Cheaper
Curated from futurism.com - March 13th, 2018 by RobotShop

DoNotPay, the AI-powered chatbot that helps users dispute parking tickets, is now expanding its expertise to cover price protection for airline tickets.

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Will Softbank's Pepper robot find a home in China?
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - March 13th, 2018 by RobotShop

Haier, a China-based consumer electronics and home appliances company, has partnered with SoftBank Robotics Group Corp to build a custom version of the Pepper robot for Haier’s Smart Home platform and its retail stores in China. This version of the Pepper robot will be built on Haier’s U+OS operatin...

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(7) The Robot Revolution: The New Age of Manufacturing | Moving Upstream - YouTube
Curated from www.youtube.com - March 13th, 2018 by RobotShop

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X Prize announces $10 million competition to spur development of robot avatars
Curated from www.theverge.com - March 12th, 2018 by RobotShop

The X Prize Foundation is offering cash prizes to teams that can build a robot avatar that can "remotely see, hear, touch and interact with physical environments and other people."

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Universal Robots Sees Strong Growth in Asia Cobot Market
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - March 12th, 2018 by RobotShop

Universal Robots, a leading provider of collaborative robots, announced 2017 revenue of $170 million. That represents 72 percent growth for the Denmark-based company, which is experiencing strong growth in Asia.

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3D-printed 8-bit sushi has arrived and it's glorious
Curated from mashable.com - March 12th, 2018 by RobotShop

At SXSW 2018, Open Meals showed off its Pixel Food Printer, a robot that 3D prints sushi in cubes and then combines them into pixelated-looking food.

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Glorious Body of Tracked ‘Mad Mech’ Started as Cardboard
Curated from hackaday.com - March 12th, 2018 by RobotShop

[Dickel] always liked tracked vehicles. Taking inspiration from the ‘Peacemaker’ tracked vehicle in Mad Max: Fury Road, he replicated it as the Mad Mech. The vehicle is remote-controlle…

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