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Collaborative Robots Raises $100M
Curated from www.iotworldtoday.com - April 12th, 2024 by igor_X

The company’s team is made up of robotics engineers from Amazon, Apple, Meta, Google, Microsoft, NASA and Waymo

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Meet a robot dog named Spirit that's being tested for space
Curated from www.usatoday.com - April 12th, 2024 by igor_X

Researchers in Oregon are testing a quadrupedal robot, named Spirit, to see if it could handle going to Mars or the moon.

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Three-legged asteroid-hopping robot passes Zero G airplane-ride test
Curated from newatlas.com - April 12th, 2024 by igor_X

A three-legged robot could one day be hopping across the surface of asteroids, searching for valuable minerals. Known as the SpaceHopper, the bot was recently put to the test on a zero-gravity aircraft flight.

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South Korean military paves way for robotic vehicles in its ranks
Curated from www.defensenews.com - April 12th, 2024 by igor_X

Defense companies Hyundai Rotem and Hanwha Aerospace are jockeying for position in what promises to become a milestone acquisition program.

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Could this robot unicorn be your next smart family member?
Curated from www.foxnews.com - April 12th, 2024 by igor_X

The innovative XPENG Robot Unicorn is inspired by the mythical unicorn, and you may forget the robot is not actually a living creature.

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Engineers quicken the response time for robots to react to human conversation
Curated from techxplore.com - April 12th, 2024 by igor_X

Talking to a robot often feels stilted or delayed, thanks to computer software trying to keep up with the conversation. However, new research from the University of Waterloo has improved the ability for ...

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Walmart will deploy robotic forklifts in its distribution centers | TechCrunch
Curated from techcrunch.com - April 12th, 2024 by igor_X

The story of warehouse robotics is a story of attempting to keep up with Amazon. It’s been more than a decade since the online giant revolutionized its

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An Apple Home Robot? Why It Could Be a Tough Sell
Curated from www.cnet.com - April 12th, 2024 by igor_X

Commentary: Apple may have a lot to learn from the failed robots of years past.

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Marco Hutter Wants to Solve Robotics' Hard Problems
Curated from spectrum.ieee.org - April 12th, 2024 by igor_X

The AI Institute’s new Zurich head will focus on reliable, mobile robots

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Amazon Grows To Over 750,000 Robots As World's Second-Largest Private Employer Replaces Over 100,000 Humans
Curated from finance.yahoo.com - April 12th, 2024 by igor_X

Amazon.com Inc. is rapidly advancing its use of robotics, deploying over 750,000 robots to work alongside its employees. The world's second-largest private employer employs 1.5 million people. While that's a lot, it's a decrease of over 100,000 employees from the 1.6 million workers it had in 2021. ...

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New York Institute of Technology spotlights seven fabrication and robotics projects
Curated from www.dezeen.com - April 12th, 2024 by igor_X

A 3D printed panel made from wood and clay that is filled in with hempcrete is included in this school show by the New York Institute of Technology.

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Game-Changing Design a Major Breakthrough in the Development of Muscle-Powered "Biohybrid Robotics" - The Debrief
Curated from thedebrief.org - April 12th, 2024 by igor_X

New MIT flexure design could be a game-changer for biohybrid robotics and the development of muscle-powered machines.

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Is robotics about to have its own ChatGPT moment?
Curated from www.technologyreview.com - April 12th, 2024 by igor_X

Researchers are using generative AI and other techniques to teach robots new skills—including tasks they could perform in homes.

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Top Amazon exec says it's a 'myth' robots steal jobs
Curated from www.cnbc.com - April 12th, 2024 by igor_X

Stefano La Rovere, director of global robotics at Amazon, said that, rather than replacing jobs, robotics and other technologies are enhancing people's roles.

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Robotic lab hunts for better battery 'recipes'
Curated from www.futurity.org - April 11th, 2024 by igor_X

Researchers used a robotic lab to mix unconventional ingredients in just the right order to make complex materials for batteries.

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Hyundai & Kia: Autonomous Indoor Delivery Robots and EV Batteries in India - CleanTechnica
Curated from cleantechnica.com - April 11th, 2024 by igor_X

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Hyundai and Kia continue to push boundaries and expand in the electric vehicle arena, and that now includes getting into EV battery production in India. They’ve also been doing their own thing with robots ... [...

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When a humanoid isn't the best robot for the job
Curated from www.axios.com - April 11th, 2024 by igor_X

As humanoid robots storm into the workplace, the company that pioneered them — Boston Dynamics — is taking a wait-and-see approach, though there are hints that could change.

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Tesla reveals humanoid robot technology through new patents
Curated from electrek.co - April 11th, 2024 by igor_X

Tesla has revealed some of its humanoid robot technology through filings for several new patents related to its Optimus robot...

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Robots aren’t magic, but they could give humans ‘superpowers’ | MIT Sloan
Curated from mitsloan.mit.edu - April 11th, 2024 by igor_X

In a new book, MIT roboticist Daniela Rus looks at the powers and limitations of robots and how humans can work with them to unlock new capabilities.

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Work-from-home robots: Good and bad news for blue-collar workers
Curated from newatlas.com - April 11th, 2024 by igor_X

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers have developed H2O – Human2HumanOid – a reinforcement learning-based framework that allows a full-sized humanoid robot to be teleoperated by a human in real-time using only an RGB camera. Which begs the question: will manual labor soon be performed remote...

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Collaborative Robotics raises $100M in Series B for mysterious mobile manipulator - The Robot Report
Curated from www.therobotreport.com - April 11th, 2024 by igor_X

Collaborative Robotics has raised $100M to commercialize its cobot, starting with automating warehouse operations.

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Watch mini humanoid robots showing off their football skills
Curated from www.newscientist.com - April 11th, 2024 by igor_X

These soccer-playing robots can respond faster than ones trained in a standard way because they improved their skills via an artificial intelligence-based technique called deep reinforcement learning

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Meet BeBot, the beach-cleaning robot coming to Belle Isle
Curated from www.fox2detroit.com - April 10th, 2024 by igor_X

Weighing about 1,300 pounds and about seven feet long, BeBot was brought to the sandy beach thanks to a partnership between the city, the Belle Isle Conservancy, and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

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SwRI demonstrating robotics for in-space manufacturing at Space Symposium
Curated from www.eurekalert.org - April 10th, 2024 by igor_X

SAN ANTONIO —April 9, 2024 — Southwest Research Institute has invested in new space robotics capabilities to help the space industry pave the way for in-space servicing, assembly and manufacturing (ISAM) capabilities. SwRI’s Intelligent Systems Division will demonstrate new ISAM-focused research at ...

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