Tag: robots

Tesla Proposes a Trillion-Dollar Bet That It’s More Than Just Cars

Tesla’s board wants to give Elon Musk an unprecedented $1 trillion pay…

Canada’s first lunar rover looks to future space exploration

The mission’s goal is to find water on the Moon, which could…

Meet the Woman Building Ukraine’s Droid Army

Ukrainian engineers like Lyuba Shipovich are not just using their skills to…

the many ways a robotic vacuum can fail…

an on-going gallery of ways my robotic vacuum has failed. most fails…

No sweat: Humanoid robots run a Chinese half-marathon alongside flesh-and-blood competitors

In one small step for robot-kind — thousands of them, really —…

New Mammotion Luba 2 AWD and Luba Mini AWD robot lawn mowers with 3D lawn printing now available

Mammotion has announced that its upgraded Luba 2 AWD 3000X and 5000X…

Engineers Gave a Mushroom a Robot Body And Let It Run Wild

Because this will end well. Source: Engineers Gave a Mushroom a Robot…

Student develops PotatoBot to minimise damage planting Jersey Royal potatoes – Future Farming

PhD student Elijah Almanzor has been developing the PotatoBot robot as part…

on dip bowls, dip robots, and other conveniences

this is straight from the s.o.c. file; not sure it typed or…

walking around looking for clamps, saying “clamps” to myself, feel like Clamps from Futurama [7]

placeholder; was walking around the basement, saying “clamps” to myself every few…

I Tried Aescape’s Robot-Arm-Powered Massage Table—and Loved Being in Control

The Aescape has robot arms designed to deliver a custom spa-like massage—all…

Reconstructing ‘Hero’s Automaton’ by hand

contrast this to Clickspring’s work? similar to how Roy Underwood’s “Woodwright’s Shop”…

AI robot spotting sick tulips to slow spread of disease through Dutch bulb fields

An artificial intelligence robot is a new high-tech weapon in the battle…

Robots Are Fighting Robots in Russia’s War in Ukraine

Aerial drones have changed the war in Ukraine. Now, both Russia’s and…

Robotic ‘Super Monster Wolves’ are guarding Japanese towns against bears

First introduced to combat invasive wild boars, experts now believe the robo-wolf…

FedEx’s New Robot Loads Delivery Trucks Like It’s Playing 3D Tetris

FedEx handles over 15 million packages daily. A two-armed, AI-infused robot is…

Bots are better at CAPTCHA than humans, researchers find

Source: Bots are better at CAPTCHA than humans, researchers find

The jobs AI won’t take yet

Amid the talk of artificial intelligence replacing workers, experts say there are…

SFPD authorized to kill suspects using robots in draft policy

A policy proposal heading for Board of Supervisors approval next week would…

China Pairs Armed Robot Dogs With Drones That Can Drop Them Anywhere

A video showing a demonstration of a Chinese drone acting as a…

Boston Dynamics and others make anti-weaponization pledge

Maybe finally a good use for DRM, eh? Preventing armed modifications Source:…

Open Letter Opposing Weaponization of General Purpose Robots

Today we join five other leading robotics companies in pledging that we…

Meet Loona – The most Intelligent Petbot

Elon Musk faces skeptics as Tesla gets ready to unveil ‘Optimus’ robot

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk blamed overreliance on factory…

‘Hi-tech robot’ at Russia forum turns out to be man in suit

State television praised the ‘modern’ tech despite photos revealing actor in costume…

Chess robot grabs and breaks finger of seven-year-old opponent

Moscow incident occurred because child ‘violated’ safety rules by taking turn too…

Inspire Sleep Apnea Innovation – Frequently Asked Questions

Learn more about how Inspire works, who it’s for and if you…

Google engineer Blake Lemoine thinks its LaMDA AI has come to life – The Washington Post

The chorus of technologists who believe AI models may not be far…

A Guide To Asking Robots To Design Stained Glass Windows

Source: A Guide To Asking Robots To Design Stained Glass Windows

‘Magnetic turd’: scientists invent moving slime that could be used in human digestive systems

Researcher who co-created substance says it is not an April fool’s joke…

Robot Truckers Could Replace 500K U.S. Jobs

Robot Truckers Could Replace 500K U.S. Jobs Source: Robot Truckers Could Replace 500K…

An ongoing list of Alexa misunderstandings.

Things that have been misinterpreted by my Alexa devices. In reverse cron…

White Castle thinks a robot can make better french fries

It’s harder than you might think to deliver french fries that aren’t…

Amazon just revealed its first home robot. Here’s what it’s like to use it

CNBC’s Todd Haselton checks out the Amazon Astro home robot. Source: Amazon…

Amid the Labor Shortage, Robots Step in to Make the French Fries

Fast-food chains are working with a host of startups to bring automation…

China says its fighter pilots are battling AI aircraft in simulated dogfights, and humans aren’t the only ones learning

One experienced pilot said that as he battled the AI, it would…

Isilon founder lifts the hood on farming startup Carbon Robotics and its weed zapping machine – GeekWire

Carbon Robotics, a Seattle company led by Isilon Systems co-founder Paul Mikesell,…

Hyundai Motor Buys 80% of Robotics Firm Boston Dynamics – Bloomberg

Hyundai Motor Group agreed to buy a controlling stake in Boston Dynamics…

Are You Digisexual?— Purchases of Humanoid Sexbots Surged in 2020

What will this mean for the future of sexuality? Source: Are You…

Report: Hyundai in talks to acquire Boston Dynamics

Bloomberg is reporting Hyundai Motor is in talks to acquire Boston Dynamics…

Cedric’s Robot Rules

Nah, not trying to up Asimov.  Just ideas for my robots: All…