Run from robots at RoboBoston's Robot Block Party | Boston.com
“These are definitely the droids you’re looking for,” insists MassRobotics about its Robot Block Party this weekend, in that way that people who make robots like to pretend they won’t eventually rise up and subjugate all of humanity. It’s adorable.
Bioinspired robots walk, swim, slither and fly
The Mini Cheetah, developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, can run at speeds of up to 3.9 metres per second. Credit: MIT CSAIL
Nagpal was snorkelling in the Bahamas when she was approached by a school of colourful striped fish, moving as one. "They come straight at you and check you out and then move off," says Nagpal, now a mechanical engineer at Princeton University in New Jersey.
How Hotels are Using Robots to Reduce Costs, Improve Operations and Enhance the Guest Experience |
Today, robots are being used in a variety of hotel departments, including housekeeping, food and beverage, and even security. And the benefits of using robots in the hotel industry are many. Robots can help to improve operational efficiency by automating tasks that are typically done manually.
Synthetic Material Enables Soft Robots to Grow Like Plants - Unite.AI
A team of scientists and engineers at the University of Minnesota has developed a plant-inspired extrusion process that enables synthetic material growth, which could enable soft robots to grow like plants.
The research, which was funded by the National Science Foundation, was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) .
MTU presents Robot101 events to celebrate over a century of robots
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HOUGHTON, Mich. (WLUC) - Michigan Tech University (MTU) is celebrating all things robot with a series of public events and presentations called Robot101.
The events aim to explore the past, present and future of robots and their influence, starting with the origin of the word itself.
DARPA award aims for autonomous teams of robots - ScienceBlog.com
Giuseppe Loianno , professor of electrical and computer engineering at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, is investigating novel ways of making robots work as teams to achieve goals, without the need for a remote AI or human "overseer."
He has received a three-year, highly selective and prestigious grant for $1 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to support the work.
McKinney library has robots to help staff, customers
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Challenges in Creating 'Robot Servants' Pushes Timeline Back at Least a Decade - The ...
Now, one expert in the field of robotics from Ohio State University says that such technological hurdles indicate we are still a good way from seeing household robots in every home.
“This is an autonomous device that could be deployed in a home to do some simple daily tasks,” he explained in an interview with the Debrief. “For example, a robot can cook a meal or do laundry or clean. A more useful one could assist elderly people in a nursing home.”
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