A research team is helping robot developers design machines less likely to injure the humans they work with. How? With their novel 'safety map."
Machines like Cassie the biped or SpotMini the robot dog are quickly mastering locomotion, thanks to line after line of meticulous code. But Dyret is different—it learns to walk on a certain surface, say ...
Over the next few years, the Pentagon is poised to spend almost $1 billion for a range of robots designed to complement combat troops. Beyond scouting and explosives disposal, these new machines ...
“The oceans remain vastly undermonitored,” says Gabriel Bousquet, a former postdoc in MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, who led the design of the
robot as part of his graduate thesis.
Albatross robot takes flight | EurekAlert! Science NewsEurekAlert (press release)
The Mekamon is one of the best robots we've ever played with. The way it moves feels a little Metal Gear Solid, a little spider-like, and genuinely gives the impression of life. It's sold as an AR robot, but ...
Cornell researchers have made a little
robot that can express its emotions through touch, sending out little spikes when it's scared or even getting goosebumps to express delight or excitement.
Feel What This Robot Feels Through Tactile ExpressionsIEEE Spectrum
The internet has brought us the next thing to fight over, and it doesn't involve debating the color of a dress. Instead, people on Twitter and Reddit are arguing over whether an audio recording is saying ...
Robot recording splits opinion over whether it says 'yanny' or 'laurel'The IndependentIs This Robot Saying Yanny Or Laurel? This Clip Is Basically The New DressBustleNobody can agree if this robot says 'Yanny' or 'Laurel' and everyone is arguing about itSouth China Morning PostKBTX -
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Some are worried that
robots will overthrow us all. Looking at how some of the
robots in the DARPA challenge perform, you'd be baffled as to why anyone was worried. Although, our feelings tend to ...
Meet RoboPin: the Fujitsu Robot Resembling Eve From Wall-EEdgy Labs (blog)
Engineers at Caltech and ETH Zurich have developed robots capable of self-propulsion without using any motors, servos, or power supply. Instead, these first-of-their-kind devices paddle through water ...
We're officially one step closer to living like the Jetsons. Well, one arm closer, at least. Researchers from Georgia Tech are working on a
robot that can help a person get dressed. So far, it can ...
Meet the Georgia Tech robot that is learning how to help people get dressedFast CompanyThis Robot Teaches Itself How To Help People Get DressedTech TimesRobot Learns How to Dress People Through Computer SimulationsMedgadget (blog)R & D Magazine