Warehouses Look to Robots to Fill Labor Gaps, Speed Deliveries
The robots are coming to labor-strapped North American warehouses. Growing numbers of self-driving machines are shuttling clothing and sports ...
How the miracle of robotic surgery can save the lives of Americans no matter where they live
Catheterization robots, like the Corindus Core GRX, use the same method of twisting and pushing a catheter, but this time it's driven by a robotic arm, ...
An autonomous, self-learning robot can be that easy
The more knowledge and computing power an autonomous, self-learning robot has, the better it performs, right? Not in a new study that looked at how ...
New state-of-the-art robot making a difference to patients undergoing cancer operations at Lister …
The first patient to benefit from the advanced technology, built by robotic-assisted surgery specialist intuitive, had prostate cancer. The patient was ...
A robotic ‘Ironhand’ could protect factory workers from injuries
(CNN) Working in a factory or warehouse can mean doing the same task over and over, and that repetition can lead to chronic injury. Now, a ...
The robots are coming for Deliveroo’s riders
A Starship Technologies Inc robot delivers groceries in Mountain View, California. McKinsey, the consultancy, estimates that replacing humans with ...
A touch from a conversing robot is linked to positive emotional state
A small study found that people who were touched by a humanoid robot while conversing with it subsequently reported a better emotional state and were more likely to comply with a request from the robot. Laura Hoffmann of Ruhr University Bochum, ...
Why robots need reflexes
Reflexes protect our bodies—for example when we pull our hand back from a hot stove. These protective mechanisms could also be useful for robots. In this interview, Prof. Sami Haddadin and Johannes Kühn of the Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MSRM) of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) explain why giving test subjects a 'slap on the hand' could lay the foundations for the robots of the future.