Drones are being used by scientists to collect whale snot
Whales are in danger from threats like noise pollution, trash, acidification and overfishing. But it’s difficult to collect data from the massive sea mammals to learn more about how these threats are...
View ArticleTertill: The solar powered weeding robot for home gardens
$118,618 Funding Suspended Project Purged Back this project Remind Me Share $118,618 Funding Suspended Project Purged Back this project Remind Me Share Tertill is a solar-powered and weatherproof robot...
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View ArticlePAIR: the People + AI Research Initiative
The past few years have seen rapid advances in machine learning, with dramatic improvements in technical performance—from more accurate speech recognition, to better image search, to improved...
View ArticleStay warm: These electronics will self-destruct at room temperature
The machine used to spin up cotton candy, the sticky carnival treat, may also be the answer to a new generation of self-destructing electronics. Professor Leon Bellan of Vanderbilt University is...
View ArticleIntuition Robotics raises another $14 million, this time from Toyota Research...
Intuition Robotics, maker of the ElliQ robotic elder care assistant, and opened an office in San Francisco. As it looks to grow staff and ramp up testing of the product, the company has raised another...
View ArticleThe Deep Industry Ties of Trump’s Deregulation Teams
Some appointees are reviewing rules their previous employers sought to weaken or kill, and at least two may be positioned to profit if certain regulations are undone. The appointees include lawyers who...
View ArticleRobotics industry growing faster than expected
by Business-Finance Views July 11, 2017 Two reputable research resources are reporting that the robotics industry is growing more rapidly than expected. BCG (Boston Consulting Group) is conservatively...
View ArticleRoboBusiness to Shape Future of AI & Robotics
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—RoboBusiness is the event that pioneered and championed the robotics industry and is the only event with the credibility and vision to point confidently to where the market is...
View ArticleSynthetic Biology Advance May Put Microbiomes on the Clock
More » July 11, 2017 A specially designed microfluidic chamber reveals regular oscillations of gene expression in a bacterial population. [Jeff Hasty, Ph.D./UCSD] If a bacterial population is to meet...
View ArticleHow a One-Man Team from California Won NASA's Space Robotics Challenge
NASA’s Space Robotics Challenge (SRC) took place last month, full of virtual Valkyries wandering around a virtual Mars base trying to fix virtual stuff. Anyone was allowed to participate, and since the...
View ArticleNATO Unveils JANUS, First Standardized Acoustic Protocol for Undersea Systems
Aquatic robots are busier than ever. They have seabeds to mine, cable pathways to plough, and marine data to gather. But they and their aquatic brethren—including submarines and scuba divers—still...
View ArticleThe Audi A8: The World's First Production Car to Achieve Level 3 Autonomy
The 2018 Audi A8, just unveiled in Barcelona, counts as the world’s first production car to offer Level 3 autonomy. Level 3 means the driver needn’t supervise things at all, so long as the car stays...
View ArticleIran's Newest Robot Is an Adorable Dancing Humanoid
Over the last several years, a team of roboticists at the University of Tehran has been working on increasingly large and complex life-size humanoids. For their latest project, however, the Iranian...
View ArticleCoach Quick Tip: Set goals and stick to them
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View ArticleHow I Built an AI to Sort 2 Tons of Lego Pieces
Editor's Pick For many years as a child, I did nothing but play with Lego. Eventually I had children of my own, who had a nice Lego collection themselves, but nothing you’d need machinery to sort. That...
View ArticleStudy Shows Drone Investment Soars
Economy A study by aviation experts says the number of non-military drones will grow very quickly over the next 10 years, as investment soars and capability improves. Drones are unmanned aircraft,...
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View ArticleRobotic Advancements Take Flight, but Fear Still a Factor
Robotic advancements are occurring worldwide on multiple fronts. From artificial intelligence in a jetliner cockpit to “digital building,” there’s no industry that’s untouched by automation. However,...
View ArticleAnts build living towers that flow like a fountain in reverse
Some fire ants build towers of their own bodies in an amazing display of acrobatics and collective intelligence. Even more surprisingly, ants circulate through the tower while keeping its overall shape...
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