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Robot Launch 2016
Welcome robotics startups! Update Applications* 01-Jul-2016 06:08 PM to 15-Aug-2016 06:08 PM Judging 16-Aug-2016 Noon to 28-Aug-2016 06:09 PM Times are in PDT (-0700)
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VIDEO: A one-armed Australian robot can build a house four times quicker than...
Fastbrick Robotics, an ASX-listed company based in Perth, has created a robot brick layer, a form of 3D printing which can create the shell of a house without being touched by human hands. The Hadrian...
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Placenta-on-a-chip models the vital mother-fetus placental barrier
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed the first placenta-on-a-chip that can fully model the transport of nutrients across the placental barrier — part of a nationwide effort...
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Robots as good as human surgeons, study finds
Surgery performed by robots is just as successful as operations carried out by surgeons, a major trial has found. The study of prostate cancer patients found those whose gland was removed by a machine...
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Mobile Robots and Intralogistics the Always-On Supply Chain
Font Size: A A A Robotics Industry Insights VIEW CATEGORIES Industry Insights »More Industry Insights »Back to Robotic Resources This industry insights is filed under: Application Material Handling by...
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It Took 4 Years to Build This Detailed, Posable Terminator Replica
Many years ago I bought a resin kit and built a T800 endo arm. About 1 week after completing it our pet cat became curious and knocked it off a shelf and it shattered. (Yes, the cat is still living!)...
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Lockheed Built a Blimp-Crawling Robot That Finds and Fixes Leaks
Satellites and autonomous drones have reduced our need for cutting-edge spy planes and stealth fighters. So Lockheed’s famed Skunk Works, creators of the SR-71 Blackbird, have now built a unique robot...
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Microsoft Pix makes your iPhone pics pop and move
What makes a good picture? Is it color? Composition? If you ask Microsoft, they might say pixels. It’s certainly the approach evident in their new iPhone photo app, Microsoft Pix, which takes 10 frames...
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Download the new Arduino IDE 1.6.10!
Great news, Makers! We’re excited to announce the immediate availability of the Arduino IDE 1.6.10, AVR core 1.6.12 and SAM core 1.6.9. The most notable feature of this release is the introduction of...
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Amazon debuts a dedicated shop for Kickstarter products
Funding a project on Kickstarter is like placing a bet – will the project ever work? Will it ship? Or will you just be out a chunk of change? That said, the crowdfunding platform has enabled a number...
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Hillary Clinton’s husband wore a fetching pantsuit to honor her nomination...
Tuesday night (July 26), Bill Clinton, the husband of presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, took the stage at the Democratic National Convention to honor his wife’s historic achievement. Bill’s...
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Lessons from Brexit and learning to better communicate robotics research and...
by Michael Szollosy Politics, Law & Society Views July 27, 2016 As part of the UK’s National Robotics Week, The University of Sheffield hosted the 17th Towards Autonomous Systems (TAROS) conference...
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Belgian firm bids to replace national coach with ‘soccer obsessed’ robot
Get short URL If the Royal Belgian Football Association wants to turn the game on its head, then it could scarcely find a better way than appointing a robot as its national coach. But that’s exactly...
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9 Non-Threatening Leadership Strategies for Women
In this fast-paced business world, female leaders need to make sure they’re not perceived as pushy, aggressive or competent. One way to do that is to alter your leadership style to account for the...
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Ray Kurzweil: To Merge With Technology Is to Enhance Our Humanity
0 Technological shifts outpace our awareness of them. While we're busy with our day-to-day lives—getting a new smartphone or downloading the next updates—we often don't notice how these incremental...
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Winograd Schema Challenge Results: AI Common Sense Still a Problem, For Now
After a chatbot pretending to be a 13-year-old named Eugene Goostman “passed” a Turing Test a few years ago, experts in artificial intelligence got together and decided that a traditional Turing Test...
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20kW Light Is As Bright As You’d Expect
[Photonicinduction] purchased a very very bright light. This 20,000 Watt half meter tall halogen will just about light the back of a person’s skull with their eyes closed. These are typically used to...
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The return of (drone) robot wars: Beware of low-flying freezers
Something for the Weekend, Sir? There was a time when I used to spend my free hours looking for a man. Oh yes, many a day I’d hang about aimlessly for hours, just waiting for the right man to turn up....
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Flying robots perform 100th show on Broadway, using new localization...
by Bill Keays, Markus Waibel Arts & Entertainment News July 29, 2016 Since April, a troupe of eight flying machines has been performing in a Cirque du Soleil Broadway show called Paramour. This...
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Mobile Robots Improve Transport Efficiency and Decrease Fulfillment Times
When it comes to fine jewelry, terms like cut, color and clarity come to mind, but what about speed and efficiency? Louisiana-based Stuller, Inc. creates fine jewelry for more than 40,000 jewelry...
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