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A robot that sews could take the sweat out of sweatshops
A big part of the garment-making process is still done by hand. Now some clothing makers hope to end that. by Signe Brewster September 22, 2016 Take a look at the tag on your shirt. If you are in the...
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ABB wins $85 million orders to strengthen power grid in Canada
Ultra-high voltage circuit breakers and power transformers to support upgrade of Quebec grid HQ operates one of the largest 800 kV networks in the world, a large part of which was originally developed...
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Tesla's Massive New Autopilot Update Is Released, Promising Safer Driving
A long-heralded update to Tesla Motor’s Autopilot has just been made available for download. First reports suggest that it’s as big a change in the semiautonomous driving system as Tesla CEO Elon Musk...
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Robots will hit the streets to deliver your groceries this fall in...
The first autonomous robots to deliver packages straight to your front door won’t be flying — they’ll be rolling around on six wheels. Starship Technologies, an Estonia-based startup created by two...
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Fusing of Organic Molecules With Graphene Opens Up New Applications
The hemoglobin-like molecule called porphyrin, which is responsible for making photosynthesis possible in plants and transporting oxygen in our blood, has been combined with graphene by researchers at...
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Canary Island Team Wins World Robotic Sailing 2016
If you’re like us, you had no idea that there even was a World Robotic Sailing Championship. But we’re glad that we do now! And congratulations to the team of A-Tirma G2, the winning boat. (Link in...
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D-Wave Founder's New Startup Combines AI, Robots, and Monkeys in Exo-Suits
As if quantum computing wasn’t mind-bending enough, one of D-Wave Systems’ founders is now pursuing another futuristic idea: using artificial intelligence and high-tech exoskeleton suits to allow...
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An autonomous fleet for Amsterdam
MIT has signed an agreement to engage in research collaborations with the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS) in the Netherlands. The collaboration’s flagship project, led by...
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Robot-written reviews fool academics
Peer reviews created by self-generated text machines are the latest threat to scientific integrity September 20, 2016 Soulless computer algorithms are already churning out weather bulletins, sports...
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative pledges $3 billion to fight disease
left right left right left right left right left right left right left right left right left right left right SAN FRANCISCO Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan on...
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Robot teams create supply chain to deliver energy to explorer robots
by Micha Rappaport Research & Innovation Learn September 22, 2016 Mobile robots can be used in many applications, they are especially suited for environments that are unreachable or too dangerous...
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Victor Scheinman, Assembly Line Robot Inventor, Dies at 73
Victor Scheinman, who overcame his boyhood nightmares about a science-fiction movie humanoid to build the first successful electrically powered, computer-controlled industrial robot, died on Tuesday in...
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Build your own robotic vacuum from scratch
This dust buster-based robotic vacuum may or may not work as well as a Roomba. If you’re fascinated by the idea of a robotic vaccum cleaner to keep you from having to do certain chores, you could buy...
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Evo Is a Little Robot With a Big Mission: Get Girls to Code
When his daughters were young, Nader Hamda says, they were really into apps and computers. But now that they’re a little older, their interest is waning. And that’s not unusual. “They’re not an...
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An Arduino VU meter for classrooms
With his beautifully-colored classroom “noise-o-meter,” Mr. Jones knows when things are getting out of hand. When you were in school (or if you are in school) the teacher likely told the class to be...
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Video Friday: LEGO Drone Kits, Robots in the Desert, and Pepper Learns New...
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next two months;...
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Flexible Non-Volatile Memory Just Got A Lot Closer
A regular stream of breakthroughs with organic nanomaterials for use in flexible electronics has observers scratching their heads as to why we aren’t seeing more of these technologies in applications...
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46 research reports analyze the robotics industry and autonomous vehicles
As autonomous cars begin to hit world markets in pilot tests and other ways, and before the International Federation of Robotics clarifies whether those vehicles are robots or not, two research firms...
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A note from the editor-in-chief about Chris Ziegler
Hey everyone — there have been questions about Chris Ziegler and his absence from The Verge in the past few weeks. I want to provide answers for those who have been worried about him. First, Chris...
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RoboBusiness
RBR Just ONE more week until #RoboBusiness 2014!!! Register by Friday and SAVE 10% - HURRY! bit.ly/1wmew47 RBR HUGE thx to @GerriWillisFBN & @FoxBusiness for hosting #RoboBusiness last night! Check...
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