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Inside Silicon Valley’s Robot Pizzeria
In the back kitchen of Mountain View's newest pizzeria, Marta works tirelessly, spreading marinara sauce on uncooked pies. She doesn’t complain, takes no breaks, and has never needed a sick day. She...
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Anki's Cozmo robot is like Wall-E and Eve's love child
Cozmo is busy celebrating. It’s bouncing on its tank-like treads, demonstrating that this little robot is the least gracious of winners. It’s also incredibly cute and, in my brief experience,...
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Request for Information on Artificial Intelligence
Notice Of Request For Information. Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies offer great promise for creating new and innovative products, growing the economy, and advancing national priorities in...
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Automating 3D Printers With Robots
3D printers were never meant to be used for production. They’re not manufacturing machines, they’re prototyping machines. That doesn’t mean 3D printers can’t be used in a manufacturing context, it’s...
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The Daredevil Camera
Once upon a time I was reading a Popular Mechanics article, the title of which eludes me. Something about playing different music for different parts of a dance floor. They were describing a way to...
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Miami’s 220-pound robot goes prime time
South Floridians will have a robot to root for if they tune into Thursday night’s episode of BattleBots, an ABC series in which homemade remote-controlled combat robots rumble against each other for...
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Making open source data more available
Data gives us insight into how people build software, and the activities of open source communities on GitHub represent one of the richest datasets ever created of people working together at scale. In...
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Soft-wheel robot could play a role in rescue missions or even deep space...
When you picture massive advances in robotics you might not immediately think of a small squishy vehicle which runs on soft wheels to more efficiently travel over rough terrain or make its way...
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Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs Wants to Help You Navigate Smart Cities
Last week, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that the winner of its Smart City Challenge was Columbus, Ohio. Columbus beat out six other finalist cities (including widely-recognized best...
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How EPFL Made Pleurobot the Most Salamanderish Robot Ever
EPFL’s Pleurobot is, obviously, our favorite robot salamander. This is likely because it looks so much like a real salamander, but more importantly, it moves just like a real salamander. Or, to be more...
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June fundings, acquisitions and failures
Six months worth of funding deals thus far in 2016 indicate that investments in robotics - equity fundings, and acquisitions - are accellerating, particularly in big deals involving Chinese money. Kuka...
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What's Happening Now on Twitter
If it happens in the world, it happens on Twitter. Go right to the biggest stories in the world, no matter where you are. See the complete story come together through the best pictures, highlights, and...
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Raspberry Pi Zero ID: 2885
Note: Due to popular demand, there might be some delay in shipping products containing Pi Zero! We also have a budget pack and starter pack with all the essentials to get your Zero up and running. At...
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Video Friday: Cloud Robotics, MARLO in the Forest, and Eagle Kills Drone
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your nebulous Automaton bloggers. We’ll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next two...
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Self-healing, shape-shifting material reacts to light and heat
Recently, we've seen a bunch of new "smart" materials being developed that can heal themselves, spring back into their original shape when deformed, or change transparency when stretched. But while...
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Robotic Cloud Labs May Be One Way to Make Research More Reproducible
In recent years, there’s been increasing awareness of a problem across many scientific fields—the problem of reproducibility. Can experiments be repeated (or “reproduced”) to arrive at the same result?...
View ArticleA Tragic Loss
We learned yesterday evening that NHTSA is opening a preliminary evaluation into the performance of Autopilot during a recent fatal crash that occurred in a Model S. This is the first known fatality in...
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This cool glove-controlled DIY robot gripper even has force feedback
We're all for Iron Man-style homebrew robotics here at The Verge, and this robotic gripper is a perfect example. Built by recently-graduated high school student Sam Baumgarten and senior Graham Hughes,...
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A Robot Burger Restaurant Is Coming to San Francisco
A burger-flipping robot invasion is headed to the Bay Area. A few years ago, startup Momentum Machines unveiled a robot that could churn out 400 burgers an hour, and now, Tech Insider reports, the...
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3 Things You Need to Know About NASA’s Juno Mission
On the 4th of July, while you’re outside enjoying a barbecue and not thinking about anything more distant than the fireworks overhead, a small group of scientists will be tying themselves in knots over...
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