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TEO the robot shows off ironing skills

(Tech Xplore)—You can see an ironing robot in a video.

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Jun 23, 2017
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A.I. will prepare robots for the unknown

How do you get a robot to recognize a surprise?

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Jun 22, 2017
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Researchers suggest adding self-doubt to robots to keep them from overstepping bounds

(Tech Xplore)—A team of researchers from the University of California at Berkeley has found some evidence that suggests making robots less self-assured might make them easier to integrate into society. In their paper uploaded ...

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Jun 07, 2017
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Giving robots a sense of touch

Eight years ago, Ted Adelson's research group at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveiled a new sensor technology, called GelSight, that uses physical contact with an object to provide ...

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Jun 05, 2017
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Robot arm can work out how to stack stones

(Tech Xplore)—We are not surprised by now to watch the progress being made in robots doing the heavy lifting for construction sites.

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Jun 04, 2017
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Is it time to assess the ethical impact of real cyborgs on modern society?

(Tech Xplore)—A trio of authors involved in writing about or researching robot and cyborg technology has published an editorial piece in the journal Science Robotics raising the question of whether it is time to start discussing ...

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Jun 02, 2017
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How to hold AI accountable for its actions

(Tech Xplore)—A trio of academics has written and published a Focus piece in the journal Science Robotics on the need to hold artificial intelligence systems accountable for their actions. Sandra Wachter, Brent Mittelstadt ...

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Jun 01, 2017
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Extra arms, manipulated by feet, designed for performing tasks

(Tech Xplore)—A team from Japan has been developing an interesting project called "MetaLimbs: Multiple Arms Interaction Metamorphism." They posted a video recently showing their work. This is set of artificial arms, designed ...

Robotics Engineering

May 31, 2017
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Meet the most nimble-fingered robot ever built

Grabbing the awkwardly shaped items that people pick up in their day-to-day lives is a slippery task for robots. Irregularly shaped items such as shoes, spray bottles, open boxes, even rubber duckies are easy for people to ...

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May 29, 2017
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An artificial Venus flytrap that operates on light

(Tech Xplore)—A trio of researchers with Tampere University of Technology in Finland has designed and built a simple robot that mimics the actions of a Venus flytrap plant. In their paper published in the journal Nature ...

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May 24, 2017
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Researchers show off omnicopter with ball-catching skills

(Tech Xplore)—A little flying device is drawing attention in the media this month on two counts, the way it moves and what it can do, which is fetching a ball in a pouch.

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May 23, 2017
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New algorithm allows human being to communicate task to robot by performing it first in virtual reality

(Tech Xplore)—A new algorithm developed by a team at OpenAI (backed by Elon Musk) allows for teaching a robot how to do something by first having a human being demonstrate it in a virtual reality setting. As the researchers ...

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May 18, 2017
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Flexible soft gripper mimics gecko to pick up objects with curved surfaces

(Tech Xplore)—A small team of researchers with the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and Carnegie Mellon University has improved the design of robot grippers based on synthetic microfiber arrays—it allows for ...

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May 16, 2017
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Virtual top hats allow swarming robots to fly in tight formation

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have created a team of free-flying robots that obeys the two rules of the air: don't collide or undercut each other. They've also built autonomous blimps that recognize hand gestures ...

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May 15, 2017
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Robots teach other robots

Most robots are programmed using one of two methods: learning from demonstration, in which they watch a task being done and then replicate it, or via motion-planning techniques such as optimization or sampling, which require ...

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May 10, 2017
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Spotlight on robotic system for bridge inspection

(Tech Xplore)—Nothing lasts forever as the saying goes and that pretty much pertains to our bridges. Deterioration is a problem. Materials age, and the environment contributes its share of wear and tear. In some cases there ...

Robotics Engineering

May 07, 2017
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Planar Elliptical Runner is biped with clever mechanical design

(Tech Xplore)—Designing robots' capabilities for running and walking intrigues and challenges researchers. A recent video of work done in Florida shows an interesting looking biped that uses, as The Verge put it, mechanics, ...

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May 05, 2017
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System can 3-D print an entire building

The list of materials that can be produced by 3-D printing has grown to include not just plastics but also metal, glass, and even food. Now, MIT researchers are expanding the list further, with the design of a system that ...

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Apr 27, 2017
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New interface allows more efficient, faster technique to remotely operate robots

The traditional interface for remotely operating robots works just fine for roboticists. They use a computer screen and mouse to independently control six degrees of freedom, turning three virtual rings and adjusting arrows ...

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Apr 25, 2017
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Making robots that can work with their hands

It's quite common for humans – especially those who work in manufacturing – to tie a knot, strip the casing off a cable, insert a pin in a hole or use a hand tool such as a drill. They may seem like simple tasks, but ...

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Apr 25, 2017
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Bricklaying robot can make ergonomic, economic impact on construction sites

(Tech Xplore)—New York-based Construction Robotics is just what its title suggests. The company is applying robotics to construction sites where technology can assist, rather than replace, human workers.

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Apr 21, 2017
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Sloth-inspired robot hanging over crops delivers realtime view for farmers

(Tech Xplore)—Crop monitoring and assessing is a vital component of agriculture. Questions over automating the tasks turn to possible solutions such as flying robots (not very energy wise) and ground monitors (running ...

Robotics

Apr 13, 2017
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An advertisement for Kuka robotics: can these machines really replace us?

Robots raise all kinds of concerns. They could steal our jobs, as some experts think. And if artificial intelligence grows, it might even be tempted to enslave us, or to annihilate the whole of humanity.

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Apr 13, 2017
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We could soon face a robot crimewave—the law needs to be ready

This is where we are at in 2017: Sophisticated algorithms are both predicting and helping to solve crimes committed by humans; predicting the outcome of court cases and human rights trials; and helping to do the work done ...

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Apr 12, 2017
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A flexible faster swimming manta-ray like robot

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers at Zhejiang University in China has created a small, soft-bodied robot able to swim twice as fast as others of its kind. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the team ...

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Apr 06, 2017
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