Robotics
Stringent security requirements mean that the inspection and maintenance of infrastructure such as tunnels, oil refineries and bridges are becoming expensive and time-consuming.
Dec 14, 2022
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Robotics
Today's robots are awkward co-workers because they are often unable to predict what humans need. In hospitals, robots are employed to perform simple tasks such as delivering supplies and medications, but they have to be explicitly ...
Jul 13, 2016
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Robotics
A group of researchers and engineers has created a new way for robots to pool data gathered in real time, allowing them to 'think' collectively and navigate their way through difficult, previously unmapped obstacles as a ...
May 11, 2020
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Machine learning & AI
Alan Turing was recently announced as the face of the new £50 note for his code breaking contributions in World War II and laying the foundations of computer science. However, Turing's work still challenges and inspires ...
Jul 30, 2019
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Robotics
Behind a dark and opaque storefront in Tel Aviv, an Israeli company is speeding up online shopping by replacing staff with robots that manoeuvre around small storerooms.
Feb 15, 2023
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Robotics
With recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics technology, there is growing interest in developing and marketing household robots capable of handling a variety of domestic chores.
Sep 8, 2022
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Robotics
My colleagues and I have built a robot composed of many building blocks like the cells of a multicellular organism. Without a "brain" or a central controller in the system, our robot, dubbed Loopy, relies on the collective ...
Feb 26, 2024
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Robotics
(Tech Xplore)—A lot has been said about home robots giving assistance and companionship to children, the homebound and the elderly. Machines designed with expressive eyes and head gestures are of special interest and admiration. ...
Robotics
Picture a swarm of autonomous, three-foot rolling robots armed with smart detectors to support nuclear safeguards and verify arms-control agreements. The prototype of such robots, being developed by the U.S. Department of ...
Nov 12, 2019
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Robotics
Commercial 3-D printing—or additive manufacturing (AM)—is a booming industry. But if printers were liberated from the typical setup involving an immobile box and a gantry, and set free to work in roving, collaborative ...
Oct 2, 2019
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