Researchers used a team of AI agents with reinforcement learning to beat humans in capture the flag mode in Quake III. (Image credit: DeepMind) Alphabet’s DeepMind AI has already beaten the best at Go, Shogi, and chess, and now Quake III can be...
Researchers from Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a soft robot that could lead the way for robotic implementations for space exploration, biomimetics, medical surgery, search and rescue operatio...
Doggo, a robot that can do acrobatics comes at an affordable pricewww.youtube.com/watchDoggo can walk, trot, do backflips and even jump with ease and can prop itself back up if it loses its balance. (Image Credit: Stanford University) Stanford'...
The Skai eVTOL (electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing) vehicle can fly up to 4-hours, has a 400-mile range, and can seat up to five passengers. (Image credit: Skai press kit) Alakai Technologies has recently announced the launch of Skai- a hydr...
Maxar is set to build the power and propulsion element of the Lunar Gateway, which is based on the company’s SSL 1300 platform, which provides the flexibility to use a myriad of subsystems. (Image credit: Maxar via BusinessWire) Colorado-based ...
The satellites could not only obstruct our view of the universe, but they also make it harder for astronomers to observe far away objects. Starlink solar arrays capture and reflect sunlight making them easy to see from Earth at times. (Photo from Spa...
The NASA diagram outlines the Artemis mission set for establishing a permanent ‘Lunar Gateway’ on the moon. (Image credit: NASA via Ars Technica) A leaked internal infographic from NASA outlines their ambitious journey to return astronauts to t...
On May 21, 2019, the United States Postal Service (USPS) granted a contract to a self-driving truck company, TuSimple, in an effort to carry out five round trips over a two-week time span. The goal is to deliver USPS trailers over 1,000 miles between...
Amazon will be deploying robotic machines to automate jobs already held by thousands of human workers in their warehouses. The robots can pack up hundreds of boxes per hour and can also wrap up packages that have been custom-built for each item. Even...
On May 7th 2019, Mack Trucks unveiled their long-awaited Mack LR battery electric vehicle (BEV) during the WasteExpo 2019 event. Coupling both the refuse design of the Mack LR model with an electric Mack drivetrain, the prototype will begin demonstra...
The Asteroid they planned on impacting Earth. (Image credit: ESA Operations) On April 29, 2019, space experts from NASA, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) created a simulation on a potential asteroid ...
A Japanese startup company, Interstellar Technologies has successfully launched its experimental sounding rocket, "Momo" into orbit. The launch took place from a test site near Taiki on Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on May 4th. This was their t...
Drone transports organ to hospital for the first time A drone can now deliver organs to transplant donors at a hospital. (Image Credit: Mark Teske/University of Maryland School of Medicine) Transporting organs to transplant patients will soon ha...
Stratolaunch's mega plane will be used to carry rockets and multiple launch vehicles. The aircraft can take flight in orbit at a high altitude in space. (Image Credit: Stratolaunch) The Stratolaunch, known as the world's largest all-composite a...
Boston Dynamics' robotic strength is admirable. In the robotic firm's latest YouTube post, "Mush, Spot Mush!" posted on April 16th, a set of ten specialized Spotmini quadrupedal robots titled Spotpower can be seen hauling off a full-sized box truck a...
Motor control is not a new topic, but like most technologies, it continues to evolve. Luckily, NXP has a broad portfolio of MCUs to support the next-generation of motor control designs. For example, many new products enabling some f...
Open Bionics began selling its 3D-printed Hero Arm one year ago in the UK and France, but now it's available in the US. The start-up, Open Bionics specializes in producing inexpensive, lightweight prosthetics and their arms are inspired by the Iron M...
The disposable drones are made from cheap plywood and have enough space to carry over 700 kg. These gliders are essentially wooden boxes with electronics inside. (Image credit: Logistic Gliders) I am hoping they release the designs for this. See...
The Lego form helps the material stick together and create a tight seal (Photo from Brown University) Researchers at Brown University recently developed a new kind of hydrogel material that can be used for various soft robotic applications. The ...
Boston Dynamics is making a return to the robot scene. This time it's with a re-designed version of "The Handle" robot from 2017. The bird-like robot's (2017 version was a humanoid) priority will be to stack boxes in a warehouse, and there's no stopp...
These fish and bees can now talk to each other thanks to these robots (Image credit: EPFL) Unless you’re watching a movie involving anthropomorphic animals, you don’t expect bees and fish to communicate with each other. But thanks to new robotic...
Tokyo's organizing committee for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) has announced the launch of its Tokyo 2020 Robot Project. The programmes aim is to deliver the most innovative games to date and to ensure visitors have the exper...
Stanford University is opening up a new institute to study and develop human-centered artificial intelligence technologies and applications. The university will be working with Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) in an effort to gather input...
Artists Irene Posch and Ebru Krubak have engineered The Embroidered Computer, an interactive 8-bit computer made of embroidery materials and traditional stitching techniques and patterns. The design invites artistic abilities to weave through te...
