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  • University 3D Printer 'Replicator' uses light to create a model

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    The new 3D printing technique uses gelatinous resin to create models. (Image Credit: UC Berkeley) Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley have revealed the Replicator. A 3D printer that uses light from a digital video projector to b...
    • 13 Feb 2019
  • Teen student builds prosthetic arms out of Lego pieces

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    The arms were inspired by Tony Stark's Iron Man suit. David Aguilar and his four robotic arms made of Lego pieces. (Image Credit: Reuters/Albert Gea)  David Aguilar has built a robotic prosthetic arm (named after Iron Man's suit) for himself ma...
    • 11 Feb 2019
  • Robots on the path to self-awareness

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    Self-aware robots may seem like something you'd expect out of a science fiction film, but that seems more likely to become reality. Engineering researchers from Columbia have made stellar progress in robotics by creating a robot with self-awareness. ...
    • 6 Feb 2019
  • MIT teaches robot Jenga to help it learn real world physics

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    This robot prefers Jenga over Go (Photo from MIT) Jenga may be one of the most popular and simple games to play; you keep the tower going until it tips over. But it actually takes a good amount of dexterity, patience, and physical manipulation t...
    • 4 Feb 2019
  • Amazon reveals new electronic vest to prevent warehouse robot accidents

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    Amazon hopes the new vest will decrease collisions between warehouse robots and humans (Photo from Amazon) With Amazon Warehouses employing more robots than humans you have to ensure the safety of all your workers, which the company hasn’t been ...
    • 30 Jan 2019
  • Robot Riot Gets Rebooted, Brings Robot Fighting Back to the Tavern

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    Robot Riot is a tabletop fighting competition that pits home-brew robots against each other. (Image credit: The Emporium) Time for a little local news in Chicago! (BTW... I think I will enter this competition circuit.) Robot Riot is an even...
    • 28 Jan 2019
  • Amazon Field Testing Their Scout Delivery Robot in Snohomish County, Washington

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    Six of the six-wheeled robots will deliver packages in an undisclosed neighborhood with an Amazon employee chaperone in tow. (Image credit: Amazon)  Amazon is gaining traction in the robot delivery business, as the e-commerce company has started...
    • 25 Jan 2019
  • GMC’s New Sierra Heavy Duty Pickup Truck Packs 15 Camera Views and can see Through Trailers

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    GMC’s Prograde Trailering System allows you to see through a trailer using cameras mounted on the tailgate and the back of the trailer. (Image credit: GMC)  I was inspired by this tech development. Seeing through objects for safety. For anyone w...
    • 25 Jan 2019
  • WINE Spacecraft can Theoretically Explore Space Forever using Steam Power

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    UCF’s World Is Not Enough spacecraft extracts water from asteroids and other celestial resources to generate steam, which is used as a propellant. (Image credit: UCF)  Scientists from the University of Central Florida have designed a spacecraft ...
    • 24 Jan 2019
  • Robot Roundup: NVIDIA opens new Seattle lab, Open Bionics gets millions from investors, and the robot who helped police end a stand-off

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    The kitchen robot is just one of the new projects housed in NVIDIA’s new Seattle lab (Photo from NVIDIA) NVIDIA now has a new lab in Seattle that will serve as home for all its robotics projects. Research scientists and students from the Univers...
    • 18 Jan 2019
  • Researchers Hack Plants making it easy for them to Just Say No to Oxygen Molecules

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    The researchers found that plants modified to bypass photorespiration could increase their biomass by 40%. (Image credit: RIPE)  It’s common knowledge plants take sunlight and CO2 to make the energy they need to grow. A long time ago, the proces...
    • 10 Jan 2019
  • China’s Chang’e 4 Probe Takes Images of the Moon’s Far Side While Yutu 2 Begins Exploration

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    First ever image of the moon’s far side and South Pole-Aitken basin landing location of CNSA’s Chang’e 4 probe. (Image credit: CSNA)  The China National Space Administration’s made history on January 3rd when it successfully landed their Chang’e...
    • 8 Jan 2019
  • Self-driving Drones and Cars: The Delivery Platforms of the Future

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    The journey of the self-driving car started in 1925 when the inventor Francis Houdina put on the streets of Manhattan a radio-controlled car with no driver. People at the time really thought it was a trick from the famous illusionist Houdini, especia...
    • 4 Jan 2019
  • Lovot: A Robot for Love

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    Pair of Lovots, Groove X explained on their website that the robots in a pair are connected and can feel each other’s “emotions”; when one is being hugged, the other might come around asking for a hug too. (Image from lovot.life) When it comes t...
    • 3 Jan 2019
  • Open source autonomous driving project to be developed with 96Boards

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    The Autoware Foundation has been established with collaborations from Linaro, Japan-based company Tier IV and auto-driving software firm Apex.AI. The foundation is an open-source platform for autonomous vehicles based on Tier IV's Linux/ROS Autoware ...
    • 28 Dec 2018
  • Jaguar Land Rover's prototype opens doors for those with accessibility needs

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    The company has developed a car door that opens automatically when the driver approaches the vehicle. Mark Ormrod testing out Jaguar Line Rover's new car door prototype. (Credit: Jaguar Land Rover)Jaguar Land Rover has created a car door that opens a...
    • 20 Dec 2018
  • Casual Friday : High-Tech Boris Robot turns out to be a Person in a Suit

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    The robot named ‘Boris’ featured at the Putin Youth Forum was just a man wearing an Alyosha the Robot costume from Show Robotics. (Image credit: Show Robotics)  The Russian state news agency Russia-24 was on hand reporting live at a Russian robo...
    • 14 Dec 2018
  • Toyota Pairs T-HR3 Robot with DOCOMO 5G for Remote Operation

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    Untethered control of the T-HR3 robot is done over a 5G mobile network, Master Maneuvering System, and VR headset. (Image credit: Toyota)  Think of it as a present-day Avatar platform, but instead of controlling bio-humanoid beings, you’re contr...
    • 13 Dec 2018
  • AI Roundup: This robot throws a fit while an AI algorithm creates realistic images

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    Strange but true. A new video shows a robot aboard ISS getting emotional while Nvidia introduces their new AI systems that can radically change how 3D realistic images and environments are created. Just because Cimon is a robot doesn’t mean he can’t ...
    • 7 Dec 2018
  • MIT’s Elowan is a Cybernetic Plant That Uses Electrical Signals to Move its Robot Body

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    Elowan features electrodes placed around the plant's roots and soil and takes minute plant signals to drive the robot where it needs to go. (Image credit: MIT)  Plats are just like people in certain ways; they need food, water, and light to thri...
    • 7 Dec 2018
  • Australia’s one-armed robotic bricklayer finishes its first house in under three days

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    Fastbrick Robotics’ Hadrian X robot needs little human interaction and can lay up to 1000 bricks per hour. The one-armed robot in action. (Photo from Fastbrick) Australian Robotic technology company Fastbrick Robotics (FBR) Limited has created a...
    • 20 Nov 2018
  • Drones find lost hikers in the woods

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    Researchers at MIT have employed a fleet of drones with the same system found in self-driving to be more effective in search and rescue missions. This new system doesn’t rely on GPS, which is often non-existent in forested areas. (Photo & video v...
    • 9 Nov 2018
  • 32-legged robot has great maneuverability

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    Mochibot shows the world it can never have too many legs to move around. A 32-legged robot that can traverse on all types of terrain features a unique design and movement. (Image Credit: Keio University and University of Tokyo) Legged robots may...
    • 1 Nov 2018
  • See Spot Dance; Boston Dynamics show off SpotMini’s dance moves

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    www.youtube.com/watchNew video from Boston Dynamics shows the quadruped robot dancing and moonwalking. (Video from Boston Dynamics) This past summer, Boston Dynamics, known for making eerie robots, revealed that the SpotMini will be available fo...
    • 26 Oct 2018
  • Swarm Technologies Receives Authorization from the FCC to Launch Communication Satellites

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    Swarm’s 1/4U SpaceBEE Satellites feature radar reflectors and GPS, allowing them to be tracked in orbit. (Image credit: Swarm Technologies)  Back in January, aerospace startup Swarm Technologies launched four picosatellites, known as SpaceBEE’s,...
    • 25 Oct 2018
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