New AI Technique Lets Robots Detect Human Touch Via Shadow
This ShadowSense system uses a normal, off-the-shelf USB web-cam to capture the shadows that are produced by hand gestures on a robot’s skin. Then, there are algorithms that classify the …
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VW Shows Off Its EV Charging Robot
We have got a little more information on just how VW’s prototype robotic electric vehicle charging system is going to work. VW showed us the first glimpse of its mobile …
UPDATE: Don’t Miss Elon Musk’s Neuralink Demonstration This Week – Progress Has Been Made
You are a cyborg. Imagine life without a smartphone. I know, I can’t either. More and more, humans are becoming intertwined with computers. What used to be giant lumbering machines …
Festo Just Unveiled A Pair of Unusual Biomimetic Robots
Don’t feel bad if you think that all German robotics outfit Festo does is put together amazing robot prototypes that look like jellyfish, kangaroos, and other animals. They do actually …
NASA is Wanting to Design a Steam-Powered Robot to Hop Around Icy Worlds
A steam-powered bouncing ball robot may sound like some sort of steampunk fantasy, but NASA thinks that it could be a great way to explore some of our solar system’s …
Android ADK robot
Phil checks out a little robot being powered by the Android ADK and a Nexus S. Creepy.
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Quick Look at the EggBot Art Robot
While Will tinkers with the MakerBot, Norm builds a CNC robot that makes eggs look amazing.
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New Species Discovered Underwater By NOAA’s Deep-Sea Robot
Thousands of feet below the Pacific Ocean’s surface, a deep sea-exploring robot spotted some unusual marine life 900 miles west of Hawaii. At 8,380 feet below sea level, the National …
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Giant Walking Pod Robot at Maker Faire 2013
Scott Parenteau, a commercial welder, made this mammoth walking pod inspired by his love for geodesic dome designs and Theo Jansen’s Strandbeest machines. This lumbering robot gracefully strolls across the …
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The robot that learns like a child
Read more: Swiss researchers have created software that allows robots to learn in a similar way to children.
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