Tag: robots
MIT gives soft robots a better sense of touch and spatial awareness
You know robotic grippers are getting advanced when they can pick up a potato chip without crushing it. In order to do that, they need tactile sensing and proprioception — an awareness of where they are in space. This kind of sensing has been absent… Source
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South Korean cafe uses robotic baristas to comply with social distancing
With its COVID-19 outbreak seemingly contained, South Korea may offer the rest of the world a glimpse of what society could look like after the pandemic ends — and it may include robotic baristas. According to Reuters, a cafe in Daejeon, South Korea… Source
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Hitting the Books: Do we really want our robots to have consciousness?
From Star Trek’s Data and 2001’s HAL to Columbus Day’s Skippy the Magnificent, pop culture is chock full of fully conscious AI who, in many cases, are more human than the humans they serve alongside. But is all that self-actualization really necessar… Source
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Sphero spins off a new company to make robots for police, military use
Sphero, the company behind robotic toys like the BB-8 robot and educational robotics kits, announced today that it’s spinning its public safety division into a new company, dubbed Company Six. It plans to commercialize robots and AI software for firs… Source
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This virtual robotics camp is launching just in time for summer
Summer camp plans not coming together as you envisioned? Me neither. I have no idea what camp will look like for my 8- and 6-year old, and am leery of more Zoom time. I found an interesting possibility though, at least for my 8-year old: virtual robo… Source
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NASA crowdsourcing helps build a better Moon digging robot
NASA’s Artemis program will eventually need robots to help live off the lunar soil, and it’s enlisting help from the public to make those robots viable. The space agency has picked winners from a design challenge that tasked people with improving the… Source
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