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Today's rigid robots don't leave much room for error when trying to precisely pick up a homemade bomb on the battlefield or swiveling around at fast speeds inside a car factory. A new generation of softer robots could not only do the same jobs with less complex "brains" built into their software programs, but also operate more safely around squishy humans nearby.
Farm robots are here, not just in Star Wars. Some dairies already use milking machines that clean udders and monitor cow health, plus do the milking, and a fully automated tractor is coming out this fall.
Illustrated by Joe Vax and Dominic Bianchian, the paperback, out Wednesday, features an introduction by Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane. Speaking of the book’s chief instigator, Alec Sulkin ( @thesulk ), McFarlane writes: “As a physically frail man who despises hard work, Alec was the perfect person to take a format that requires small, nine-second bursts of typing at seven-hour intervals, and ...
If and when the day comes that robots descend on Fort McMurray, it may come down to elementary students to save us all.[...]
Willow Garage sets its open-source software free to attract software developers and help make robots commonplace, but detractors say giving the software away is bad for business.
[HOST] ML Ploynapat Leenutaphong, managing director, TH Robotic Co, Ltd. [HIGHLIGHT] Pakorn ''Boy'' Chatboriruk and Taksaorn ''Aff'' Techanarong shared their experiences using iRobot, including the high-tech housemaid and the high-tech helper.
New system allows paralyzed woman to control robotic arm with her mind.
Hajime Robot Restaurant in Bangkok employs robots as their waitstaff. Diners sit facing a glass enclosure where the robots move back and forth on a track and serve customers through windows.
SmartPlanet reports from the Future of Robotics in Silicon Valley and Beyond, a forum that aims to advance the state of robotics. Originally posted at News - Cutting Edge
A fleet of 100 robots floated down the Sacramento River on Wednesday to demonstrate their ability to measure the pace of the river's flow and to navigate the delta's water. The foot-long devices, 40 of them fitted with...