Firefighting Robots Go Autonomous
Both independent and remote-controlled machines can save lives -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Four-legged jumping robots to explore the moon
A four-legged robot trained through artificial intelligence has learned the same lesson as the Apollo astronauts—that jumping can be the best way to move around on the surface the moon. An update on LEAP (Legged Exploration of the Aristarchus Plate.....»»
For the first time, robots on Mars found meteorite impact craters by sensing seismic shock waves
Since 2018, NASA's InSight mission to Mars has recorded seismic waves from more than 1,300 marsquakes in its quest to probe the internal structure of the red planet. The solar panels of the car-sized robotic lander have become caked with Martian dust.....»»
Scientists Are Teaching Robots When And How To Laugh Like A Human
Researchers in Japan are teaching robots how to laugh in a natural way, paving the way for life-like conversations between machines and humans. Researchers in Japan.....»»
Ensuring Underwater Robots Survive in Hot Tropical Waters
The hot, humid environment of tropical marine areas such as Australia’s Great Barrier Reef can wreak havoc on the marine autonomous systems. Underwater and surface MAS are used for marine monitoring, locating objects such as mines on the seafloor,.....»»
Magna testing self-driving delivery bot on Michigan roads
Magna International said Wednesday it is testing a last-mile autonomous delivery robot for use on public roads as the supplier giant looks to develop new businesses in the mobility space......»»
Tiny robots made of “galinstan” can run faster than a (scaled down) cheetah
Most soft robots are slow, but these feel the need for speed. Enlarge (credit: Mao et. al.) Scientists at Johannes Kepler University (JKU) have created steerable soft robots that are capable of running, swimming, and jumping a.....»»
Get Ready For Robots At Maker Faire Orange County 2022
Join makers from across Southern California at Maker Faire Orange County on Saturday, September 10th to race drones, battle robots, and share their creative know-how on everything from 3D printing to origami. The post Get Ready For Robots At Maker F.....»»
Harpoons, robots and lasers: How to capture defunct satellites and other space junk and bring it back to Earth
More than half of the thousands of satellites in orbit are now defunct, and this accumulation of floating space debris has been described as a "fatal problem" for current and future space missions and human space travel......»»
Cruise’s robot taxis head to Arizona and Texas
General Motors-owned Cruise is taking its autonomous cars to Texas and Arizona before the end of this year to test a robot taxi service......»»
Argo AI works to spread its autonomous driving wings
Argo AI will provide a comprehensive set of self-driving technologies to companies for ride-hailing and delivery services......»»
Xiaomi to reportedly adopt Hesai LiDAR for first autonomous EV
China-based smartphone vendor Xiaomi has stepped into developing autonomous electric vehicles (EVs), and will reportedly adopt LiDARs developed by China-based Hesai Technology for its first autonomous EV, according to industry sources......»»
Magna hired to make autonomous delivery robots
The Canadian auto supplier built an initial order of 50 Cartken Model C robots at its plant in suburban Detroit and is increasing capacity......»»
Autonomous driving vehicle development accelerating
Vehicles equipped with various levels of autonomous driving technologies are increasing in number. A February 2022 survey by MarketsandMarkets showed that the autonomous vehicles market will expand by a CAGR of 13.3% to reach 62.4 million units in 20.....»»
Cutting-edge Analysis of EDGE Compute Nodes & 5G
NEDGE systems enable 5G/6G network providers to move cloud access, data processing, and storage closer to the consumer. This reduces the signal latency to levels that allow technologies such as autonomous vehicle control, AR/VR applications, eVTOL,.....»»
GM"s Cruise recalls, revises self-driving software after crash
Cruise said in a rare circumstance, the software caused the autonomous vehicle to hard brake while performing an unprotected left turn that it deemed necessary to avoid a severe front-end collision......»»
Space station research contributes to navigation systems for moon voyages
On its mission to the Moon, NASA's Orion spacecraft is designed to use NASA's Near Space Network and Deep Space Network to navigate. But if the craft loses communication with the ground or the Networks, crews can use a backup autonomous navigation sy.....»»
Chinese propose to build a dam with a distributed 3D printer
Engineers want to use robots as a sort of distributed 3D printer. Enlarge / The Chinese already have a number of dams in the generally arid Tibetan Plateau. (credit: Holger Kleine) A study recently published by a team of resea.....»»
Techman promotes AI robots as post-pandemic demand rises
Techman Robot, a Taiwan-based provider of collaborative robots (cobot), will promote its new AI-capable robots and is gearing up for post-pandemic business opportunities, according to company chairman Shi-chi Ho......»»
FARobot debuts Swarm Autonomy solution
FARobot, an AMR (autonomous mobile robot) developer established by Foxconn Electronics and industrial computing device maker Adlink Technology on a joint venture basis, debuts Swarm Autonomy solution at 2022 Automation Taipei exhibition during August.....»»
CiLES showcases autonomous mobile forklifts/carriers
Coretronic Intelligent Logistics Solution (CiLS) is showcasing autonomous mobile forklifts and autonomous mobile carriers at 2022 Taipei Logistics & IoT Exhibition during August 24-27, according to the company......»»