Rice University robotics engineers are playing with dead things – spiders, to be precise – and say they’ve come up with a breakthrough in precision picker-uppers by… Read the rest ““Necrobotic” spiders grab things more precisely than machine fingers.”
Popular Science explains the 9.000-pound flying robots made by the drone company Elroy Air aren’t meant to get your packages to your door. They’re just flying them most of … Read the rest “FedEx is testing a drone with a 27-foot wingspan for “middle mile” delivery.”
Science reports on a Human Frontier Science Program project that is creating a more stable, more self-controlled walking robot by basing its motion on emus rather than using the “active… Read the rest “Big Dog is being outrun – by an emu-inspired BirdBot”
SONG: “In Pompeii”.
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SOURCE: Scientific American 6 Dec 2021, “Pompeii’s Ruins to Be Reconstructed by Robot,” as used in the post ‘A robot… Read the rest “SONG: In Pompeii”
CNet reports on John Deere’s invention of an autonomous robot tractor you can control with your smartphone:
… Read the rest “Self-driving tractor ready for remote-control farming.”“It takes a while to get comfortable because … first of all,
Science News is not panicking at all about the prospect of robots that can replicate copies of themselves that can then replicate copies of themselves:
… Read the rest “Living robots – “xenobots” – can reproduce themselves.”“This is an incredibly exciting breakthrough,”
Scientific American reports on a growing number of firefighters who don’t have to worry about smoke inhalation or blistering heat – because they’re self-steering… Read the rest “Autonomous firefighting robots ready for duty.”
Euronews.com reports on a new use for robots, to enforce social mores and good citizenship. Citizens seem less than pleased with the artificial politeness police, however:
… Read the rest “Singapore robots patrol against “anti-social behavior.””Called “Xavier,”
NOAA accomplished a world first when category-4 Hurricane Sam raged across the middle Atlantic, by sending an automated vessel named Saildrone Explorer SD 1045 into the 50-foot waves … Read the rest “Robot sailboat shoots video inside a major hurricane.”
CNN Business reveals that robots, having basically taken over manufacturing jobs, are now moving into service industry positions, replacing wait staff at a Latin restaurant in Dallas… Read the rest “Robots are waiting tables in Texas.”
Popular Science reports on the U.S. Marine Corps’ experimental flying explosive robots:
… Read the rest “These drones can be flying grenades.”What sets the Drone 40 apart from a host of other small drone designs is the long, vertical
Eurekalert introduces the next generation of living robots. Tufts University biologists and computer scientists have created a second generation of tiny, biological machines they’re… Read the rest ““Xenobots” are tiny robots made from living cells – self-healing swarms that can form bodies… and memories.”
Cell reveals a potential replacement for pollinators – the vital insects who keep plants from almonds to corn to quinoa reproducing – by using flying robotic bubble-makers… Read the rest “Substituting soap-bubble robots for pollinating insects.”
Science News introduces us to a robot that flies on wings that can change shape just like a real bird’s:
… Read the rest “Pigeonbot flies on wings that change shape.”Now, using new insights into exactly how pigeons’ joints control the spread
BBC News has the story (told in many photos) of Thibault, a man who has been able to move all four limbs with a robot body he controls with two brain implants:
… Read the rest “Paralyzed man moves, thanks to mind-controlled exoskeleton.”Sixty-four electrodes on each implant
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