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ARX Robotics has just received €9 million (US$9.7M) from the NATO Innovation Fund to develop a series of robust unmanned ground vehicles. The modular design of the bots makes them capable of filling a variety of roles in the alliance’s attack and defen… Continue reading €9 million in military robots ordered from German startup by NATO
Did you know there is a Guinness World Record for the smallest humanoid robot? We didn’t either, but apparently this is a challenge attracting multiple competitors. [Lidor Shimoni] had a …read more Continue reading Almost Breaking The World Record For The Tiniest Humanoid Robot, But Not Quite
In what sounds more like the opening scene from a B-grade sci-fi/horror flick, head transplant operations performed entirely by robotic surgeons could be coming to a hospital near you within a decade, if startup BrainBridge is to be believed.Continue R… Continue reading Video: Head transplants performed by robots planned within the decade
Just a dozen humans in all of history have had the incredible experience of walking on the Moon. The best of the best. Our bravest and most competent. Earth’s ambassadors. Twelve men of incredible physical fitness and intellectual prowess.Continue Read… Continue reading NASA wants to end lunar faceplants by giving astronauts extra robot limbs
A strange sea creature known as the salp reproduces asexually, building long chains of clones. Researchers have now decoded the way these long salp chains propel themselves, a finding that could lead to better propulsion systems for underwater vehicles… Continue reading Coordinated jet propulsion corkscrews these odd creatures through the water
Sony has shown off its new surgical robot doing some super-precise work sewing up a tiny slit in a corn kernel. It’s the first machine of its kind that auto-switches between its different tools, and has successfully been tested in animal surgery.Contin… Continue reading Watch: Sony’s new microsurgery robot stitches up a corn kernel
DrEureka, a new open-source software package that anyone can play with, is used to train robots to perform real-world tasks using Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT 4. It’s a “sim-to-reality” system, meaning it teaches the robots in a virtual… Continue reading ChatGPT trains robot dog to walk on Swiss ball
Somebody better break it to the Ewoks: crafty log tricks aren’t gonna cut the mustard. LimX Dynamics has released video of its P1 Biped – heavily inspired by the AT-ST walker from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, taking an absolute pounding with ease.Con… Continue reading Forest walker robot takes a brutal beating and keeps marching
DARPA has finally unveiled more of its mysterious Manta Ray robotic sub, with impressive new images of the prototype Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle (UUV) undergoing its first sea trials off the coast of Southern California.Continue ReadingCategory: Milita… Continue reading DARPA’s massive Manta Ray robotic sub hits the sea
Sanctuary AI is one of the world’s leading humanoid robotics companies. Its Phoenix robot, now in its seventh generation, has dropped our jaws several times in the last few months alone, demonstrating a remarkable pace of learning and a fluidity and co… Continue reading Interview: Suzanne Gildert leaves Sanctuary to focus on AI consciousness