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While AI assistants like Alexa can be helpful, they’re typically stuck in stationary devices such as smart speakers. LG is out to change that, with a new AI that makes its way through users’ homes in the form of a wheeled robot.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading LG’s new AI assistant will roam your home on two wheels
Researchers have demonstrated a programmable nano-scale robot, made from a few strands of DNA, that’s capable of grabbing other snippets of DNA, and positioning them together to manufacture new UV-welded nano-machines – including copies of itself.Conti… Continue reading DNA-folding nanorobots can manufacture limitless copies of themselves
Swiss Mile’s ANYmal robot is a remarkable beast, capable of getting around as a wheeled quadruped, or standing up on its hind legs and using its front wheels as hands. Now, it’s learning to do useful tasks – in about the funniest way possible.Continue … Continue reading Humanoid/quadruped transformer throws boxes like a baggage handler
Singapore company Fourier Intelligence has released a video showing at least a dozen of its GR-1 humanoids, set for customer delivery this year. But while the GR-1 might have the best hips in robotics, it ain’t gonna win any rug-cutting contests.Contin… Continue reading Fourier’s GR-1 humanoids pose little threat in a dance-off
Robotic safety standards are designed for commercial bots, but amateur robot builders should also consider ideas like the keepout zone where a mobile robot isn’t permitted to go or how …read more Continue reading Robots: How The Pros Keep Them Safe
If you think robot dogs with flamethrowers are cool, what about a robot dog with an anti-tank rocket launcher on its back? Built as a research concept, one was tested at the US Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California last September.Continue… Continue reading US Marines put rocket launcher on robot dog because, why not?
Robots made of broken toy parts, stop-motion animation, and a great song to tie it all together were not on our bingo card for 2023, but the results are perfect. …read more Continue reading Oh, The Places You’ll Go With Stop Motion Animation
Early humanoid robots probably won’t be able to do much that Fraunhofer’s self-balancing evoBOT can’t do much faster, and its new autonomous, omnidirectional O³dyn pallet jack looks like another slam dunk for logistics and warehousing.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Fraunhofer’s high-speed logistics robots may steal humanoids’ thunder
Researchers have developed a plant-based hydrogel to create shape-changing, navigable small-scale robots with potential applications in biomedicine, including conducting medical procedures such as biopsies and delivering therapeutic cargo to cells and … Continue reading Plant-based hydrogel used to make navigable, shape-changing tiny robots
After just 12 months of development, Figure has released video footage of its humanoid robot walking – and it’s looking pretty sprightly compared to its commercial competition. It’s our first look at a prototype that should be doing useful work within … Continue reading Figure’s humanoid is already walking and performing autonomous tasks