Hyundai’s DAL-e delivery bot takes on the morning coffee run

Hyundai and Kia are gunning for office mailroom jobs with the introduction of the DAL-e Delivery robot, that can not only distribute packages around a building autonomously, but can also do the coffee run too.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, Technol… Continue reading Hyundai’s DAL-e delivery bot takes on the morning coffee run

Video: Supersonic drone flies with revolutionary detonation engine

A supersonic drone that will be propelled by a revolutionary new engine has taken to the skies for the first time. When Venus Aerospace’s aircraft does go supersonic on a later date, it will be powered by a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE).Cont… Continue reading Video: Supersonic drone flies with revolutionary detonation engine

Video: Fast-learning Eve humanoids can now fold laundry autonomously

A month ago, we were impressed by these robots being able to pick things up, put them in the right spot, open doors and charge themselves. But new video released hours ago makes it clear that autonomous humanoid work is starting to accelerate like mad…. Continue reading Video: Fast-learning Eve humanoids can now fold laundry autonomously

OpenAI’s Eve humanoids make impressive progress in autonomous work

“The video contains no teleoperation,” says Norwegian humanoid robot maker 1X. “No computer graphics, no cuts, no video speedups, no scripted trajectory playback. It’s all controlled via neural networks, all autonomous, all 1X speed.”Continue ReadingCa… Continue reading OpenAI’s Eve humanoids make impressive progress in autonomous work

Lawny Five Keeps Lawn Mowed, Snow Plowed

Although there’s been considerable excitement over the past half century of a Jetsons-like robotic future, outside of a few niche uses of our day-to-day lives there hasn’t been much in …read more Continue reading Lawny Five Keeps Lawn Mowed, Snow Plowed

Auto-follow chopsticks grab flying UAVs from the back of a vehicle

Mesmerizing video shows Teledyne FLIR’s new autonomous drone-catching cradle matching the movements of a model helicopter and grabbing it the instant it’s within reach. It’ll allow soldiers to launch and recover drones from inside their vehicles.Contin… Continue reading Auto-follow chopsticks grab flying UAVs from the back of a vehicle

Avocado robot swings from trees to gather canopy data

Swiss researchers are working on an environmental monitoring robot named Avocado that’s been inspired by abseiling spiders. The fruit-shaped bot uses a winch and rotors to lower itself through the canopy and gather data on life in the treetops.Continue… Continue reading Avocado robot swings from trees to gather canopy data

Video: LimX humanoid robot climbs stairs that it scopes out in real time

When we last heard from LimX Dynamics, the Chinese robotics firm was showing off a quadruped robot that could walk on legs or roll on wheels. The company has now released a video of its new humanoid robot, which can autonomously climb stairs.Continue R… Continue reading Video: LimX humanoid robot climbs stairs that it scopes out in real time

Housekeeping robot quickly learns a range of autonomous chores

Stanford and Google DeepMind researchers have presented an open-source housekeeping robot, and trained it relatively quickly to sauté shrimp, rinse out pans, put pots away in a kitchen cabinet, and clean up wine spills – but it has greater ambitions.Co… Continue reading Housekeeping robot quickly learns a range of autonomous chores