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Migo Robotics’ Ascender is the world’s first stair-climbing robotic vacuum cleaner and floor mop. People certainly seem to like the idea, as its just-launched Kickstarter campaign has already racked up almost $2 million in pledges.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Going up! Migo Ascender robo-vac is the first to climb and clean stairs
A bicycle-towed electric street sweeper may soon be clearing gravel, broken glass, bits of metal and other debris off a bike lane near you. Known as the Bike Lane Sweeper, the device is already being trialled at multiple locations in Canada and the US…. Continue reading Motorized bike trailer clears lanes of dangerous glass and debris
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
It can really get us down watching as AIs learn to write music, poetry and technology news, but watching this clever autonomous toilet-bot mop up the bogs somehow makes it all worthwhile. It’s good to know robots are coming for the crappy jobs too.Cont… Continue reading Toilet-cleaning robot makes us feel better about all this AI business
A prerequisite for photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies to work efficiently is as direct an exposure to the electromagnetic radiation from the sun as possible. Since dust …read more Continue reading Giving Solar Power’s Mortal Enemies a Dusting Without Wasting Water
Keeping panels clear of dust in large solar farms can be a time-consuming, wasteful and costly business. A Sicilian technology startup called the Reiwa Engine has developed an autonomous robot called SandStorm to reduce maintenance and cleaning costs b… Continue reading Autonomous cleaning robot brushes away solar panel dust as it rolls
It was Tomy, of all companies, that released what was technically the first robot vacuum back in 1985. Sure, the Dustbot was a big-eyed, extremely blinky kids’ toy, but the dustpan and brush it carried was nought but a clever ruse. There was a vacuum i… Continue reading Dyson decides to Dyson the hell out of robot vacuums
It’s not like you can give your iPhone a shower—but these tips and tricks will keep all your devices germ-free. Continue reading How to Clean Your Smartphone and Tech Devices Like a Pro
If you’ve ever been to the Moon (and who hasn’t?), then you’ll know that the clingy dust which covers its surface can damage spacesuits. According to a new study, a spray of liquid nitrogen may offer the best method of getting the stuff off – while lea… Continue reading Liquid nitrogen may do the trick for getting moon dust off spacesuits
The return of vinyl records to a listener’s daily dose of music may have prompted legacy album spinners to dust off some attic classics. Folks looking to remove accumulated gunk from the grooves will be interested to learn that Austria’s Pro-Ject has l… Continue reading Pro-Ject gets in the groove to help clean your vinyl records