Tag: robots
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The next frontier of materials science.
“Two landmark publications came out today: one on the use of Google’s Deep Mind to simulate millions of new possible materials, the other describes and autonomous self driving robotic laboratory to synthesize the materials prediction by DeepMinds simulations.” ~ learn more
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Printed robots with bones, ligaments and tendons.
This is absolutely incredible. 3D printing keeps getting better. “For the first time, researchers have succeeded in printing a robotic hand with bones, ligaments and tendons made of different polymers using a new laser scanning technique.” ~ learn more
better doing
Do humans get lazier when robots help with tasks?
“People sometimes relax, letting their colleagues do the work instead. This is called “social loafing,” and it’s common where people know their contribution won’t be noticed or they’ve acclimatized to another team member’s high performance. Scientists at the Technical University […]
big ideas
Lunar operations.
“It could look something like this: in partnership with the US government, a private company — let’s call it Regolift MegaCorp — sends fuel-cell powered, tele-operated robots to the lunar poles to mine their icy regolith. There, they separate the […]
big ideas
What’s next for the moon?
“Robots—and then humans—are going back to the lunar surface. Here’s what they’ll be doing.” ~ learn more
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Translating vision and language into robotic actions.
At some point we’ll certainly want to tell robots what we want done in the real world. Google’s AI researchers are now one big step closer. “Unlike chatbots, robots need “grounding” in the real world and their abilities. Their training […]
tech, startups, internet
Look back on 10 years of Amazon robots.
This is from Amazon’s PR team so they didn’t miss an opportunity to state that over the past 10 years they’ve added almost twice as many human workers as robotic ones. Check it out if you’re curious to see their […]
fun facts
Behold the dancing robots
The team at Boston Dynamics shows us the future of robotics in this music video to the 1960s hit Do You Love Me. We’ve come a long way from the animatronic Chuck E Cheese band. | learn more
retail therapy
How robots and drones will change retail forever.
“What if you could store and deliver goods as easily as data? Amazon, Walmart and others are using AI and robotics to transform everything from appliance shopping to grocery delivery. Welcome to the physical cloud.” | learn more