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Opportunities and challenges in the development of exoskeletons for locomotor assistance | Nature Biomedical Engineering
Exoskeletons can augment the performance of unimpaired users and restore movement in individuals with gait impairments. Knowledge of how users inte... (2023)
These prosthetics break the mold with third thumbs, spikes and superhero skins | MIT Technology Review
Prosthetics designers are coming up with new ways to help people feel more comfortable in their own skin. (2023)
This Exoskeleton Uses AI to Help People Walk Faster With Less Energy
There’s a short learning curve, but on average the algorithm was able to effectively tailor itself to new users in just an hour. (2022)
iRobot's Roomba will soon be owned by Amazon, which raises privacy questions
In the development of ever smarter homes, Amazon could soon have access to the maps of our houses created and stored by Roomba vacuums. (2022)
They’re putting guns on robot dogs now - The Verge
It was only a matter of time before they started equipping robot dogs with guns. A quadrupedal machine built by Ghost Robotics has been outfitted w... (2021)
Where Are The Robotic Bricklayers? - by Brian Potter - Construction Physics
When researching construction, you invariably discover that any new or innovative idea has actually been tried over and over again, often stretchin... (2021)
Hyundai acquires controlling stake in U.S. robotics firm Boston Dynamics for $880 million
Hyundai Motor Group has announced the acquisition of a controlling stake in the U.S robotics firm Boston Dynamics. (2021)
Kroger launches its first Ocado-powered ‘shed’, a massive, robot-filled fulfillment center in Ohio – TechCrunch
After inking a deal to work together almost three years ago, U.S. supermarket chain Kroger and U.K. online grocer Ocado today took the wraps off th... (2021)
A New York Lawmaker Wants to Ban Police Use of Armed Robots | WIRED
Officers’ use of Boston Robotics’ Digidog intensifies concerns about militarization of the police. (2021)
A possible new cancer treatment? Robots that attack tumors - Los Angeles Times
Chemotherapy and radiation can cause too much collateral damage to treat some brain tumors. Crumb-sized robots could be the solution. (2021)
Space startup Gitai raises $17.1M to help build the robotic workforce of commercial space – TechCrunch
Japanese space startup Gitai has raised a $17.1 million funding round, a Series B financing for the robotics startup. This new funding will be used... (2021)
DoorDash acquires salad-making robotics startup, Chowbotics – TechCrunch
DoorDash is expanding its robotic footprint into the kitchen. The delivery service is set to acquire Chowbotics, a Bay Area-based robotics best kno... (2021)
German Bionic raises $20M led by Samsung for exoskeleton tech to supercharge human labor
Exoskeleton technology has been one of the more interesting developments in the world of robotics: Instead of building machines that replace humans... (2020)
Hyundai to acquire Boston Dynamics for nearly $1B
According to a report from The Korea Economic Daily, Hyundai Motor will acquire Boston Dynamics for $921 million (1 trillion won). (2020)
Robotics - Robots that can walk are now striding to market
They will be able to go where people can, but existing bots cannot (2020)
Scientists Are Printing Living “Xenobots” out of Biological Cells
Xenobots mark a major step forward in biological robots. The tiny, short-lived creatures are designed in a virtual world then 3D printed with livin... (2020)
Curious About Consciousness? Ask the Self-Aware Machines
Consciousness is a famously hard problem, so Hod Lipson is starting from the basics: with self-aware robots that can help us understand how we think. (2020)
PlayStation's secret weapon: a nearly all-automated factory
TOKYO -- Sony's PlayStation has won hundreds of millions of fans across the world since its launch in 1994. But few know just how much of the console' (2020)
New York Startup Hyperscience Raises $60 Million To Become Automation Software’s Next Breakout
New York startup Hyperscience has raised $60 million from Bessemer Venture Partners to spread the gospel of automation in a time of remote work due... (2020)
Nearly half of Twitter accounts pushing to reopen America may be bots
Kathleen M. Carley and her team at Carnegie Mellon University’s Center for Informed Democracy & Social Cybersecurity have been tracking bots an... (2020)
IT'S TIME TO BUILD - by Marc Andreessen
Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effect... (2020)
Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf - GitHub - huginn/huginn
Github - Your agents are standing by! - huginn/huginn Huginn is a system for building agents that perform automated tasks for you online. They c... (2019)
Extremely dexterous robot can solve a Rubik's cube one-handed | New Scientist
Artificial intelligence has learned to control a single robot hand with enough dexterity to solve a Rubik’s cube in around 3 minutes “The system... (2019)
Work management platform Asana launches new automation tools – TechCrunch
Work management platform Asana today announced the launch of a new feature that will take the work out of some of the most mundane and repetitive t... (2019)
Traptic uses 3D vision and robotic arms to harvest ripe strawberries – TechCrunch
At some unspecified time, somewhere down the road, Traptic would love to expand its robots to pick a wide variety of crops. For now, however, the S... (2019)
From Communism To Coding: How Daniel Dines Of $7 Billion UiPath Became The First Bot Billionaire
Inside $7 billion UiPath, the cloud company cofounded by new billionaire Daniel Dines, who's trying to end humdrum office work by providing a "robo... (2019)
Inspired by Star Wars, Gulliver Academy students show off robot coding – WSVN 7News | Miami
CORAL GABLES, FLA. (WSVN) - A Coral Gables school celebrated Star Wars Day by showcasing a coding project inspired by the popular franchise. Comput... (2019)
MiamiTech Startup Spotlight: For automated sales development, Blanket has you covered - Refresh Miami
Refresh Miami is a community of hackers, early adopters, entrepreneurs and change artists. We’re a hub of inspiration and resources for people who ... (2019)
Robotic Dreams, Robotic Realities: Why Is It So Hard to Build Profitable Robot Companies? - IEEE Spectrum
Roboticists need to discuss openly and honestly not only our successes but also our failures (2019)
An ageing world needs more resourceful robots - The Economist
Grandma’s little helper WHEN GILL PRATT sat down to discuss the job of running the Toyota Research Institute, the carmaker’s new research divisi... (2019)
The Truth About Boston Dynamics' Robot Dog
Robot dogs are here. But why? (2024)
I Challenged Boston Dynamics' Famous Atlas Robot
What can this human-like robot really do?Get an exclusive Surfshark Black Friday deal! Enter promo code CLEO to get up to 6 additional months for f... (2023)
How Robots Could Help Retailers Save Billions
Outfitted with cameras and sensors, autonomous inventory robots can verify price signs and look for out-of-stock items. Inventory is one of the big... (2023)
Why Japan has so many vending machines - Vox
What vending machines can teach you about this country Subscribe to the Vox Borders newsletter for weekly updates: http://www.vox.com/borders-email... (2018)
How Do Russian Bots Work? - Video - NYTimes.com
How do bots and trolls work to infiltrate social media platforms and influence U.S. elections? We take a closer look at these insidious online pest... (2018)
How the Tesla Model S is Made | Tesla Motors Part 1 (WIRED)
WIRED Published on Jul 16, 2013 If founder Elon Musk is right, Tesla Motors just might reinvent the American auto industry—with specialized rob... (2018)
What a driverless world could look like | Wanis Kabbaj | TED
What if traffic flowed through our streets as smoothly and efficiently as blood flows through our veins? Transportation geek Wanis Kabbaj thinks we... (2018)
10 Year Futures (vs. What's Happening Now) | a16z
a16z talk with a look at trends in technologies: “The personal computer S-curve gave us 1.5 billion PCs and 3 billion people online, and now the s... (2017)
The robots are coming for your office, with NYT’s Kevin Roose - Decoder with Nilay Patel | Podcast on Spotify
Listen to this episode from Decoder with Nilay Patel on Spotify. Nilay Patel sits down with New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose to discuss th... (2021)
Dani Clode Design - prosthetics design
An augmentation designer exploring the future body (2023)