Tag: robots
Miso is the future of restaurant tech and it doesn’t take much to invest
When you think of people investing in state-of-the-art technology products, your mind probably turns to yacht-owning billionaires dropping obscene amounts of money on AI products you’ve never heard of. This persistent and unfortunate association betw… Source
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NASA delays its Titan drone mission by another year
You’ll have to be more patient if you’re waiting for NASA to send a drone to Saturn’s moon Titan. The space agency has delayed Dragonfly’s launch by roughly a year, from 2026 to 2027, due to “external” factors. And yes, the COVID-19 pandemic is one o… Source
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Electronic skin reacts to pain like a human
Electronic skins can already react to touch, but they’re not much good at reacting to the jabs and burns that cause pain. That’s a problem for prosthetics and robots that are supposed to have human-like responses. They may be more sensitive in the fu… Source
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Harvard and Sony built a tiny surgery robot inspired by origami
Researchers from Harvard’s Wyss Institute and Sony have created a surgical robot that’s much smaller than many other such devices. They took inspiration from origami to build the mini-RCM, which is around the size of a tennis ball and weighs about th… Source
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iRobot’s Roomba and Bravaa mop get a huge intelligence boost
iRobot’s most expensive Roomba vacuums can already empty their bins on their own and work in concert with the company’s robot mop. But there’s always room for improvement. Today, iRobot is unveiling its “Genius Home Intelligence” platform, which aims… Source
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This super strength body battery is made with discarded Kevlar
Today’s robot-mounted batteries provide electrical power but at the expense of added mass that in turn requires added power to move and use. But a team of researchers from the University of Michigan have devised a clever solution that will enable tom… Source
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