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“#Hands-on experience as pianists learn to play with robot thumb” LONDON, Aug 25 – How would pianists cope with suddenly having two thumbs on one hand? Would their brains become scrambled or would the extra digit add a new dimension to their playing? Neuroscientist Adlo Faisal and the team he heads at Imperial College London…
“#Boston Dynamics’ backflipping robot shows off new ‘parkour’ routine” Aug 17 – Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot, Atlas, has been showing off its new skill, parkour or free running atop and over obstacles. A new video released on Tuesday shows Atlas leaping over obstacles, doing back-flips and even falling flat on its face during practice runs….
“#Indonesian village turns unwanted trash into robot COVID helper” TEMBOK GEDE, Indonesia – A homemade robot designed by Indonesian villagers and scientists for fun has found a new use during the pandemic – bringing food, and hopefully a smile, to self-isolating residents who have contracted COVID-19. An eclectic assembly of household items like pots, pans and an old…
“#Robot funded by US military successfully runs 5K” Students at Oregon State University created a bipedal robot that used machine learning to teach itself how to successfully complete a 5K racecourse, the school announced. The history-making bot, dubbed Cassie, traversed 5 kilometers, or 3.1 miles, of gravel, sidewalk, and fields and completed the course on…
“#Useful hounds or dehumanizing machines?” HONOLULU — If you’re homeless and looking for temporary shelter in Hawaii’s capital, expect a visit from a robotic police dog that will scan your eye to make sure you don’t have a fever. That’s just one of the ways public safety agencies are starting to use Spot, the best-known…
“#Robot that can ‘read emotions’ keeps getting fired from jobs” These are not the droids you’re looking for. Japanese-based Softbank Group announced last week it was pressing pause on “Pepper”, an artificial intelligent robot it started producing in 2014, after multiple “firings.” Pepper, which was supposed to be able to “read emotions” and converse with…
“#Smart foam material gives robotic hand the ability to self-repair” SINGAPORE, July 6 – Singapore researchers have developed a smart foam material that allows robots to sense nearby objects and repairs itself when damaged, just like human skin. Artificially innervated foam, or AiFoam, is a highly elastic polymer created by mixing fluoropolymer with a compound…
“#Robots are now everywhere, from hotels to hospitals to salons” From sexual companions to COVID-19 nurses, robots are increasingly dominating the human experience. They’re rolling into our everyday lives as digital sidekicks designed to more safely, efficiently and speedily take on our tasks. And while some bear humanlike appearances and mimic human emotions, they’re being…
“#Amazon tests warehouse robots it claims will reduce worker injuries” Amazon is testing robots that it claims will cut down on worker injuries at its warehouses — a nagging problem that was recently highlighted by CEO Jeff Bezos. The robots –nicknamed Bert, Ernie, Kermit and Scooter — can pick up boxes and move them throughout…
“#Meet Grace, the healthcare robot COVID-19 created” The Hong Kong team behind celebrity humanoid robot Sophia is launching a new prototype, Grace, targeted at the healthcare market and designed to interact with the elderly and those isolated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dressed in a blue nurse’s uniform, Grace has Asian features, collar-length brown hair and…