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Using Dead Locust Ear as Sensors for a Robot

A technological and biological development that is unprecedented in Israel and the world has been achieved at Tel Aviv University. For the first time, the ear of a dead locust has been connected to a robot that receives the ear's electrical signals and responds accordingly.

3 Mar 2021

New RFID-Capable Autonomous Robot Analyzes Shoppers' Behavior

Researchers from Skoltech's Intelligent Space Robotics Lab have proposed a novel method for customer behavior analytics and demand distribution based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) stocktaking. Their research was published in the proceedings of the International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV).

3 Mar 2021

Kravt Robotics and Allset Team Up to Create a Robotic Food Delivery Solution

The IT development company Kravt Robotics has entered into a strategic partnership with Allset Technologies, a startup providing a food pre-ordering service. The LA-based companies have teamed up to create a food order and delivery platform utilizing robotic delivery solutions instead of couriers.

2 Mar 2021

Study Explores the Impact of Robots and Autonomous Systems on Urban Ecosystems

The University of Leeds has coordinated a study with 170 experts from 35 countries, including E.T.S. Agronomic Engineering lecturer Luis Perez Urrestarazu. The study conclusions have just been published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.

22 Feb 2021

Designing Configurable Cobots to Preserve Workers Health in Workplaces

CONCERT, acronym for CONfigurable CollaborativE Robot Technologies, is an innovative project that has the goal of developing a novel concept of configurable robot platforms, which can be explored in application domains with unstructured, variable and evolving workspace settings and tasks.

11 Feb 2021

Social Robots can Detect Human Touch Gestures Using Shadows and Camera

Soft robots may not be in touch with human feelings, but they are getting better at feeling human touch.

9 Feb 2021

Artificial Skin may Pave the Way for Touch-Sensing-Enabled Robotic Devices

Modern-day robots are often required to interact with humans intelligently and efficiently, which can be enabled by providing them the ability to perceive touch.

4 Feb 2021

Generating Synthetic Objects to Train Robots

Before he joined the University of Texas at Arlington as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and founded the Robotic Vision Laboratory there, William Beksi interned at iRobot, the world's largest producer of consumer robots (mainly through its Roomba robotic vacuum).

20 Jan 2021

New Secure Online Location to Purchase “Temi Robot” in Canada

Robots North, a reseller of “temi robot” products and services in Canada, is excited to announce the launch of our new secure online location.

15 Jan 2021

"Robot Theory of Mind" Could Help Robots Get Along with Other Robots and Humans

Like a longtime couple who can predict each other's every move, a Columbia Engineering robot has learned to predict its partner robot's future actions and goals based on just a few initial video frames.

12 Jan 2021