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Stanford Scientists Observe Birds to Refine How Robots Touchdown

Birds are capable of perching on a wide range of surfaces, thick or thin, slick or rough. But will they be able to find stable footing if a branch is covered in Teflon? Keen to build better robots, Stanford researchers found out.

7 Aug 2019

DataRobot and FactSet Launch First AI Investment Workflow

FactSet, a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications, and industry-leading service, and DataRobot, the leader in enterprise AI, today announced the launch of DataRobot’s first AI investment workflow, DataRobot on FactSet.

7 Aug 2019

Automation of Artificial Intelligence can Improve Medical Decision-Making

Computer scientists at MIT are hoping to speed up the application of artificial intelligence to enhance medical decision-making, by automating an important step that is normally done manually—and that is turning out to be more difficult as some datasets grow ever-larger.

6 Aug 2019

Innovative Robotic Jellyfish can Perform 3D Jet Propulsion and Maneuvers

As a source of stimulus, aquatic creatures such as fish, jellyfish, and cetaceans could inspire advanced designs to enhance the ways that manmade systems work in and interact with aquatic environments.

6 Aug 2019

Australia’s First “Full-Fledged” Security Robot at Sydney Expo 2019

The Bunda Security Robot, claimed to be Australia's first "full-fledged" security robot has been introduced to the market by Southern Cross Group, an integrated facility services company.

6 Aug 2019

Study Demonstrates Fully Untethered Soft Robots in Liquid

In the past few years, soft robots have received a great deal of attention for their special characteristics when compared to conventional rigid robots.

5 Aug 2019

Successful Testing of Drones Transporting Supplies to Troops

In an attempt to discover advanced solutions to transport supplies for warfighters, the military and academia joined together and positively tested the use of drones delivering water and food to troops on land as well as at sea.

5 Aug 2019

Artificial Intelligence Helps Design Customized Pricing Model for Airline Customers

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being used by researchers to help the aviation sector to price their supplementary services like seat reservations and checked bags in a way that proves beneficial to the budget and privacy of customers and also to the bottom line of the airline industry.

5 Aug 2019

Global Food Robotics Market Expected to Reach $3.1 Billion by 2025

According to a new market research report “Food Robotics Market by Type (Articulated, Collaboration, Other), Payload (Medium, High), Application (Packaging, Palletizing), Industrial Vertical (Dairy Processing, Bakery, Beverage, Meat Products) - Global Forecast to 2025”, published by Meticulous Research, the global food robotics market is expected to reach $3.1 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of 12.7% during the forecast period of 2019 to 2025.

2 Aug 2019

New Insect-Sized Robot Withstands the Weight of an Average Human

The sight of a scurrying bug can make individuals look away because they probably feel uneasy. Now, a novel insect-sized robot developed by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), can skitter across the floor at almost the speed of a darting cockroach.

1 Aug 2019

New Millimeter-Scale Soft Snail Robot Driven by Liquid Crystal Elastomer Technology

Liquid crystal elastomer technology was used by researchers at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, Poland to show the capability of a bio-inspired microrobot to imitate the adhesive locomotion of snails and slugs in natural scale.

1 Aug 2019

New Structural Color Soft Robot to Interact with Environment

A new structural color soft robot that can move and change color has been designed by researchers headed by Dr Du Xuemin from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

1 Aug 2019

Continental’s Technologies Used in Series Production for Robo-Taxis

Scientists and developers from technology company Continental, and based at in North America, Europe, and Asia, are working to produce established series production technologies ideal for use in robo-taxis.

31 Jul 2019

Machine Learning to Forecast Electricity Blackouts Caused by Storms

Thunderstorms are widespread across the globe in summer. Besides ruining afternoons in the park, rain, lightning, and gusts of wind can destroy power grids and lead to electricity blackouts.

31 Jul 2019

AI Robots Trained to Make Decisions and Adjust Movement Trajectories in Real-Time

A team of researchers from the School of Engineering of Far Eastern Federal University, Institute of Marine Technology Issues, and Institute of Automation and Management Processes of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences have come up with a software enabling industrial AI robots with technical vision to set out and modify the movement trajectories of their tools in real-time without lowering given precision levels.

31 Jul 2019