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Carv, World’s First Wearable for Ski Coaching, Benefits from Robotae’s Experience

Carv, the world’s first digital ski coach that uses a smart boot insert to capture motion and pressure, has been developed by Motion Metrics Ltd, with the support of Robotae, a robotics and mechatronics consultancy. It is an example of a new generation of consumer electronics that uses sensor fusion.

30 Nov 2016

First Robotic Microsub Unveiled at Marine Autonomous and Technology Annual Showcase

The first robotic microsub capable of being deployed from a robotic surface vehicle was unveiled at the Marine Autonomous and Technology Annual Showcase this November, at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC).

30 Nov 2016

iCub Humanoid Robot Helps Solve Mystery of How Young Children Learn New Words

Children learn new words using the same method as robots according to psychologists.

29 Nov 2016

Maximizing the Capabilities of Drones to Suit Extreme Conditions

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones is increasing in the commercial as well as academic areas. Governmental agencies and companies find them progressively more useful to assist their businesses, and researchers are continually seeking new and unique applications for the devices.

23 Nov 2016

New Technique Could Provide Needed Specificity to Power Micro-Robots for Biomedical Applications

The quest to develop a wireless micro-robot for biomedical applications requires a small-scale "motor" that can be wirelessly powered through biological media.

23 Nov 2016

New Technology Uses UAVs and Insect Biobots to Map Disaster Areas

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University have created a combination of hardware and software that will enable them to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and insect cyborgs, or biobots to map large, unfamiliar areas e.g., collapsed buildings following a disaster.

18 Nov 2016

Engineering Students Develop LARA Concierge Robot for UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center

Internationally renowned UCLA professor of engineering Dennis Hong gets excited about robots — downright giddy at times.

18 Nov 2016

Innovative Machine Learning Training Method Opens New Possibilities for Artificial Intelligence

As a result of a new machine learning algorithm formulated by engineering researchers Parham Aarabi (ECE) and Wenzhi Guo (ECE MASc 1T5) at University of Toronto, smartphones may soon be able to provide users with honest answers.

17 Nov 2016

Artificial Intelligence to Become Next Big Breakthrough in Highly Automated Driving

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is staged to become the next big breakthrough in automotive, particularly in the context of Highly Automated Driving (HAD), according to Vision Systems Intelligence (VSI).

16 Nov 2016

New AI-Based Computational Method Could Automatically Associate Images with Sounds

The cow goes "moo." The pig goes "oink." A child can learn from a picture book to associate images with sounds, but building a computer vision system that can train itself isn't as simple.

16 Nov 2016

CTA to Testify Before House E&C Subcommittee on Future of Self-Driving Vehicles

Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)™, will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade on the future of self-driving vehicles.

15 Nov 2016

Banning ‘Killer Robots’ May be a Temporary Solution, Say Researchers

A UB research team has published a paper that implies that the rush to ban and demonize autonomous weapons, or “killer robots,” may be a temporary solution, but the actual problem is that society is entering into a situation where systems like these will and have become possible.

14 Nov 2016

Robotics News

Carv, World’s First Wearable for Ski Coaching, Benefits from Robotae’s Experience

First Robotic Microsub Unveiled at Marine Autonomous and Technology Annual Showcase

iCub Humanoid Robot Helps Solve Mystery of How Young Children Learn New Words

Maximizing the Capabilities of Drones to Suit Extreme Conditions

New Technique Could Provide Needed Specificity to Power Micro-Robots for Biomedical Applications

New Technology Uses UAVs and Insect Biobots to Map Disaster Areas

Engineering Students Develop LARA Concierge Robot for UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center

Innovative Machine Learning Training Method Opens New Possibilities for Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence to Become Next Big Breakthrough in Highly Automated Driving

New AI-Based Computational Method Could Automatically Associate Images with Sounds

CTA to Testify Before House E&C Subcommittee on Future of Self-Driving Vehicles

Banning ‘Killer Robots’ May be a Temporary Solution, Say Researchers

Researchers Develop Persistent Interactive Personality that Can Translate Variables into Simple Narratives

New Project Aims to Make Robots Persistently Autonomous

Echodyne Successfully Tests Airbrone Detect and Avoid Radar on Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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ISS Crew Tackles Health, Robotics, and System Upgrades to Support Long-Duration Missions

PandemicLLM:AI Tool Predicts COVID-19 Spread Accurately

AI Framework from University of Sheffield and AstraZeneca Enhances Protein Design for Drug Development

New Hydrophilic Magnetic Soft Robot Enables High-Speed, Precise Droplet Manipulation for Biomedical and Chemical Applications

Tiny Robot Duo Could Change the Way We Inspect Complex Machinery

What Big Pharma Isn’t Telling You About AI Labs

AI Governance Frameworks for Scientific Applications

Inside the Cross-Sector Collaborations Driving AI in Biotech

Thought Leaders

Robot Chef: The Future of Automated Meal Preparation

Tiny Robotic Crab: The Smallest-Ever Remote-Controlled Walking Robot

Resurrecting Ancient Cephalopods with Robots