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European robotics start-ups go up against Chinese heavyweights
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (681+ words) Humanoid robots able to perform tasks from grape harvesting to welcoming visitors were front and centre at France's Vivatech trade fair this week, with European firms looking to fill niches beyond what dominant Chinese giants can offer. French company Enchanted…...
South Korean media: Hyundai plans to buy Soft Bank's remaining 9. 65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 M to make the US robotics company a wholly owned subsidiary
35+ min ago (12+ words) Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web....
State Awards $2 Million for Robotic Twin Initiative
1+ hour, 17+ min ago (339+ words) Massachusetts Technology Institute will help six organizations expand access to digital twins to advance robotics innovation." Digital twins, or virtual, data-driven replicas of physical robots, allow users to test robots virtually before deployment in real-world environments, reducing costs, improving safety…...
NASA Testing Advanced Capabilities For Moon And Mars Rovers
41+ min ago (493+ words) A prototype rover built with a new design for tackling rugged terrain is helping teams refine capabilities that could one day be used on future lunar and Red Planet missions. In the field, ERNEST served as a testbed for a…...
Scientists develop wearable robotic system to restore hand function
42+ min ago (343+ words) News-Medical Scientists develop wearable robotic system to restore hand function Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna, in collaboration with ETH Zurich, the Technical University of Munich and Medical Faculty Belgrade, have developed a wearable neurorobotic system that combines electrical…...
NASA's ERNEST Rover Drove 16 Miles Alone in the Desert
53+ min ago (306+ words) JPL prototype ERNEST crossed 26 km of California desert in 37 hours, moving 10 times faster than Perseverance ERNEST ditches the suspension design that every Mars rover has relied on since 1997 " and the upgrade is significant. "You could do a science road trip…...
West Virginia University research team enters third phase of Appalachian robotics research program
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (564+ words) Soft robotics and bio-hybrid robots are two focal points of this summer's'West Virginia University's Research Experience for Undergraduates program. The West Virginia University Research Experience for Undergraduates program has seen students test the viability of robotic legs designed after insect…...
ART-Glove Records Every Touch So Robots Can Learn to Handle Objects Like People Do
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (175+ words) Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University built a wearable system that captures both the exact movements of a human hand and the precise locations and forces where it presses against objects. The device, called ART-Glove, or Articulated Tactile Glove, tackles a…...
Italy just put an autonomous underwater drone in the water built to patrol seabed cables and pipelines, part of a new system that can detect an intruder from up to 100 kilometers away
3+ hour, 24+ min ago (607+ words) The script has gotten predictable. A fiber-optic cable gets severed somewhere cold and contested, an investigation crawls along without naming anyone, and a Western navy answers by buying one more underwater drone to patrol the seabed. We have written up…...
Humanoid robot is spotted BEGGING on a street in China - claiming it has 'no money to recharge'
2+ hour, 32+ min ago (609+ words) While many people worry that robots are coming to take their jobs, one unlucky bot seems to have fallen on hard times. A humanoid robot was spotted begging for money on a street corner in China's Sichuan province last week....