Sure, home robots such as the Roomba vacuum cleaner are pretty useful, but it’s still a long way from the characterful, interactive droids we were promised by a misspent youth watching Star Wars and Short Circuit. Fortunately, those dark, lonely days without the company of...
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August 8, 2018 admin
Emerging Tech, Kickststarter, News, Robot, Smart Home
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[embedded content] In the very near future, the person who picks out your online Walmart grocery pickup order may not be, well, a person at all. That’s due to the fact that the retail giant recently announced that it has teamed up with Massachusetts-based Alert...
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August 7, 2018 admin
Emerging Tech, News, Robot, Smart Home, Walmart, Web
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[embedded content] We’ve been covering the work of bionic prosthesis company YouBionic for some time now. As with any continuously iterating gadget or device, it has been fascinating to watch the concept evolve from a rough-hewn early prototype to what increasingly looks like a solid,...
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August 6, 2018 admin
3D printing, Emerging Tech, News, prosthetic hand, Robot
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[embedded content] Like oil and water or brushing your teeth and then drinking fruit juice, alcohol and cutting-edge robotics just don’t sound a good mix. But the folks behind Yanu, a new “fully autonomous robot bartender powered by A.I.” hope to help change that perception....
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August 6, 2018 admin
bartender, bartending, Emerging Tech, News, Robot
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[embedded content] There are plenty of people out there who base their research on studying robotics. However, robots can help us carry out study in other fields, too — as a new folding grabber robot developed at Harvard University makes clear. Harvard’s innovative RAD robot...
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July 19, 2018 admin
Emerging Tech, Harvard University, News, Robot
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