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09/01/2018 / By David Williams

Experts in soft robotics field create low-cost robots able to lift 200 times their weight and heal themselves

The next-generation of robots created by some of today’s leading scientists might be just as flexible and just as nimble as humans – even capable of healing surface wounds – according to details of a recent report. In the field of soft robotics, a group of researchers has reportedly made a recent breakthrough that allowed for […]

07/10/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Researchers develop AI system that can design and assemble themselves

It is worrisome enough that humans are programming artificial intelligence (AI) systems that might one day be able to think for themselves. Now, an article in Alpha Galileo states that U.K. researchers want to give the AI the ability to design, build, and reprogram itself in order to exceed the performance of human-designed systems. The […]

07/01/2018 / By David Williams

Walmart gearing up to launch own cashierless stores via secret “Project Kepler”

Will all the big retail stores, such as Walmart in the U.S., become filled with robots and autonomous systems in the not-so-distant future? All signs point to yes, and in fact that future might arrive a lot sooner than you think. If you ask the biggest names in U.S. retail right now about what the future might […]

06/08/2018 / By Edsel Cook

New autonomous robot, Maverick, designed to paint walls and houses perfectly each and every time

Just because painting a wall – much less an entire house – is an arduous job doesn’t mean a robot should take over the job. But that is what a startup company called MIST has decided. An article in Digital Trends reports that they have developed an autonomous robot called Maverick that can complete a flawless […]

05/21/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Singaporean scientists develop a robot that can assemble an IKEA chair in under 20 minutes

Many people loathe the mere idea of putting together IKEA furniture, much less actually going through the lengthy assembling process. So Singaporean researchers designed a robot that could take over the task of assembling cheap flat-packed furniture from Sweden, an article in Reuters stated. The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) research team took three years to […]

04/18/2018 / By David Williams

Robot with advanced cyber-hand put to work harvesting cauliflower for the EU

Robots can do a lot to help out in performing tedious and labor-intensive tasks. And while certain actions, such as harvesting a cauliflower, may seem simple enough, the fact is that it can be quite taxing after a while. After all, there are many different variables that need to be considered to get it right. […]

04/16/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Agriculture robot watches crops grow, providing data, analyses in real-time

A new crop phenotyping robot can take over the tedious task of watching over growing crops. The autonomous agricultural robot can analyze plants and transmit its findings in real-time, according to an article in ScienceDaily. Developed by a University of Illinois (U. of I.) research team, TerraSentia is 13 inches wide and weighs only 24 pounds. It is light […]

04/01/2018 / By Vicki Batts

Training AI to understand how people think: Google’s DeepMind is one step closer to “thinking” like humans… what could possibly go wrong?

AI machines or programs capable of understanding and executing human thought patterns have been a popular theme in sci-fi for decades. Countless movies and books have explored the possibilities of future AI — and most of it looks pretty darn grim for humans — and now Google’s DeepMind firm could be bringing what was once […]

03/13/2018 / By David Williams

Rise of the machines: A.I. technology could soon be taking over the jobs of supermarket managers

The idea that robots will replace entry-level workers in places likes supermarkets has been around for quite some time now. As a matter of fact, an online retail giant has already gone ahead and implemented the idea in its own experimental stores called Amazon Go, where customers can walk in, take whatever items they want, […]

02/13/2018 / By David Williams

The EPA has a new tool for dealing with and preventing mining disasters: robots

If you thought oil spills were bad, you should know the mine spills aren’t any better, as far as containment and cleanup are concerned. It has pretty much the same exact set of problems as oil spills, only they occur first on land, then only later spread to rivers and other bodies of water. While […]

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