Credit: Charles Parker from Pexels The New York City subway has pulled its controversial security robot out of service after little more than five months patrolling the busy Times Square…
Tag: Robotics
Avocado robot swings its way to unexplored treetops
The robot Avocado manoeuvres around branches in the treetops. Credit: Emanuele Aucone. It abseils from a height and swings around obstacles: Robot Avocado will one day maneuver through the canopy…
Robotic Breakthrough Mimics Human Walking Efficiency
Summary: Researchers achieved a significant advancement in robotics by replicating human-like variable speed walking using a musculoskeletal model. This model, steered by a reflex control method akin to the human…
Team develops AI technology for robot work that can be applied to manufacturing process
Test bed of the manufacturing process using robots: Images of research achievements. Credit: Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) An AI (artificial intelligence) technology for robot work, which allows…
‘Killer robots’ are coming, and UN is worried
Harvard Law School’s Bonnie Docherty attended the U.N General Assembly where the first-ever resolution on “killer robots” was adopted. Credit: Bonnie Docherty Long the stuff of science fiction, autonomous weapons…
Robot baristas and AI chefs caused a stir at CES 2024 as casino union workers fear for their jobs
Credit: © 2024 The Associated Press. The barista tipped the jug of smooth, foamy milk over the latte, pouring slowly at first, then lifting and tilting the jug like a…
Kids’ Trust in Robots vs Humans: A Study in Selective Learning
Summary: A new study explores how children aged three to five gauge the reliability of information from humans and robots. The study found that children display selective trust based on…
A picking robot for the greenhouse
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Working in a greenhouse is both strenuous and time-consuming. The picking robot from ETH spin-off Floating Robotics takes on particularly repetitive tasks, thereby alleviating the strain…
