Boston Dynamics’ Atlas Robot Can Change Its Own Battery in Under 3 Minutes
Boston Dynamics’ Atlas humanoid robot doesn’t just know when it needs a break. It can swap its own battery and get back to work. The production version of Atlas can…
Amazon’s ‘Proteus’ Robot Heads to Europe in $11B Automation Push
Amazon’s warehouse robots are starting to sound less like machines waiting for commands and more like coworkers taking direction. At its Delivering the Future event in London, Amazon unveiled an…
The Wild Robot Now on Streaming on JioHotstar: A Heartfelt Tale of a Machine Finding Home in the Wild
The Wild Robot is an animated film, created by DreamWorks Animation and premiered at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival. After its successful theatrical release, the on September 27, 2024…
This “robot bird” flies at 45 mph through forests—With no GPS or light
Unlike birds, which navigate unknown environments with remarkable speed and agility, drones typically rely on external guidance or pre-mapped routes. However, a groundbreaking development by Professor Fu Zhang and researchers…
Mid-air transformation helps flying, rolling robot to transition smoothly
Specialized robots that can both fly and drive typically touch down on land before attempting to transform and drive away. But when the landing terrain is rough, these robots sometimes…
Eldercare robot helps people sit and stand, and catches them if they fall
The United States population is older than it has ever been. Today, the country’s median age is 38.9, which is nearly a decade older than it was in 1980. And…
My robot therapist: The ethics of AI mental health chatbots for kids
Mental health care can be difficult to access in the U.S. Insurance coverage is spotty and there aren’t enough mental health professionals to cover the nation’s need, leading to long…
Squirrel-inspired leaping robot can stick a landing on a branch
Engineers have designed robots that crawl, swim, fly and even slither like a snake, but no robot can hold a candle to a squirrel, which can parkour through a thicket…
A springtail-like jumping robot | ScienceDaily
Springtails, smallbugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists in theHarvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied…
How to get a robot collective to act like a smart material
Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and TU Dresden are blurring the lines between robotics and materials, with a proof-of-concept material-like collective of robots with behaviors inspired by biology. “We’ve figured…