South Korea has become the first airport to largely automate many of the tasks usually performed by humans in an attempt to ease the coming travel increase brought on by the Winter Olympics. They have launched a set of LG robots that they hope will be a game changer in […]
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Anki shows off Cozmo, the cutest robot in history
Anki, the makers behind little robot race cars that pit themselves against your phone, have a new project to show us. Cozmo is a little toy robot that might be the cutest thing ever invented in the history of the universe. We have covered cute robots before. But Cozmo is […]
Hitachi Emiew3 robot has been announced
Following the release of Pepper, the robot from tech company SoftBank, Hitachi Emiew3 is this week the newest robot arrival. Emiew3 is the latest competitor, and they claim it will be smaller, faster and more agile than its counterpart. The rush towards robotic relevance is really heating up. Before an industry […]
Uber is opening a new robotics research facility, but they could soon have Google to contend with
Uber has confirmed the acquisition of a number of leading robotics experts from Carnegie Mellon University to work at a research facility opening in Pittsburgh. But now Google is looking to become their competition. There has been some controversy over Uber in the last few months. Several drivers working for […]
IndieGoGo: Meet JIBO, the friendly family robot
Robotics have been making leaps and bounds, but their applications as an actual consumer product have been limited. Until now, thanks an IndieGoGo funded project called JIBO. Created by Dr. Cynthia Breazeal of MIT, JIBO is being hailed as the first “family” robot. It is meant as more than an appliance, […]
Latest in robotics are flying drones inspired by nature
Volume 9 of scientific journal Bioinspiration & Biomimetics has been released, with the latest in experimental robots. These included flying drones that take their cue from birds, including those that can come together in a flock formation. The research was conducted by fourteen different teams that each presented their findings, […]