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Despite its big win in the trials competition in December, the SCHAFT robot will no longer compete. Its maker was acquired by Google earlier this year. Read more »
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Despite its big win in the trials competition in December, the SCHAFT robot will no longer compete. Its maker was acquired by Google earlier this year. Read more »
Google hired the noted inventor and futurist to build artificial intelligence that can think like a human. His vision is a computer with a structure modeled on the human brain, giving… Read more »
The robot invasion has begun, only the form factor may not be what you expected. For example, a ceiling fan company has launched a connected product that learns when to start… Read more »
The SPARC partnership between the European Commission and the private sector will create many jobs and help keep Europe competitive, the Commission claims. Read more »
A new system developed at MIT, which was inspired by how a group of super-fast quadcopter drones gathered information, uses a camera to analyze robots’ surroundings a 1,000 times a second. Read more »
A company called Fyusion is trying to redo the photo app with a 3-D imaging technology that captures the spatial features of objects in order to generate multi-dimensional images. Photos, however,… Read more »
The block-like bots attach to each other with tiny hooks. They can also attach to completed pieces of furniture and move them around, which could benefit people with limited mobility. Read more »
Around 120,000 people were expected to attend this weekend’s exhibition of the world’s wackiest creations. Attendees had the chance to learn basic electronics skills and pick up that 3D printer they’ve… Read more »
Nine startups pitched everything from a gesture-controlled cousin to Siri to a website for animating images at the first AXLR8R demo day in San Francisco. Read more »
The robot solar startup has found friends in two huge power companies. Read more »