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…I love you, robot!
- Posted 2nd April 2017, 12:00 PM
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By Jason
I love you, robot! It doesn't get much cuter than this.
https://youtu.be/h1E-FlguwGw
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Sheepdogs reveal a better way to guide robot swarms
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Autonomous navigation of microrobots in complex flows demonstrated…
For the first time, researchers at Leipzig University have shown that tiny synthetic microswimmers can perceive their surroundings directly through their own body shape and autonomously adapt to rapidly changing fluid flows. The study, now published in Science Advances, establishes a new paradigm for autonomous microsystems whose control functions reliably in challenging environments where conventional sensors fail. This opens up new prospects for autonomous medical microrobots, for example for the targeted delivery of medication in the bloodstream.
Thermal cameras used in drones and robots can be tricked by heat so…
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4D printing technology uses waste sulfur to enable self-actuating s…
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Whether in the kitchen or on a workshop floor, robot assistants that can fetch items for people could be extremely useful. Now, a team of Brown University researchers has developed a way of making robots better at figuring out exactly which items a user might want them to retrieve.
AI search robot uses 3D maps and internet knowledge to find lost items
A robot that can locate lost items on command, the latest development at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), combines knowledge from the internet with a spatial map of its surroundings to efficiently find the objects being sought. The new robot from Prof. Angela Schoellig's TUM Learning Systems and Robotics Lab looks like a broomstick on wheels with a camera mounted at the top. It is one of the first robots that not only integrates image understanding but also applies it to a clearly defined task.
Robots that learn everyday tasks can free humans from repetitive work
A robot task AI capable of learning and performing everyday repetitive tasks in a human-like manner has been developed. The AI learns tasks through human demonstrations and executes complex tasks step by step based on a hierarchical task execution framework. The technology is expected to contribute to the automation of labor-intensive repetitive work and reduce human workload in homes, offices, as well as retail and logistics environments.