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2017
Smartwatches of the Future Could Use Ultrasound Technology to Sense Hand Gestures
Scientists at the University of Bristol have found a way to implement ultrasound tech into a smartwatch.
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2017
Therapy robot starts giving massages in Singapore
It was just last year that we first heard about Emma – or Expert Manipulative Massage Automation – a robot designed to conduct massage therapy on human patients. At the time, it was undergoing clinical trials. Now, two generations later, Emma 3.0 has ente
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2017
SpiderMAV Drone Shoots Webs for Perching and Stabilization
Perching is turning out to be a very desirable skill for aerial robots. The ability to land on walls or ceilings, rather than having to go to the ground, gives a drone the advantage of being high up in the air (probably why you’re using a drone in the fir
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2017
Intel unveils an AI chip that mimics the human brain
Lots of tech companies including Apple, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA and Intel itself have created chips for image recognition and other deep-learning chores.
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2017
Humanoid Disaster Response Robot Is Designed to Save Lives
Honda has released the latest prototype of its disaster response robot. The bright orange robot can climb ladders and even survive getting wet.
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2017
It's time for fully autonomous trains.
Iron ore mining company Rio Tinto successfully pulled off a 100km test run of an unmanned heavy train in Pilbara, which could mean big changes in terms of productivity and operational effectiveness.
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2017
World's First ‘Molecular Robot’ Can Move and Build Molecules
The creation of the world’s first molecular robot by a team of University of Manchester scientists represents an important step in nanotechnology, and already is being greeted with great anticipation in the scientific community due to its wide-scale impli
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2017
Clever Modular Robots Turn Legs Into Arms on Demand
CMU’s new gait-generating method means you can teach a dodecapod robot to transition into a nonapod robot that can carry stuff with two arms while using a third to point a camera.
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2017
A Free-Falling Camera Robot for Filming Skydivers
In the context of things that are dangerous for humans to do, jumping out of an airplane tens of thousands of feet in the air and relying on a combination of fabric and string to keep you from plowing into the ground at a double-digit percentage of the sp
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2017
Era of Artificially Intelligent Hologram begins
VNTANA and Satisfi Labs are collaborating on a hologram concierge platform. The finished product will allow businesses to combine a virtual assistant powered by artificial intelligence with augmented reality visuals.
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