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2016
ESLOV: The amazing IoT Invention Kit from Arduino
For years, the open-source philosophy of Arduino has been the inspiration to robots, drones, medical and space research, interactive art, musical instruments, 3D printers, and so much more. Now, Arduino is on a mission to radically simplify the way you bu
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2016
Grasping drone brings new meaning to "armed aircraft"
It's no secret that flying drones are becoming increasingly useful, with most of their applications tending to involve either obtaining aerial video footage, or being loaded up with cargo by human ground crews. Imagine, however, if they could grab things.
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2016
First self-driving vehicle produced for Volvo's public trial
The first car built to take part in Volvo's Drive Me trial has rolled off the production line in Torslanda, Sweden. Described by Volvo as "the world's most ambitious and advanced public autonomous driving experiment," Drive Me will see real people using f
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2016
Atlas robot pulls off a delicate balancing act
Having previously shown off impressive capabilities dealing with uneven ground and being pushed around, the humanoid Atlas robot built by Boston Dynamics has now demonstrated the ability to balance unaided on the edge of a plywood board less than an inch
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2016
Move along chaffeurs, the robots are here!
In the area of Retail chain, especially the food and household supplies market, robotics as a concept has made massive strides. The industry has reached a point of progress where it is prudent to look at not how robots will drive business transformation,
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2016
In an audacious attempt, PSLV parks 8 satellites in two different orbits.
In a first, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s PSLV C-35 rocket launched a total of eight satellites, into two different orbits. ScatSAT-1 onboard PSLV C-35 The 371 kg SCATSAT-1, a satellite for weather-related studies, was placed in the polar s
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2016
4K capable aquatic drone ready to dive deep
A new "underwater drone" has taken to the crowdfunding circuit, this time in the form of the CCROV. While it offers the same basic functionality other existing models, it does have at least one distinguishing feature – an integrated 4K camera that sends r
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2016
Meet 'Waste Shark', the garbage-gobbling drone which is cleaning up the oceans
There may indeed be floating plastic waste strewn all across the surface of the world's oceans, but most of that trash still enters the water along the shoreline. It was with this in mind that South African entrepreneur Richard Hardiman created the WasteS
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2016
Smart Helmet lets you chat to fellow riders up to half a mile away
Over the years, bike helmets have become more than just a means of protecting a rider's head, helping to keep cyclists informed about their surroundings, signaling turns and playing headbanging tunes, for example. Pulling across some features from its lin
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2016
Robots learn to nudge around without collisions
On the road to an increasingly autonomous future, robots and AI systems will need to be programmed to instinctively avoid collisions when they take the wheel. But if bots are designed to be too careful, performance may suffer. A team at Georgia Tech has c
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