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2016
Rolls-Royce predicts robotic ships will be on the water by 2020
In 2014, Rolls-Royce unveiled its vision of the robotic cargo ship of the future that it believes will become a reality by 2020. This week at the Autonomous Ship Technology Symposium 2016 in Amsterdam, the Rolls-Royce-led Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Ap
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2016
Asus aims for the heart of the home with cute do-it-all robot
At Computex today, Asus revealed the Zenbo home robot. Kind of like Echo meets keecker with a bit of pepper sprinkled in the mix, it's been created to offer busy modern family members a helping hand with everyday tasks like keeping the kids entertained, c
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2016
Microsoft unveils the new Xbox One S
Do you have your best shocked face ready? Microsoft just announced a slimmer Xbox One, the Xbox One S. Okay, so the surprise was kinda ruined by a month of leaks, culminating in a picture of the thing finding its way into the wild yesterday morning. But a
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2016
Airbus presents 3D-printed mini aircraft
The world's first 3D-printed aircraft THOR on display in the Airbus booth at the International Aerospace Exhibition in Schoenefeld near Berlin, on 1 June, 2016 Dwarfed by huge jets all around, the mini-plane Thor was nonetheless an eye-catcher at the B
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2016
FoldiMate-a robotic clothes and laundry folding machine
‘FoldiMate is a robotic clothes and laundry folding machine; the only way it knows to fold is like an expert. ‘FoldiMate Family, our home targeted robotic laundry folder, will quickly become a must have in every household around the world.’
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2016
Pepper the robot gets a job at Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut Asia and MasterCard are partnering to bring Pepper, SoftBank's somewhat creepy humanoid robot to restaurants by the end of 2016. If all goes as planned, Pepper will be able to take and process entire customer orders. This marks the first commerc
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2016
Hyperloop to use sensor-embedded fiber for pods
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies has announced a new technology that's going to raise the hackles of Marvel's lawyers. The company, in collaboration with Slovakian materials firm c2i, has created a carbon fiber composite that'll cover the inside and
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2016
Harvard's RoboBee now perches on overhanging surfaces to preserve power
Around the size of a paper-clip, the RoboBee is crafted from flat layers of laser-cut carbon fiber and weighs about 80 mg. Through a set of piezoelectric actuators it flaps gossamer-like plastic wings back and forth at 120 beats per second, but in its cur
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2016
Rwanda's blood-delivering drones to service 20 hospitals this summer
It is said that constraint can breed innovation, and when it comes to delivering medical cargo by land in Rwanda, also known as the "Land of Thousand Hills," there are some serious limitations at play. To overcome the nation's challenging topography, the
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2016
Reusable microbots make meal of toxic metalsReusable microbots make meal of toxic metals
Researchers have developed a tube-shaped microbot that offers a cheaper and more effective way of removing heavy metals than previous methods. The self-propelled microbots use an outer layer of graphene that binds to lead ions it comes in contact with. Th
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