[ad_1] The researchers believe the approach could be used to autonomously disinfect other environments, like factories, restaurants, supermarkets and schools. The system is capable of mapping a given space, and it can navigate between waypoints and other specified areas. “As we drive the robot around the food bank, we are also researching new control policies […]
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A robot sloth will (very slowly) survey endangered species
[ad_1] The robot will start by watching over the Atlanta Botanical Garden for several months, hanging from a lone 100-foot cable. In the long run, though, researchers hope to have SlothBot covering wide areas with multiple cables. It could be vital for tracking endangered species and changes to their environments, such as orchid pollination by […]
NASA crowdsourcing helps build a better Moon digging robot
[ad_1] NASA’s Artemis program will eventually need robots to help live off the lunar soil, and it’s enlisting help from the public to make those robots viable. The space agency has picked winners from a design challenge that tasked people with improving the bucket drums RASSOR (Regolith Advanced Surface Systems Operations Robot) will use to […]
Scientists can 3D print insect-like robots in minutes
[ad_1] It might soon be relatively trivial to make soft robots — at least, if you have a 3D printer handy. UC San Diego researchers have devised a way to 3D-print insect-like flexible robots cheaply, quickly and without using exotic equipment. The trick was to print “flexoskeletons,” or rigid materials 3D-printed on to flexible and […]
Robot learns to set the dinner table by watching humans
[ad_1] To nudge the robot toward the right outcome, the team set criteria that helps the robot satisfy its overall beliefs. The criteria can satisfy the formulas with the highest probability, the greatest number of formulas or even those with the least chance of failure. A designer could optimize a robot for safety if it’s […]
Drones can navigate like bats using four mics and a speaker
[ad_1] The drone currently has to be stationary to get a feel for its environment, but the scientists hope to use the technology mid-flight. The team will also look at situations where the drone might be restricted. If this system is available worldwide, it could lead to far-reaching improvements. Drones wouldn’t be quite so reliant […]
Boston Dynamics gives its robot dog a developer SDK
[ad_1] Until today, only developers in the early adopter program could get the SDK, but now it’s freely available to all as open-source code. However, developers will still need to become early adopters if they want to lease a robot to test their code, Boston Dynamics said. That way, they can “create custom methods of […]
India will launch a humanoid robot ahead of its first crewed space mission
[ad_1] The robot told reporters it can operate switch panels, talk to astronauts and monitor a spacecraft’s environmental and life support systems. Its primary purpose, however, is to allow ISRO to test how space flight affects the human body before the agency sends astronauts up in one of its Gaganyaan craft. In the run up […]
Facebook’s new robot AI can get around efficiently without using a map
[ad_1] The trick was to implement a new training method that scaled well and stayed in sync no matter what the workload. Previous projects tend to struggle without massive computational power. Facebook taught a virtual agent to handle point-to-point navigation for the equivalent of 80 years of human experience — that’s about 2.5 billion steps. […]
Ubtech’s updated Walker robot does ‘yoga’ and pours drinks
[ad_1] Walker’s updated software is the result of continued AI training on its original hardware — including the same optical sensors across its body, along with 36 high-performance actuators in its limbs. The focus had been on the robot’s sense of gravity and naturalness of its walking motion, before the team could boost the walking […]