Robotics

ROBOTS that are shaped like little humans and follow customers around a shop or retail establishment are creepy. Thankfully, that’s not what some of the more practical in-store robots look like. Walmart filed an application to patent one…
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Misty II, a cute robot that looks like a toy but whose creators designed it for real work, is part of a growing number of programmable, task-agnostic robots for the enterprise. Don’t be surprised if you see this cute little bot rolling…
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At CES 2020, one of the more well-represented gadget categories was definitely consumer robots – but none was more adorable than MarsCat, a new robo-pet from industrial robot startup Elephant Robotics. This robot pet is a fully autonomous…
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Vecna Robotics, a 2019 RBR50 company, raised $50 million in Series B funding. The new funding will be used to hire staff and develop and scale products to meet the growing demand of logistics automation. The Series B was led by Blackhorn…
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Information Services Group (ISG) reported in 2018 that 92% of companies were aiming to adopt robotic process automation (RPA) by 2020 because they wanted to increase operational efficiencies. This large number reflects how eager companies…
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Robots haven’t had a great past in business. They lacked complex skills and were often fired for hindering business. The good news is that things have changed over the past few years. Robots are expected to become one of the most…
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Would you crack under a relentless assault of trash talk from a robot? Yeah, turns out you probably would. Or so says a recent study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, which demonstrated that negative smack talk by a robot can…
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Robotics and aerial drone startup companies were among those chosen by Verizon to participate in the company’s “Cohort 3” for the 5G First Responder Lab. The startups in the Cohort 3 group will focus on developing artificial intelligence…
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For several years, both artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies have created a loud buzz in the technology community. Both of these technologies have been incorporated into our daily lives, through applications such as…
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A team of roboticists, computer scientists, researchers, makers and builders at X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory, announced the first results of its “Everyday Robot Project,” which aims to bring robots out of structured environments and into…
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