Robots

The team of three robots can safely and quickly access locations dangerous for humans

Jen Copestake looks at the best of the week's technology news stories.

Softbank is in talks to sell Softbank Robotics Europe, which is responsible for the Nao and Pepper robots, to United Robotics Group.

Wing is teaming up with Walgreens.

Tiny robots inspired by bacteria could one day be used to deliver targeted drug therapy to individual cells

Cynthia Breazeal has been named senior associate dean for MIT Open Learning, overseeing MIT xPRO, Bootcamps, and Horizon and guiding innovative learning initiatives. The social robotics and AI pioneer is also head of Personal Robots Group at MIT Media Lab and director of MIT RAISE.

The trials see the company’s vehicles equipped with a safety driver to take control if needed take on the often rainy and smog-filled streets of Seattle.

They can make French fries, mix drinks and even clean toilets, and they never ask for a raise. But they also break down.

L'empresa de robòtica col·laborativa ocuparà un espai privatiu de 58 metres quadrats amb altres companyies de tecnologia 4.0

You've seen Spot run. You've seen Spot jump. You've seen Spot do cute little booty-shaking dance routines. Now, see Spot fire lethal weapons. Sword Defense Systems has presented a precision rifle for robot dogs, capable of nailing targets 1.2 km (0.75 miles) away.

The company will go commercial in 2023 and 2024.

Imaginad el panorama: un grupo de soldados tiene que atacar una posición, y un francotirador hace imposible avanzar. Está en un piso alto, oculto tras una...

Diversos gossos han quedat atrapats a la part alta del municipi de Todoque, on la lava ha envoltat alguns edificis sense destruir-los

Better known for its work developing audacious 18-rotor flying taxis to solve congestion in city centers, Volocopter is adapting its expertise in electric aviation for the purposes of moving heavy cargo. Its giant VoloDrone has now completed its very first public flight, demonstrating how it can…

Just like a bird, LEONARDO the robot can both walk and fly

Police are using a robot to fight crime in Los Angeles.

The robots are part of the state-owned company's digital restructuring programme, which aims to tackle growing numbers of parcels from online shopping during the coronavirus pandemic.

Although fiber optic internet cable has many advantages over metal cable, it frequently has to be distributed underground – this limits its usability. Facebook, however, has developed a robot that could wrap the cable around existing power lines.

GM has revealed a "hands-free" driver-assist system that handles 95% of all driving scenarios, making it a worthy Tesla Full Self-Driving beta competitor.

Whether you think it’s cool or unnerving, robots are becoming more agile – and Caltech’s LEONARDO looks like one of the most nimble examples yet. LEO walks on two legs, jumps and flies, can balance on a slackline and even skateboard.

The Royal Navy's latest supercarrier, HMS Prince of Wales, has launched jet-propelled drones from its flight deck for the first time as an experiment to see if autonomous aircraft can replace crewed fighters in simulated in-coming attack exercises.

Robots bípedos capaces de caminar hemos visto muchos, con Atlas de Boston Dynamics entre los más impresionantes. También hay todo tipo de drones actualmente....

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La Policía Nacional lo llama "megadron", aunque su nombre técnico es Vehículo Aéreo Autónomo (AAV). Se trata de la última adquisición del cuerpo policial, que...

BBC Click's Paul Carter look at the technology allowing drones to be piloted from miles away.

Parece que los vehículos autónomos forman parte de manera clara en el futuro de los principales fabricantes de automóviles (u otros productos) y nos lo suelen...

En la clases de Formación Profesional del instituto Martín de Aldehuela de Málaga, los alumnos del Ciclo Superior de Sistemas de Telecomunicaciones e...

From fast food to farming, Covid-19 has accelerated the rise of the worker robots. This in turn will put more jobs at risk and makes the need to reframe society ever more urgent

One of the reasons why R2-D2’s cute but C-3PO is annoying