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Your daily dose of robots. Image Usual Suspects by Eric Joyner & used with permission. Also https://t.co/j7sCSO7evi
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Joined October 2008
Favorite exchange over the years here was with @AstroRobonaut when China temporarily lost a moon rover.
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Now also on Mastodon as @ChiefRobot@mas.to. We will see how long I keep both going.
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Today, Boston Dynamics celebrates 30 years of innovation, exploration, and collaboration! We're excited to see what the next thirty years holds for us and for the robotics industry.
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Our #robot #BALLU touring around the booths at the Avatar @XPRIZE Tech Fair. @RoMeLaUCLA @UCLAMechAeroEng @UCLAengineering
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Seems like this is a great solution in the right situation.
Had a chance to speak to these guys & I've seen these in action. They're very impressive! A real step towards the Rosie-the-Robot dreams that have driven many of us, and it will also change folks lives for the better! I urge you to check it out even if robots aren't your thing!
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Labrador Systems deploy first elder care robot, a high tech bar cart or tea trolley. https://t.co/1qY8BKECdm
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We've had a good run. See you in the slurry pits, meat pies.
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Update: According to TechCrunch, they raised $100 million.
techcrunch.com
Xpeng Robotics, a bionic robot maker affiliated with Xpeng, raised $100 million in a Series A round led by IDG Capital.
A Chinese EV startup wants to build a ridable robot unicorn for kids. Unicorn robot!
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By popular demand in reply to the picture, here’s a robot llama video 🤖🦙
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Swimming With a Robot 'Mermaid': Up Close With Stanford's Deep-Water Explorer
cnet.com
The OceanOneK is designed to explore up to 1 kilometer below the surface of the water, but even at shallow depths, swimming alongside this robot is impressive.
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Check out this octopus-inspired tentacle robot | Popular Science
popsci.com
The engineers at Harvard used hollow rubber tubing to craft a robot hand which can grab houseplants, glass tubing, and more.
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Meet Grace, the humanoid robot offering companionship in a Montreal nursing home.
cbc.ca
The goal of the robot is to keep seniors company and break social isolation. It's part of a study led by Montreal's Jewish General Hospital to improve mental health in older adults.
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It's always funny how things that are stupidly simple for a human are complicated for a robot :)
University of Tokyo researchers developed a 'two-armed' robot that can peel a banana without squashing it. The robot learns through a 'deep imitation learning' process where developers repeatedly demonstrated the peeling action hundreds of times in order for the robot to copy it.
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Yes please!
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A new wave of robots is arriving—and, in a world short of workers, business leaders are more eager to welcome them than ever https://t.co/Qaec77EPof via @WSJ #robotics #automation
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WTF? Art robot.
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