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SpaceWaves: How robots are building the future in space (with video) - FreightWaves
Getting things into space is expensive, with the cost of sending up a person orbiting the $100 million mark.
As manufacturing in orbit gets closer to reality, Japanese company Gitai is preparing robot technology to support the needs of manual labor at a fraction of the cost.
FreightWaves Editor at Large John Kingston spoke with Director of Business Development Yuske Taguchi about the goal of robotic automation replacing humans to perform menial tasks.
Computer-aided creativity in robot design | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
So, you need a robot that climbs stairs. What shape should that robot be? Should it have two legs, like a person? Or six, like an ant?
Choosing the right shape will be vital for your robot's ability to traverse a particular terrain. And it's impossible to build and test every potential form. But now an MIT-developed system makes it possible to simulate them and determine which design works best.
You start by telling the system, called RoboGrammar, which robot parts are lying around your shop — wheels, joints, etc. You also tell it what terrain your robot will need to navigate. And RoboGrammar does the rest, generating an optimized structure and control program for your robot.
Building a brighter future with robotics | University of Minnesota
From exploring shipwrecks to air-dropping supplies in a pandemic, U of M faculty and students are designing robots for the 21st century.
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The girl claps enthusiastically. She then stands up and dances vigorously to pop music with her companion. When all is over, she reaches down, pats the motionless companion on the head, and says to the young woman who's been watching: "I like your robot."
The scene was a baseline study of how young, healthy children interact with robots like this toddler's companion. The young woman, Marie Manner, was a graduate student with Maria Gini, a professor in the University of Minnesota Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Manner was investigating whether humanoid robots could help push back the age when autism can first be detected so that treatment may begin earlier.
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ANYbotics, Swiss company behind quadrupedal ANYmal robot, announces $22M A round –
ANYbotics , the creators of ANYmal , a four-legged autonomous robot platform intended for a variety of industrial uses, has raised a $20 million Swiss Franc (~$22.3 million) round A to continue developing and scaling the business. With similar robots just beginning to break into the mainstream, the market seems ready to take off.
The company spun out of ETH Zurich in 2016, at which point the robot was already well into development. ANYmal is superficially similar to Spot, the familiar quadrupedal robot from Boston Dynamics, but the comparison mustn’t be taken too far. A four-legged robot is a natural form for navigating and interacting with environments built for humans.
Miniaturization of robots that fly on beetles' wings | Science
For centuries, humans have been fascinated by flight. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) meshed his skills as an artist, biologist, and engineer to sketch designs for flying machines modeled after bird and bat anatomy. Today, multidisciplinary scientists work systematically from investigating biological prototypes to conducting flight performance tests on new bionic robots.
Robotic Surgeries Are Changing the Game Inside One VA Facility - Nextgov
Patients who undergo operations on organs inside their chests—thoracic surgeries—often endure long recovery periods and invasive procedures doctors perform intricately by hand.
The Da Vinci XI robotic surgical system has been assisting the Veterans Affairs Department's medical personnel there with procedures for months now, and according to those involved, it's enabling a new level of precision and accelerating patients' recoveries.
The health care system's surgery department explored the possibility of introducing a robotics-driven surgical program over the course of a few years, and building on that, the broader Columbia-based system worked directly with VA Central Office more recently to establish the new program within the facility.
Best robot vacuums for 2020: Electrolux, Neato, iRobot Roomba, Eufy and more - CNET
Despite all this sophistication, however, none of these machines can really replace a mop and human exertion.
To choose the best robot vacuum, I spent over 120 hours (that's a lot of time) torture-testing a group of 12 robotic cleaning vacuums for things like suction power, their ability to perform on carpets and hard flooring, and how well they performed during each cleaning cycle. Among them are brand-new models that have recently launched, flagship models, and compelling options offered across numerous online retailers. I excluded older models that likely won't be sold for much longer.
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