BOSTON (CBS) — You’ve seen the Boston Dynamics robots dance – now watch them parkour.
In a new video, the humanoid Atlas robots jump up on boxes, run across a balance beam and land synchronized backflips like Olympians.
“A robot’s ability to complete a backflip may never prove useful in a commercial setting,” Boston Dynamics writes in a blog post .
Robots Grab New Capabilities | SME Media
Automation remains a focus in manufacturing—for all the obvious reasons—and robot vendors continue to introduce impressive new capabilities. Many would echo Zach Spencer, robotics automation manager at Methods Machine Tools Inc., Sudbury, Mass.
Spencer added that cobots are popular in large part because of the intuitive way they can be programmed. “Instead of having to go through the teach pendant to program the robot to move to a specific point, you can manually drag the robot and create a set point in the teach pendant.
Package delivery robots’ environmental impacts: Automation matters less than vehicle type
Whether a robot or a person delivers your package, the carbon footprint would essentially be the same, according to a University of Michigan study that could help inform the future of automated delivery as the pandemic fuels a dramatic rise in online shopping.
The researchers examined the environmental impacts of advanced residential package delivery scenarios that use electric and gas-powered autonomous vehicles and two-legged robots to ferry goods from delivery hubs to neighborhoods, and then to front doors.
Robots begins New Mexico shoot with Shailene Woodley and Jack Whitehall | KFTV
Shooting has begun in Albuquerque, New Mexico , on Robots, directed by Anthony Hines and Casper Christensen and produced by Cassian Elwes and Stephen Hamel. Jack Whitehall and Shailene Woodley star.
The story centres on Charles, a womanizer, and Elaine, a gold digger. The duo learn humanity when forced to team up and pursue robot doubles of themselves.
When robots screw up, how can they regain human trust? | Ars Technica
Establishing human-robot harmony in the workplace isn't always easy. Beyond the common fear of automation taking human jobs, robots sometimes simply mess up. When this happens, reestablishing trust between robots and their human colleagues can be a tricky affair.
However, new research sheds some light on how automated workers can restore confidence.
Universal Robots Takes Cobot Welding to the Next Level at FABTECH 2021 | Business Wire
Welding and plasma cutting are now one of Universal Robots’ fastest growing markets as metal fabricators start to deploy cobot-powered solutions at a rapid speed. Nowhere is this trend more visible than at FABTECH 2021 where 20+ booths will showcase new cobot-powered fabricating
"For 40 years, robotic arc welding evolved incrementally," says Joe Campbell, Senior Manager of Applications Development and Strategic Marketing at Universal Robots.
Fish fins are teaching us the secret to flexible robots, new shape-changing materials | CU
Fish fins are extremely flexible yet also strong, and understanding this useful combination of properties could inspire new morphing materials. Professor Francois Barthelat shares on The Conversation.
The Conversation is an independent, nonprofit publisher of commentary and analysis, authored by academics and edited by journalists for the general public.
When You Think About Food Robots, Consider the Remote Mining Facility
Whenever I talk with a food robot company, particularly a startup building an automated kiosk or vending machine, they always list the same target markets.
Specifically, Barseghian mentioned setting up his company’s robot in a “remote mining facility” during the automation panel I moderated at our Restaurant Tech virtual summit yesterday.
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The latest video from Boston Dynamics reminds us there's nowhere to run when our robot overlords take control.… https://t.co/SkTiRu1ZYU EliotHiggins (from In front of a laptop.) Tue Aug 17 13:25:21 +0000 2021
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You guys at Boston Dynamics need to watch Westworld. https://t.co/FvIuEnEoDJ JoshMankiewicz Tue Aug 17 15:28:59 +0000 2021
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