In a vast warehouse-style room, two humanoid robots are taking on an obstacle course. Their barrel-shaped torsos, stuffed with processors and batteries, make it look as if they've been going to the gym a lot but have neglected leg day.
This is a parkour showcase by the robotics company Boston Dynamics, demonstrating the capabilities of its Atlas model. Like a gymnastics routine, the sequence of moves here is entirely choreographed, programmed by a team of engineers.
Anti-Freezing, High-Stretchable Material Could Power Robots In The Arctic
In recent years, hydrogels have been highly studied to develop stretchable electronics for soft robots and wearables. However, regular hydrogels are easily dehydrated, unavoidably frozen at sub-zero temperature, and have weak surface adhesion.
In a recent study, a team at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering revealed how a hydrogel-based ionic skin (iSkin) has superior anti-freezing capabilities, high toughness, high stretchability, excellent ambient stability, and strong surface adhesion.
Robots now patrol the streets in Singapore for 'undesirable' behaviors
Singapore is in the midst of a three-week trial for a pair of autonomous robots that patrol the public for "undesirable social behaviors" that include smoking in prohibited areas and violating COVID-19 gathering regulations.
The pair of robots, known as Xavier, are equipped with cameras that can provide 360-degree footage and sensors that allow them to navigate in public and analyze potential public safety violations.
AGILE ROBOTS announces the completion of Series C financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2
BEIJING , Sept. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Agile Robots, a leading intelligent robotics company, has recently announced the completion of a Series C financing with a total investment of US$220 million .
It is reported that Agile Robots managed to raise a total financing amount of over US$130 million in 2020 as the company with highest total financing amount in intelligent robotics industry in 2020.
China's XPeng and future of electric vehicles, robots and flying cars
GUANGZHOU, China — For the foreseeable future, Chinese electric car start-up XPeng is trying to boost its sales in the world's largest auto market.
But the Guangzhou, China-based company is also exploring areas including robotics and flying cars, which could play a role in its longer-term goals.
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Gangs of Mining Robots Could Do the Dirty Work for Astronauts on the Moon
A team of researchers is developing a swarm of robots for space mining projects. The team, which received $500,000 in funding from NASA , envisions the robots will be able to mine, excavate, and even construct simple structures on the surface of the Moon.
While the robots, which will be built and trained on Earth, will initially need to receive instructions from operators on our homeworld, the team hopes they will eventually be able to function autonomously.
Soft Components for the Next Generation of Soft Robots - ELE Times
Soft robots driven by pressurized fluids could explore new frontiers and interact with delicate objects in ways that traditional rigid robots can’t. But building entirely soft robots remains a challenge because many of the components required to power these devices are, themselves, rigid.
Pliable electro-mechanical actuator suits soft robots
Harvard University has improved the presure capability of elastomeric valves, avoiding the choice between soft but weak valves, or capable but rigid valves, in soft robotics, it said.
"Today's rigid regulation systems considerably limit the adaptability and mobility of fluid-driven soft robots," said Professor Robert Wood of Harvard's school of engineering and applied sciences (SEAS).
La Duni, Dallas: They will even sing 'Happy Birthday.
(CNN) Restaurants across the country are struggling to find employees , so one establishment in Dallas decided to hire robots to help pick up the slack.
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