Assistant Professor Nicholas Szczecinski will investigate how animals, particularly stick-insects and cockroaches, measure and respond to forces acting on their legs as they walk. (WVU Photo/Paige Nesbit)
A West Virginia University engineer is combining the study of neuroscience and robotics to better understand the nervous system and motor output of insects to create animal-like robots for potential use in agriculture, mining and space exploration.
Richtech Robotics shows off service industry robots
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The restaurant industry has been one of the hardest hit by the nationwide worker shortage coming out of the pandemic.
The issue is bringing an out-of-the-box idea to reality. The possibility of robots serving at restaurants is now on the table.
DeepMind proposes new benchmark to improve robots' object-stacking abilities | VentureBeat
Stacking an object on top of another object is a straightforward task for most people. But even the most complex robots struggle to handle more than one such task at a time.
A team of researchers at DeepMind believe that advancing the state of the art in robotic stacking will require a new benchmark.
New UofL Research Facility Will Help Shape The Future Of Robots - LEO Weekly
With a brand new space on UofL's campus, a group of researchers and students will attempt to use robotics to "provide solutions for manufacturing, health care and logistics challenges."
The Louisville Automation and Robotics Research Institute recently opened a 10,000-square foot facility at the J.B. Speed School Innovation Center on Arthur Street.
These virtual obstacle courses help real robots learn to walk | Ars Technica
An army of more than 4,000 marching doglike robots is a vaguely menacing sight, even in a simulation. But it may point the way for machines to learn new tricks.
The virtual robot army was developed by researchers from ETH Zurich in Switzerland and chipmaker Nvidia . They used the wandering bots to train an algorithm that was then used to control the legs of a real-world robot.
Mobile Robots Rapidly Mainstreaming - By 2025, AGVs and AMRs Deployed in 53K Facilities -
At the end of 2020, mobile robots were deployed in just over 9,000 separate customer sites. By 2025, deployments will increase to over 53,000 sites.
While this may seem like a great deal, it is not even close to reaching the ceiling of market saturation. Market penetration of mobile robots in 2025 will still not have exceeded 30% (Figure 1).
Floris van Breugel: Designing autonomous flying robots from insect behavior – Engineering and
We study insects for inspiration in designing robust and novel control systems for robots. Our lab uses real time tracking, high speed video, and virtual reality to study freely moving animals.
Current algorithms for controlling autonomous robots generally rely on continuous estimation algorithms that fuse visual and inertial sensory modalities to build accurate state estimates. These methods, however, are too computationally expensive to implement on the smallest flying robots.
Robots are lending a helping hand this holiday season - Marketplace
Last year, the holiday shopping season was kind of a disaster. A lot more people were shopping online because of the pandemic, and millions of packages were delayed or delivered late .
This year could be worse. There are shortages of materials, products, shipping containers and workers. And Deloitte estimates that online sales will jump by 11% to 15% this season.
Madison Heights restaurant brings in robots amid worker shortage
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. (WXYZ) — The worker shortage is continuing to impact businesses across metro Detroit, leading one restaurant owner in Madison Heights to bring in robots to get the job done.
It talks, walks, and brings food right to your table. It's called "Bella" and it's a robot waiter helping staff at Noodle Topia in Madison Heights keep up with a busy dining room.
InVia's Robots Automate Warehouse Fulfillment Centers
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