In the corner of an Ohio field, a laser-armed robot inches through a sea of onions, zapping weeds as it goes.
He began using two robots last year to weed his 12-hectare (30-acre) crop. The robots – which are nearly three metres long, weigh 4,300kg (9,500lb), and resemble a small car – clamber slowly across a field, scanning beneath them for weeds which they then target with laser bursts.
Future of robots? Meet the new food-runner at Boca retirement home
Her name is Servi, and she's a robot. And for the past two weeks, she's been bringing dinner to the tables of 150 residents at The Toby and Leon Cooperman Sinai Residences in Boca Raton each night.
Experts say Servi is another example of the growth of robotic applications in the food service industry over the past decade.
Faster path planning for rubble-roving robots -- ScienceDaily
Robots that need to use their arms to make their way across treacherous terrain just got a speed upgrade with a new path planning approach, developed by University of Michigan researchers.
The improved algorithm path planning algorithm found successful paths three times as often as standard algorithms, while needing much less processing time.
Squirrel Leaps Could Help Scientists Create Flexible, Jumping Robots
Tree squirrels are the Olympic divers of the rodent world, leaping gracefully among branches and structures high above the ground. And as with human divers, a squirrel's success in this competition requires both physical strength and mental adaptability.
Our goal was to persuade squirrels to take off from a flexible springboard attached to the climbing wall and jump to a fixed perch protruding from the wall that held a shelled walnut reward. And once again, squirrels surprised us with their acrobatics and innovation.
Tunable stiffness enables fast and efficient swimming in fish-like robots | Science Robotics
Fish maintain high swimming efficiencies over a wide range of speeds. A key to this achievement is their flexibility, yet even flexible robotic fish trail real fish in terms of performance.
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Food Delivery Robots Are Going Back To School This Fall
They're coming to Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., next month. And these autonomous machines, powered by KiwiBot and food services company Sodexo, will be delivering burgers, burritos and salads to hungry students.
Unique — and safer. Gonzaga is one of several universities where fleets of food delivery robots are debuting this fall.
Ford Robots Take Heat – and Thin Air | WardsAuto
Ford's German weather testing center for vehicles is using robot drivers immune from extreme temperatures.
Its Weather Factory near Cologne simulates a range of extreme conditions under one roof. It has allowed engineers to test vehicles through the pandemic, which has greatly restricted real-world testing in extreme climate conditions.
Robots head to college in fall | ZDNet
If you (or a family member) is heading to college this fall, you should brace for something unexpected. Robots are coming to college campuses and often to dorm rooms as on-campus delivery takes off.
The service has already started with an initial set of merchants and hours at UNR and Embry-Riddle and will be fully operational when students return for classes. Service will begin at the University of Kentucky on August 16 and become fully operational when classes begin a week later.
Still Struggling to Find Workers? Queue the Robots | Inc.com
Robots first replaced humans in doing high-volume, repetitive, and dangerous tasks; now they're everywhere.
From ordering kiosks to robotic peach pickers, automation has been supplanting human workers for years.
The ongoing labor shortage has been especially hard on small-business owners who are struggling to attract workers in an environment of higher wages, remote work opportunities, and enhanced federal unemployment benefits--all of which employers say discourage job applicants.
Law Experts Ponder Whether Sex Robots Should Be Legal
As the technology behind sex dolls rapidly advances, legal experts are beginning to wonder how exactly they should be regulated — if at all\.
Madi McCarthy, associate lawyer at LK, and Tania Leiman, an associate professor and dean of law at Finders University in Adelaide, Australia, penned an article in The Bulletin: The Law Society of SA Journal analyzing how the country's government should respond to importing sex bots,
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