Ice-hunting robot lands sideways on the Moon, dying and wasting millions of dollars

Image sent by Beresheet’s moon lander before communications were lost. Via Twitter Last Thursday, two U.S. “spacecraft launched to the Moon” from Florida’s Cape Canaveral, “on their way to hunt for water that scientists think exists at the lunar south pole.” One is orbiting the Moon, while the other landed …

Humanoid ‘Protoclone’ robot twitches into action while hanging from ceiling in viral video

A robotics company has built an eerily lifelike humanoid robot which they claim is the “world’s first bipedal musculoskeletal android” — and the internet hates it. Created by Polish startup Clone Robotics, the “Protoclone” robot is a faceless android with an anatomically accurate bone structure and musculature. The android’s designers …

Robot insect paves the way for robotic pollination of crops

Revenge of the machines (Image via Byte for Bite) “MIT researchers have developed a robot insect designed for artificial pollination, laying the groundwork for entirely indoor farms of the future,” reports The Debrief: The robot’s lifelike flapping wings imitate nature, enabling the tiny aerial robot to weigh under a gram. …

Butterfly-inspired method for robot wing movement works without electronics or batteries

Bioinspired design and function of the magnetic butterfly. A) A photograph of a real monarch butterfly (courtesy of Dwight Sipler, reproduced under Creative Commons license 2.0) B) An overview of the magnetic butterfly design, inspired by the morphology of real monarch butterflies. C) A series of photographs depicting the wing-morphing …

L'UCRAINA PREPARA UN ESERCITO DI ROBOT ▷ “APRE PROSPETTIVE SCONVOLGENTI”

AIUTA L’INFORMAZIONE LIBERA, SOSTIENICI: https://donazioni.radioradio.it/ “Stiamo combattendo contro un Paese immenso … source

Watch ‘ant-like’ robot swarms conquer obstacles and transport heavy loads

Robots lifting and object. Credit: Device/Yang and Won et al. Scientists in South Korea have developed swarms of tiny magnetic robots that work together like ants to achieve Herculean feats, including traversing and picking up objects many times their size. The findings, published December 18 in Device, suggest that these …

Teaching a robot its limits, to complete open-ended tasks safely | MIT News

If someone advises you to “know your limits,” they’re likely suggesting you do things like exercise in moderation. To a robot, though, the motto represents learning constraints, or limitations of a specific task within the machine’s environment, to do chores safely and correctly. For instance, imagine asking a robot to …

Robot penetration of manufacturing rises

agricultural robot from Japanese company Inaho Manufacturing increased a lot over the last decade, but the number of factory workers grew much more slowly, because factories don’t need as many human workers as they used to, due to rising productivity. One factor in rising productivity is the growing number of …

Crop-spraying robot saves farmers time, cuts emissions of greenhouse gases

agricultural robot from Japanese company Inaho “The spraying of orchards and vineyards certainly isn’t an eco-friendly process, with tractors spewing exhaust as they douse crops in herbicides and pesticides. That’s one of the main reasons the electric, autonomous Prospr robot was created,” reports New Atlas: Manufactured by New Zealand agritech …

“We NOT Robot” Elon Musk Tries to Continue Deceiving America and the Rest of the World that Robots will Replace Humans

Robotaxi Support Team Illustration. by Brian ShilhavyEditor, Health Impact News Elon Musk hosted a Tesla show in Hollywood this week attended by invitation-only spectators, mostly Tesla stockholders and enthusiasts. I am not the one calling it a “show”, as Elon Musk himself told the audience “I hope you enjoy the …

Biohybrid swimming robot uses motor neurons and cardiomyocytes to emulate muscle tissue

Wirelessly controllable bioelectronic neuromuscular robots for steering actuation behavior. (A) Dynamic control of the heart via the neural innervation of cardiomyocytes (CMs). (B) Schematic of a bioelectronic neuromuscular robot with selective motor innervation of CMs driven by a wireless frequency multiplexing bioelectronic device. Credit: Hiroyuki Tetsuka A combined team of …

DELIVERY ROBOTS VS THE WORLD

These robots face harassment and assault in their humble quests to deliver stuff to people Courtesy: @‌filmtherobotsla. source

The world’s fastest brick-laying construction robot is now working in Florida

Image: YouTube screen grab “A robotic truck equipped with a 105-ft (32-m) telescopic boom arm has just journeyed from Australia to Florida. Now the construction robot will get busy churning out up to 10 houses in a bid to become the employee of choice for building entire communities,” reports New …

Brain Implants, Iron Man Suits, and Robot Children

Taken from JRE #1944 w/Ryan Long: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6hwVlaHZ9S6DnixdhRjL4y?si=9825c204bd7f4d25. source

A fully edible robot could soon end up on our plate, say scientists

Artistic rendering of a future edible robot. Credit: Nature Reviews Materials (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41578-024-00688-9 A fully edible robot could soon end up on our plate if we overcome some technical hurdles, say EPFL scientists involved in RoboFood—a project which aims to marry robots and food. Robots and food have long …

I Robot, then vs now

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Robot, can you say 'cheese'?

What would you do if you walked up to a robot with a human-like head and it smiled at you first? You’d likely smile back and perhaps feel the two of you were genuinely interacting. But how does a robot know how to do this? Or a better question, how …

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