Humanoid integrates OpenAI speech-to-speech reasoning
Italian company Ironlev unveiled a groundbreaking magnetic levitation test on legacy railway tracks along the Adria-Mestre route in Venezia (12 March 2024), aiming to boost efficiency, and reduce noise and vibration.
Motorised dishwashing pad
From Superinnovators 11/03/24 The Pro Scrub Gun features a battery-powered spinning scrub pad for cleaning dishes. It aims to reduce strain on hands and wrists, save time, and conserve water for a more sustainable cleaning solution. More info: https://theproscrub.com/ You may also be curious about:
China unveils Small Falcon ornithopter
From Superinnovators 08/03/24 China has developed a new type of #ornithopter, an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings, and experts said on Sunday that the small bird-like aircraft has application potential in fields like ecological monitoring and environment protection. #ChinaTech pic.twitter.com/UeLX7fTJAd — China News 中国新闻网 (@Echinanews) March 4, 2024 Developed by Northwestern Polytechnical University. […]
Hexapod personal mobility device
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Building bionic jellyfish for ocean exploration
Researchers at Caltech have developed biohybrid robotic jellyfish, augmented with electronics and prosthetics, to explore oceanic depths and gather data on climate change impacts, offering a cost-effective and ethically principled approach to underwater research.
Spinning, magnetic micro-robots help researchers probe immune cell recognition
Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed tiny, spinning micro-robots, known as hexapods, to study immune cells more effectively, potentially advancing the design of immunotherapies for cancer, infections, and autoimmune diseases.
Brick laying bot company emerges from stealth
From Superinnovators 21/02/24 Amsterdam-based startup Monumental (f. 2021) emerged from stealth this week with a $25 million raise to expand its AI-powered, autonomous construction robots across Europe. The funding, co-led by Plural and Hummingbird, will enable the scaling of robot deployment and enhancement of their capabilities in handling diverse construction tasks. Founded by serial entrepreneurs […]
Darting around with a tiny brain
Physicist Elisabetta Chicca’s latest research at the University of Groningen demonstrates how understanding insect brain functions can lead to advancements in creating energy-efficient computing, exemplified by a robot designed to navigate like an insect.
Bots can now do your eyelashes
From Superinnovators 16/02/24 US-based Luum (f.2017) built a bot that can apply eyelash extensions using narrow-AI and computer vision, launching to the public via invitation back in 2021. The bot uses two delicate implements to isolate a single eyelash and a third adheres an extension to it, adjusting in real-time to the client’s movements. A […]
Monocycle bot with legs
From Superinnovators 08/02/24 KIMLAB, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), unveiled a leg-wheel transformer bot named Ringbot earlier this week. It offers a novel approach to robot mobility by integrating a monocycle mechanism with two x 3-DoF (degrees of freedom) legs that help the bot balance, steer, self-right and orientate. To steer the bot sticks its […]