Cute Star Wars droids roam around Batuu at Disneyland theme park
From Superinnovators 13/10/23. This article is in TLDR (Too Long Didn’t Read) format which is popular in the innovation community and provides a bullet summary of information. BD units are explorer droids, and these three definitely did some exploring this morning pic.twitter.com/QR1B68pjsQ — Disneyland News Today (@dlnt) October 12, 2023 Blue, Orange, and Green (they […]
How pumped are you? Watch the robot it took AI seconds to design walk with inflatable muscles
From Northwestern University 06/10/23 A team led by Northwestern University researchers has developed the first artificial intelligence (AI) to date that can intelligently design robots from scratch. To test the new AI, the researchers gave the system a simple prompt: Design a robot that can walk across a flat surface. While it took nature billions […]
AI drone racing pilot beats human world champions
From University of Zurich 31/08/23 Remember when IBM’s Deep Blue won against Gary Kasparov at chess in 1996, or Google’s AlphaGo crushed the top champion Lee Sedol at Go, a much more complex game, in 2016? These competitions where machines prevailed over human champions are key milestones in the history of artificial intelligence. Now a […]
Bot-assisted dressing for care home residents
From Carnegie Mellon University 30/08/23 Most people take getting dressed for granted. But data from the National Center for Health Statistics reveals that 92% of nursing facility residents and at-home care patients require assistance with dressing. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute (RI) see a future where robots can help with this need and […]
Robot classroom: 23 bots learn how to sort office waste and recycling
From Superinnovators 22/08/23 In a groundbreaking experiment, Google’s research team has successfully deployed a fleet of 23 reinforcement learning (RL) enabled robots to sort waste and recycling in office buildings. The experiment, which spanned over two years, was led by Sergey Levine, Research Scientist, and Alexander Herzog, Staff Research Software Engineer at Google Research’s Brain […]
Wooden pallet transporter bot with sidewinder wheels
From Fraunhofer IML 31/05/22 (published on Superinnovators 21/08/23) In contrast to most driverless transport systems, which either have high performance, dynamics or flexibility and are designed either for indoor or outdoor use, O3dyn can combine all three properties. O3dyn is not only highly dynamic and autonomous, but also designed for hybrid operation. It can omnidirectionally […]
Magnetic squirrel bot inspects telecoms and wind turbine poles without tether
From Acuity Robotics 18/08/23 Introducing the world’s smallest untethered robot that climbs ferrous infrastructure. Acuity Robotics, a spin out company from the University of Leeds, has built the world’s smallest untethered robots for ferrous infrastructure inspection. The six magnetic wheeled robot is called Squirrel and has the ability to catch data and imagery as well […]
Shape-shifting 3D display powered by soft robotic muscles
By Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems 04/08/23 Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a soft shape display, a robot that can rapidly and precisely change its surface geometry to interact with objects and liquids, react to human touch, and display letters and numbers […]
Schiphol to fast-track the use of baggage robots after successful pilot project
From Amsterdam Airport Schiphol 01/08/23 After a two-week pilot project, Schiphol has decided to buy 19 baggage robots, which will go into use in the coming months. In the past six months, these robots have been developed in double-quick time, specially for Schiphol. The robots take over from humans the physically heavy element of baggage: […]
Jellyfish-like robots could one day clean up the world’s oceans
From Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems 27/07/23 Roboticists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart have developed a jellyfish-inspired underwater robot with which they hope one day to collect waste from the bottom of the ocean. The almost noise-free prototype can trap objects underneath its body without physical contact, thereby enabling […]