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The Robots are Coming

07/18/17, 08:28 AM | Personal & Service Robots , Unmanned & Other Topics | book review, business, futurist
Over the next five years automation will impact sectors of the economy that have been insulated from change by social norms or regulatory barriers to entry. This will occur because technological solutions are readily available but not yet deployed.

The Drone Racing League (DRL) Builds The Fastest Racing Drone

07/14/17, 05:40 AM | Unmanned & Other Topics | drones
DRL Sets the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDSTM Title for the Fastest Ground Speed by a Battery-powered Remote-controlled Quadcopter

Is robotics the key to repairing societal infrastructure?

07/13/17, 12:34 PM | Personal & Service Robots , Unmanned & Other Topics | service robots
Chris Middleton for Diginomica: If a country's national infrastructure is in disrepair - and most of them are - then could the robot revolution be the answer?

Airborne Drones on Patrol

07/13/17, 08:50 AM | Unmanned & Other Topics | Analysis and Trends
Autonomous drones are set to take over border patrols, crime hotspot monitoring and more, says South Africa's Airborne Drones.

How a One-Man Team from California Won NASA's Space Robotics Challenge

07/12/17, 05:44 AM | Personal & Service Robots , Unmanned & Other Topics | nasa, ros
Evan Ackerman for IEEE Spectrum: In NASA's Space Robotics Challenge, participants had to command a virtual Valkyrie robot to perform a series of repair tasks in a simulated Mars base hit by a dust storm.

New Army technology enables simultaneous multiple drone control

07/10/17, 05:38 AM | Personal & Service Robots , Unmanned & Other Topics | drones, Military and Security
Kris Osborn for Defense Systems: "SCORCH is a system consisting of intelligent UAS autonomous behaviors and an advanced user interface that allows a single operator to effectively control up to three UAS simultaneously,"

Torc Robotics unveils self-driving system for consumer cars

07/06/17, 05:44 AM | Personal & Service Robots , Unmanned & Other Topics | autonomous vehicles, self driving
Darrell Etherington for TechCrunch: Now Torc is setting its sights on the consumer car market, with a self-driving car project based on its decade of experience

Fastbrick signs a deal with Caterpillar to develop bricklaying robots

07/05/17, 06:45 AM | Personal & Service Robots , Unmanned & Other Topics | Construction
Jessica Sier for The Sydney Morning Herald: Fastbrick is building a commercial version of its robot bricklaying machine, Hadrian X, which will cost about $2 million when it goes into full production in 2019.

ETH zurich builds DFAB HOUSE using robots and 3D printers

07/03/17, 05:30 AM | Personal & Service Robots , Unmanned & Other Topics | 3D Printing, Construction
DesignBoom.com: Built using a two-meter high construction robot, the machine works by moving autonomously on caterpillar tracks.

The one law of robotics: Humans must flourish

06/30/17, 06:20 AM | Personal & Service Robots , Unmanned & Other Topics | Research and Reports, service robots, Technology Discussions
Pallab Ghosh for BBC News: "The thriving of people and communities needs to be put first, and we think Asimov's principles can be subsumed into that."

Deepest Underwater Consumer Drone from Blueye Robotics Reveals Ocean Depths Previously Unseen by Non-Scientists

06/28/17, 05:38 AM | Personal & Service Robots , Unmanned & Other Topics | drones, ROV, UAV
Blueye Pioneer Dives to 150 Meters; Robust, Stable HD Camera Delivers True Colors with Super-Clear Image Quality

Q&A with INTERPOL World 2017 Speaker Mr Holland Michel, Co-Director for the Center for the Study of the Drone

06/27/17, 08:36 AM | Unmanned & Other Topics | Tradeshows and Conferences
The use of drones in law enforcement is a much more recent phenomenon than the military use of drones, which explains why the public is less familiar with the issue, but we're hoping to change that!

Misty Robotics Raises $11.5 Million To Put Robots In Every Home

06/22/17, 05:26 AM | Personal & Service Robots , Unmanned & Other Topics | Financing, Home Robots, Investment, service robots
Alex Knapp for Forbes: Misty wants to build robots like R2-D2 or Rosie from The Jetsons - useful companions with personality.

In China, a robot has started delivering packages to people

06/20/17, 05:33 AM | Personal & Service Robots , Unmanned & Other Topics | drones
Echo Huang for Quartz: Designed by JD, the white, four-wheeled droid can carry five packages at once and travel 20 km (12.4 miles) if fully charged.

Please and Thank You: How DARPA Is Teaching Robots Manners

06/19/17, 05:22 AM | Personal & Service Robots , Unmanned & Other Topics | Artificial Intelligence, Darpa, Technology Discussions
Kacey Deamer for Live Science: Researchers created a machine-learning algorithm that allowed robots to "intuit" how to behave like humans in certain situations, like being quiet in a library.

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