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Japan lays groundwork for boom in robot carers

02/09/18, 05:31 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Health Robotics

Daniel Hurst for The Guardian: Japanese government wants to increase acceptance of technology that could help fill the gap in the nursing workforce

Drone catchers and face-detecting planes will guard the Olympics

02/07/18, 05:22 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Artificial Intelligence, drones, Military and Security

Mariella Moon for EnGadget: While the team's UAVs are scanning the skies, their tactical plane will focus on what's happening down below. The plane is equipped with high-resolution CCTVs with facial recognition

A New Lithium-Metal Battery Takes Flight in Drones

02/05/18, 05:29 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | batteries, drones

Katie Fehrenbacher for GreenTechMedia: For drone makers, that means a drone could fly farther and longer on a single charge. For example, a drone surveying acres of crop land could fly for an hour instead of just 20 minutes with a standard battery.

How A Formerly Struggling AgTech Provider Dominated An Industry Sector, In 3 Steps

02/02/18, 05:31 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Agriculture, Startups

David K. Williams for Forbes: The result: production has moved from one machine every 4-6 weeks to an average of 5 machines per month for a total of 130 worldwide and predominance in its sector, with pre-orders booked through June 2018.

How Robotics and Automation Will Affect Labor in the Food System

01/15/18, 05:30 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Agriculture, Jobs / Employment

FoodTank: From seed to table, a revolution in technology that prioritizes robotics and automation is on the cusp of transforming the work required to produce, transport, sell, and serve food.

Furrion Showcases World's First Exo-Bionic Racing Mech in Motion and Unveils X1 Mech Racing

01/12/18, 05:16 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | bionics, prosthetics

Furrion's Exo-Bionic development team unveiled a short film revealing the first look of Prosthesis in motion and the launch of a brand-new sport-- the X1 Mech Racing League.

How increasing regulation will unleash drone-based potential

01/05/18, 05:49 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | drones, regulations

Guy Cherni, Opinion Contributor for The Hill: Surprising though it may seem, the key for increasing drone-based value can only come through increased restriction and regulation of the industry.

This Robot Can Mix Drinks in Your Hotel Room

01/02/18, 05:31 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Home Robots

Michael Belfiore for Bloomberg: Makr Shakrs robotic arms pull cocktail ingredients selected via touchscreen or app from a network of bottles above the bar.

Military robots are getting smaller and more capable

12/27/17, 07:12 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Artificial Intelligence, Military and Security

The Economist: "Slaughterbots" is fiction. The question Dr Russell poses is, "how long will it remain so?" For military laboratories around the planet are busy developing small, autonomous robots for use in warfare, both conventional and unconventional.

San Francisco Security Robot Fired After Public Outcry

12/21/17, 05:29 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Military and Security

David Z. Morris for Fortune: Mountain View-based Knightscope has said in a statement that the robot "was not brought in to clear the area around the San Francisco SPCA of homeless individuals," but only to "serve and protect the SPCA."

Honda Will Unveil 4 New Robots at This Year's CES

12/18/17, 05:28 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | CES 2018

Shelby Rogers for Interesting Engineering: Each robot has its own functions, and all of them have names reminiscent of Star Wars droids.

San Francisco to robots: Don't crowd our sidewalks

12/11/17, 05:33 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | delivery, security

Carolyn Said and Benny Evangelista for the SF Chronicle: San Franciscos ordinance resembles laws enacted in the early days of "horseless carriages" that required a person to walk in front of a car waving a red flag, said Bob Doyle, spokesman for A3.

Amazon drone designed to self-destruct in emergencies. Here's why.

12/08/17, 05:28 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | amazon, drones, patents, Technology Discussions

Patrick Caughill for Futurism: The feature would use the onboard computing system to analyze conditions to determine the best course of action.

SIA Launches Autonomous Security Robots Working Group

12/04/17, 05:42 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Associations, security, service robots

The group will bring together members of the security industry, end users, technology experts and other interested parties to promote best practices regarding the use of robots in security

With 'material robotics,' intelligent products won't even look like robots

12/01/17, 05:39 AM | Mobile Robots, Other Topics | Technology Discussions

Oregon State University via Science Daily: "The point here with something like a self-adjusting shoe is it no longer resembles a robot -- that's kind of the direction of ubiquity we're imagining."

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