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China Tests Humanoid Robots to Guide Travellers at Border Crossing
China has begun testing UBTech’s Walker humanoid robots at a border facility near Vietnam, aiming to use them for guiding travellers, managing queues and supporting logistics tasks. The robots, arriving in December, feature autonomous battery-swapping for extended operation. The US$37 million contract reflects Beijing’s ambition to dominate glo...
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Study Reveals How Humans Touch Unfamiliar Objects, Shaping Human–Robot Interaction Research
A Harvard-led study has revealed that humans form unique touch patterns when exploring unfamiliar objects without goals. By categorizing movements into observational, perceptual, constructive, and hedonic actions, researchers found responses shaped by prior knowledge and object changes. The findings, published in PLOS One, may guide intuitive desig...
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Dubai Introduces Avocado Ripeness Scanner That Tells You When It's Ready To Eat
This palm-sized gadget scans the outside of fruits using advanced sensors to determine their internal firmness and ripeness level.
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Fighting Sinus Infections? Tiny Nose Robots, Smaller Than Human Hair Could Be The Cure
The tiny nose robots are injected into the sinus cavity using a duct threaded through the nostril.
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"What Part Of Germany Is This?" Internet Reacts To Viral Video Of Robot Guide In Grocery Store
A viral video of a German grocery store equipped with an interesting tech-savvy tool has caught the internet's attention.
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Firefly’s Blue Ghost Moon Lander Mission Unveils Surprising Discoveries on the Lunar Surface
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Moon Lander uncovered unexpected hard rock formations and extreme lunar heat variations during its mission. These discoveries provide critical insights for improving future lunar landers. As Firefly prepares for its annual moon missions, the lessons learnt from Blue Ghost's successes will guide robotics and human op...
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Scientists Test Nanorobots to Treat Brain Aneurysms
Scientists have created nanorobots that could revolutionise the treatment of brain aneurysms by delivering clot-forming drugs directly to the weakened vessel area, reducing the risk of stroke. These robots, smaller than blood cells, were successfully tested in rabbits. The nanobots are guided using magnetic fields and heat, which release the drug a...
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Robot Takes The Conductor's Podium In South Korea To Lead A Performance
The five-foot-ten-inch-tall robot guided more than 60 musicians of the National Orchestra of Korea who were playing traditional Korean instruments.
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This Robot Dog Is Aware of traffic Signals, Can Help Specially Abled People
The potential for multiple uses of this robot guide dog for people with dementia and those who are visually impaired is huge.
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NASA to Send Tiny Robot MIRA to International Space Station for Simulating Surgeries
NASA will send a tiny surgical robot to space for a test mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in 2014. The robot named MIRA or miniaturised in vivo robotic assistant has been in the making for nearly 20 years by the researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Four-Legged Robot Dog With Virtual Spinal Cord Learns to Walk in One Hour
In a bid to study how humans learn to walk from stumbling, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Germany built a four-legged robot dog. They equipped the robot dog with an artificial spinal cord and observed that it learned to walk in just an hour.
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Stranger Things 4, Modern Love Mumbai, and More: May Series Guide to Netflix, Hotstar, Voot, Prime Video, Apple TV+
Stranger Things 4, Modern Love Mumbai, Escaype Live, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Love Death and Robots season 3, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Tehran season 2, The Wilds season 2, The Essex Serpent — the biggest web series and TV shows in May 2022 on Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Apple TV+, Disney+ Hotstar, Voot Select, and SonyLIV.
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California Startup Bionaut Labs Wants to Send Tiny Robots Inside Human Skull to Treat Brain Disorders
California startup Bionaut Labs wants to send tiny robots deep inside the human skull in hope to treat brain disorders. These robots will be carefully guided through the brain using magnets. First clinical trials on humans are planned in the next two years.
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Buyers' Guide: Tips and Tricks for Choosing the Right Robot Vacuum Cleaner or Mop
If you’re looking for a way to make home cleaning a bit easier, a good robot vacuum cleaner and mop and can do wonders. Here are some things to keep in mind when buying your first cleaning robot.
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Army of the Dead, Lucifer, Castlevania, and More: May 2021 Guide to Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, and Prime Video
Radhe, Army of the Dead, Lucifer season 5 part 2, Love Death + Robots season 2, Sardar Ka Grandson, Castlevania season 4, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Jupiter’s Legacy, Master of None season 3 — the biggest movies and TV shows on Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Zee5 and Apple TV+ in May 2021.
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China Tests Humanoid Robots to Guide Travellers at Border Crossing
China has begun testing UBTech’s Walker humanoid robots at a border facility near Vietnam, aiming to use them for guiding travellers, managing queues and supporting logistics tasks. The robots, arriving in December, feature autonomous battery-swapping for extended operation. The US$37 million contract reflects Beijing’s ambition to dominate glo...
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Study Reveals How Humans Touch Unfamiliar Objects, Shaping Human–Robot Interaction Research
A Harvard-led study has revealed that humans form unique touch patterns when exploring unfamiliar objects without goals. By categorizing movements into observational, perceptual, constructive, and hedonic actions, researchers found responses shaped by prior knowledge and object changes. The findings, published in PLOS One, may guide intuitive desig...
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Dubai Introduces Avocado Ripeness Scanner That Tells You When It's Ready To Eat
This palm-sized gadget scans the outside of fruits using advanced sensors to determine their internal firmness and ripeness level.
-
Fighting Sinus Infections? Tiny Nose Robots, Smaller Than Human Hair Could Be The Cure
The tiny nose robots are injected into the sinus cavity using a duct threaded through the nostril.
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"What Part Of Germany Is This?" Internet Reacts To Viral Video Of Robot Guide In Grocery Store
A viral video of a German grocery store equipped with an interesting tech-savvy tool has caught the internet's attention.
-
Firefly’s Blue Ghost Moon Lander Mission Unveils Surprising Discoveries on the Lunar Surface
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost Moon Lander uncovered unexpected hard rock formations and extreme lunar heat variations during its mission. These discoveries provide critical insights for improving future lunar landers. As Firefly prepares for its annual moon missions, the lessons learnt from Blue Ghost's successes will guide robotics and human op...
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Scientists Test Nanorobots to Treat Brain Aneurysms
Scientists have created nanorobots that could revolutionise the treatment of brain aneurysms by delivering clot-forming drugs directly to the weakened vessel area, reducing the risk of stroke. These robots, smaller than blood cells, were successfully tested in rabbits. The nanobots are guided using magnetic fields and heat, which release the drug a...
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Robot Takes The Conductor's Podium In South Korea To Lead A Performance
The five-foot-ten-inch-tall robot guided more than 60 musicians of the National Orchestra of Korea who were playing traditional Korean instruments.
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This Robot Dog Is Aware of traffic Signals, Can Help Specially Abled People
The potential for multiple uses of this robot guide dog for people with dementia and those who are visually impaired is huge.
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NASA to Send Tiny Robot MIRA to International Space Station for Simulating Surgeries
NASA will send a tiny surgical robot to space for a test mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS) in 2014. The robot named MIRA or miniaturised in vivo robotic assistant has been in the making for nearly 20 years by the researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
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Four-Legged Robot Dog With Virtual Spinal Cord Learns to Walk in One Hour
In a bid to study how humans learn to walk from stumbling, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) in Germany built a four-legged robot dog. They equipped the robot dog with an artificial spinal cord and observed that it learned to walk in just an hour.
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Stranger Things 4, Modern Love Mumbai, and More: May Series Guide to Netflix, Hotstar, Voot, Prime Video, Apple TV+
Stranger Things 4, Modern Love Mumbai, Escaype Live, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Love Death and Robots season 3, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Tehran season 2, The Wilds season 2, The Essex Serpent — the biggest web series and TV shows in May 2022 on Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Apple TV+, Disney+ Hotstar, Voot Select, and SonyLIV.
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California Startup Bionaut Labs Wants to Send Tiny Robots Inside Human Skull to Treat Brain Disorders
California startup Bionaut Labs wants to send tiny robots deep inside the human skull in hope to treat brain disorders. These robots will be carefully guided through the brain using magnets. First clinical trials on humans are planned in the next two years.
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Buyers' Guide: Tips and Tricks for Choosing the Right Robot Vacuum Cleaner or Mop
If you’re looking for a way to make home cleaning a bit easier, a good robot vacuum cleaner and mop and can do wonders. Here are some things to keep in mind when buying your first cleaning robot.
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Army of the Dead, Lucifer, Castlevania, and More: May 2021 Guide to Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, and Prime Video
Radhe, Army of the Dead, Lucifer season 5 part 2, Love Death + Robots season 2, Sardar Ka Grandson, Castlevania season 4, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Jupiter’s Legacy, Master of None season 3 — the biggest movies and TV shows on Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Video, Zee5 and Apple TV+ in May 2021.
