British navy sends robots to sea in military exercise
The Royal Navy is testing just how much robot craft can do by themselves in military exercises off the British coast.
View ArticleThis disinfection robot can light the way to cleaner hospitals
A robot being developed by Blue Ocean Robotics uses ultraviolet light to disinfect rooms.
View ArticleThese tiny robots are exploring history's most iconic shipwrecks
Canadian based company, Deep Trekker, creates small underwater drones, which explorers are now using to uncover historical sunken ships.
View ArticleNew details emerge about Intel's super-small Euclid computer for robots
Intel is getting proficient at developing small computers. First came the Compute Sticks and then credit-card Compute Cards. But there's nothing like the super-small Euclid computer for robots and more...
View ArticleVespa's maker creates a robot butler
Piaggio, the company famous for making Vespas, is coming out with an autonomous robot that will help you carry your luggage.
View ArticleRoborace: When software engineers are the heroes
It's rare that software engineers are lauded as the heroes of anything, but Roborace CEO Denis Sverdlov wants to change that.
View ArticleWorkers underestimate ‘robotisation’ of jobs
New Zealander workers greatly underestimate the extent to which their roles will be replaced by robots, according to a survey undertaken by the Massey Business School and Auckland University of...
View ArticleThe robots are coming – to rural schools
Researchers at the University of Auckland have published a study that finds companion robots in rural schools could help children learn.
View ArticleSecurity guards – this robot wants your job
Electronic security firm, Advanced Security Group (ASG), has introduced a fully autonomous security robot that it says can fulfil the role of a human security guard in many situations.
View ArticleFlying, diving drones trial to automate Great Barrier Reef surveys
Researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have this week returned from a 10 day mission on the Research Vessel Cape Ferguson during which they trialed the use of underwater and...
View ArticleTranspower tests robots as ‘eyes on the ground’ in remote sites
The robots can be remotely controlled by an operator or engineer anywhere in New Zealand
View ArticleRio Tinto’s ‘world’s biggest robot’ makes first driverless delivery
Rio Tinto’s fully autonomous train has completed its first delivery of iron ore between the miner’s Mount Tom Price mine and the port of Cape Lambert, the organisation announced today.
View ArticleFace off: Realistic masks made in Japan find demand from tech, car companies
'As humanoid robots are being developed, I hope this will help developers to create more realistic robots at a low cost'
View ArticleRobots to install telescopes to peer into cosmos from the moon
A NASA-funded lab in Colorado aims to send robots there to deploy telescopes that will look far into our galaxy, remotely operated by orbiting astronauts.
View ArticleToyota turns to AI startup to accelerate goal of robots for the home
Toyota Motor Corp has designs on making robot helpers for your home, and has enlisted a Japanese startup that specializes in artificial intelligence to jump-start its plan.
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