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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jul 4

SonicBoom: New tech helps robotic arm sense, navigate obstacles through sound. Touching a branch causes sound waves to move down the robot’s arm.

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#Robotics #Arm #Sound #Navigation #Research

New system helps robotic arm navigate using sound instead of vision

The robotic arm could help farmers harvest crops even in increasingly challenging conditions, such as rising temperatures.

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jul 4

Robots could one day crawl across the moon, and undergrads are laying the groundwork

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#Robotics #Research #Moon #Rover

Robots could one day crawl across the moon, and undergrads are laying the groundwork

The future of moon exploration may be rolling around a nondescript office on the CU Boulder campus. Here, a robot about as wide as a large pizza scoots forward on three wheels. It uses an arm with a c...

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jul 4

How game-play with robots can bring out their human side. The more we interact with robots, the more human we perceive them to become – according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

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#Robotics #Reseach #Game #Play #Human #Robot #interaction #HRI

How game-play with robots can bring out their human side

New research shows that the more we interact with robots, the more human we perceive them to become. The team carried out a series of experiments with a box-shaped robot called Cozmo. They found that...

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jul 4

One of Ukraine's First Ground Combat Robots Was a Radio-Controlled Toy Car. It blew itself up in a Russian trench in 2023.

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#Ukraine #War #Combat #Robotics #Toy #Car

One of Ukraine's First Ground Combat Robots Was a Radio-Controlled Toy Car

It blew itself up in a Russian trench in 2023

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jul 4

A new imaging technique developed by MIT researchers could enable quality-control robots in a warehouse to peer through a cardboard shipping box and see that the handle of a mug buried under packing peanuts is broken.

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#Robtics #Reseach #MIT #Warehouse

Reflected Wi-Fi signals could enable robots to find and manipulate hidden objects

A new imaging technique developed by MIT researchers could enable quality-control robots in a warehouse to peer through a cardboard shipping box and see that the handle of a mug buried under packing p...

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jul 4

A report published by Morgan Stanley suggests that it could be less than 10 years before millions of robots are working alongside us, playing with us, protecting us and providing care. And by 2050, there could be one billion of them among us.

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#Robotics #Society

13 Million Humanoid Robots Will Walk Among Us By 2035

Morgan Stanley predicts 13 million humanoid robots will work alongside humans by 2035, with costs dropping to $10,000 annually, making them as affordable as cars.

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jul 4

Walking on Air: Pneumatic System Enables Autonomous Motion in Soft Robots

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#Soft #Robotics #Robot #Air #Motion

Walking on Air: Pneumatic System Improves Soft Robot Motion

Soft robot fabrication in a single step is enabled by a new valve system design, using just a desktop 3D printer and pressurised gas.

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jul 2

Cities are unprepared for social and economic impact of robots, according to study. Monash University research has found that some of the world's leading robot cities do not have adequate policies to protect the public interests

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#Robotics #Human #Robot #Interaction

Cities are unprepared for social and economic impact of robots, according to study

From delivering food in restaurants to cleaning airports, robots are becoming increasingly common in society—but are our policies ready to keep up?

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jul 1

MIT researchers has developed a new imaging technique that could allow quality control robots in warehouses to peer into closed boxes. The method could revolutionize quality control and streamline the shipping and delivery process.

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#Robotics #Warehouse

Humanoid robots could soon see through walls with MIT’s imaging tech

During tests, the MIT team's robotic radar system achieved 96 percent when reconstructing hidden and obscured objects.

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jul 1

A new ‘eye’ may radically change how robots see. The low-power robotics system LENS merges a brainlike sensor, a chip and an AI model.

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#LENS #Robotics #Eye #Brainchip #AI

A new ‘eye’ may radically change how robots see

The system contains a sensor, chip and tiny AI model inspired by biological eyes and brains and uses a tenth of the energy of a camera-based system.

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jul 1

Genesis AI, a startup that aims to build a foundational model for powering all kinds of robots, has emerged from stealth with a giant $105 million seed round co-led by Eclipse Ventures and Khosla Ventures.

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#Genesis #AI #StartUp #EclipseVentures #KhoslaVentures

Genesis AI launches with $105M seed funding from Eclipse, Khosla to build AI models for robots | TechCrunch

Genesis AI, which aims to build a foundational model for powering all kinds of robots, has emerged from stealth with $105M in seed funding.

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jul 1

A new discovery of how bees use their flight movements to facilitate accurate learning and recognition of complex visual patterns could mark a major change in how next-generation AI is developed.

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#Bees #Flight #Robotics #AI #Research #Sheffield #University

Bees' secret to super-efficient learning could transform AI and robotics

A new discovery of how bees use their flight movements to facilitate remarkably accurate learning and recognition of complex visual patterns could mark a major change in how next-generation AI is deve...

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jul 1

Researchers at University College London (UCL) have recently developed a new system that allows robots to co-operatively transport objects, while leveraging high-frequency sound waves that cannot be heard by humans.

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#UCL #London #Robotics #Sound #Waves #Research

New system allows acoustic robots to co-operatively transport objects

While so far robots have predominantly been deployed individually, as teams, they can tackle a wider range of complex missions with remarkable speed and efficiency. For instance, they could help to ra...

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jun 30

Farewell tradition, hello robots: Wimbledon adjusts to life without line judges After 147 years, the championships are using an AI system for greater accuracy but some fans prefer the old ‘drama’

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#AI #Robot #Wimbledon #Tennis #Line #Judges

Farewell tradition, hello robots: Wimbledon adjusts to life without line judges

After 148 years, the championships are using an AI system for greater accuracy but some fans prefer the old ‘drama’

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jun 30

Carnegie Mellon University professor Bin He has achieved a series of groundbreaking milestones using EEG-based BCIs, including the first successful flight of a drone, the first control of a robotic arm, and the first to control a robotic hand for continuous movement.

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Brain-computer interface robotic hand control reaches new finger-level milestone

Robotic systems have the potential to greatly enhance daily living for the over one billion individuals worldwide who experience some form of disability. Brain-computer interfaces or BCIs present a co...

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jun 30

A team from Keio University and The University of Osaka has published a study detailing the physics behind the jump of thin hemispherical shells, a fundamental building block for jumping soft robots.

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#Keio #Osaka #University #Study #Robotics #Research #Soft #Robot

The physics of popping: Building better jumping robots

Inspired by a simple children's toy, a jumping popper toy, researchers have unlocked a key to designing more agile and predictable soft robots. Soft robots, made from flexible materials, hold immense ...

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jun 30

China hosts first fully autonomous AI robot football match. Footage of three-a-side game shows humanoids struggling to kick the ball or stay upright

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#China #Humanoid #Robot #AI #Football #Match

China hosts first fully autonomous AI robot football match

Footage of three-a-side game shows humanoids struggling to kick the ball or stay upright

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jun 30

Artist Eric Joyner will present his 12th solo exhibition, “Looking Sideways,” at the Corey Helford Gallery. The show will feature a new series of oil paintings centered on his signature subjects: tin robots and donuts.

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#EricJoyner #Robot #Art #Exhibition #Painting

Eric Joyner Explores Modern Life Through Robots and Donuts in New Exhibition

Artist Eric Joyner will present his 12th solo exhibition, "Looking Sideways," at the Corey Helford Gallery. The show will feature a new series of oil

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jun 30

Will a dice-playing robot eventually make you tea and do your dishes? AlphaBot 2 wants to beat humans at their own game. When the robot is asked if it wants to play dice, it can interpret the question and jump into action.

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#China #Humanoid #Robotics #AlphaBot2

Will a dice-playing humanoid robot eventually make you tea and do your dishes? | CNN Business

Chinese-made humanoid robot AlphaBot 2 uses embedded AI to learn. Is this the tech that will finally bring helper robots into our homes?

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jun 30

New Columbia Business School research challenges assumptions about AI art's impact: Rather than diminishing human creativity, the presence of AI-generated art can actually enhance the perceived value of human-made work.

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#Columbia #Research #AI #Art #Creativity

Beyond the Machine: Why Human-Made Art Matters More in the Age of AI | Columbia Business School

New Columbia Business School research shows that AI-generated art doesn’t always diminish human creativity. When people see human-made art next to AI art, they value it more — by up to 62 percent.

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jun 29

Swarms of tiny nose robots could clear infected sinuses, researchers say. Chinese and Hong Kong scientists succeed in animal trials, but potential problems include risk of devices being left in body and public suspicions.

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#Swarm #Robotics #Reseach #Health #Care

Swarms of tiny nose robots could clear infected sinuses, researchers say

Chinese and Hong Kong scientists succeed in animal trials, but potential problems include risk of devices being left in body and public suspicions

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jun 29

3D-printed humanoid robot offers affordable, customizable platform for beginners. By developing Berkeley Humanoid Lite, the researchers set out to provide a launching point for anyone with an interest in humanoid technology.

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#YufengChi #DIY #Hobby #Humanoid #Robotics

3D-printed humanoid robot offers affordable, customizable platform for beginners

As an undergraduate student, Yufeng Chi (B.S.'23 EECS) was captivated by humanoid and legged robots. Eager to learn more, he would watch YouTube videos and dive into class projects, but getting hands-...

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jun 29

Google DeepMind on Tuesday released a new language model called Gemini Robotics On-Device that can run tasks locally on robots without requiring an internet connection.

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#Google #DeepMind #Gemini #Robotics #On-Device #Robot #Internet #Connection

Google rolls out new Gemini model that can run on robots locally | TechCrunch

Google DeepMind has released a new language model called Gemini Robotics On-Device that can run tasks locally on robots without an internet connection.

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jun 29

Imagine a future in which people with disabilities can walk on their own, thanks to robotic legs. A new project from Northern Arizona University is accelerating that future with an open-source robotic exoskeleton.

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#Robotics #Research #Exoskeleton #Arizona #University

Researchers launch open-source robotic exoskeleton to help people walk

Imagine a future in which people with disabilities can walk on their own, thanks to robotic legs. A new project from Northern Arizona University is accelerating that future with an open-source robotic...

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Christian Gjørret @christiangjoerret.bsky.social · Jun 29

Agnieszka Pilat is a Polish-born artist whose work focuses on the intersection of technology and art. She is known for her unique series of technology portraits. She taught Basia, her Boston Dynamics robot dog, to paint.

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#AgnieszkaPilat #Robotics #Art #TED #Talk #Poland

The artist turning heads and changing minds with her $200K robot dog

In communist Poland, the radio gave Agnieszka Pilat's family hope. Now, as an artist and techno-optimist, she hopes her portraits of robots and machines will change minds about the future of tech.

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