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Xiaomi announced the release of a new quadruped robot called CyberDog. The product is designed to meet the requirements of research engineers and hobbyists who want to develop code and applications for a quadruped robot, but don’t want to pay for a platform like the...

Field tests affirm the wearable, lightweight, non-powered HeroWear Apex exosuit device lends flexible support for heavy lifting. The post Workers in Physical Occupations Benefit from Back-Relieving HeroWear Apex Exosuit appeared first on Robotics Business Review.

GE Research successfully completed year one of a project with the U.S. Army through its Scalable Adaptive Resilient Autonomy Program (SARA). The goal is to develop a risk-aware autonomous ground vehicle that can navigate complex, off-road test conditions. The post...

To help researchers build more intelligent robots, Facebook has created and open-sourced a robotics development platform called Droidlet. Facebook researchers wrote in a blog today that Droidlet is a modular, heterogeneous embodied agent architecture, and a platform...

A team of researchers from the University of Maryland has 3D printed a soft robotic hand that is agile enough to play Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. – and win! Editor’s Note: This article was republished from the University of Maryland. The post Watch a soft robotic...

Medical Microinstruments (MMI) said its Symani surgical system was successful in a post-traumatic limb reconstruction procedure that saved a patient’s arm from amputation. The reconstruction procedure was performed at Careggi University Hospital Florence by Dr. Marco...

A critical challenge for manufacturers is the ongoing skills gap for programming, integrating and operating the robots and the capabilities operators possess. For manufacturers to become agile and autonomous, robots must be faster and easier to program and implement....

When NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter hovered above the Red Planet April 19 on its maiden voyage, the moment was hailed as the first instance of powered, controlled flight on another planet. Figuring out how to fly on Mars, where the air is thin but gravity is about a...

Basic safety needs in the paleolithic era have largely evolved with the onset of the industrial and cognitive revolutions. We interact a little less with raw materials, and interface a little more with machines. The post Researchers develop human-aware motion planning...

The first phase of what will be the fastest public research supercomputer in the Southern Hemisphere has been unveiled at its new home at WA’s Pawsey Centre, resplendent in artwork that reflects the skies it will help researchers to unlock. The post Pawsey Unveils...

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released the first major component of its Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). The IPCC’s first assessment report since 2014, AR6 paints a bleak picture of both the present and the future, illustrating...

Robo Boston will take place in the innovative Boston Seaport neighborhood on Friday, October 1 and Saturday, October 2, 2021. More than 40 companies and universities will gather to showcase cutting-edge robotics and technology in a series of professional and...