Robotics

Many different technologies are initially perceived as threatening, unnatural, disruptive, and sometimes even dangerous.

UK researchers are exploring the potential of utilising drone swarms to extinguish fires before they escalate into wildfires.

Google DeepMind has announced a significant breakthrough in robotics: it has successfully trained a robot to play table tennis at an amateur competitive level against human opponents. This achievement marks the first instance of a robot being trained to compete in a sport with humans at a comparable skill level.

Training AI models requires a large amount of data. For AI models like ChatGPT, they have access to vast amounts of text, images and videos from the Internet to be trained on - and even then, the question of whether AI is running out of training data has been asked before on Electronic Specifier. 

Karen Mascarenhas first met with Marsha Marcus, Global Portfolio Manager, Collaborative Robots, KUKA in London, as the company celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2023. 

The growing shortage of skilled workers is increasing the pressure on industrial companies to automate their processes. Flexible, cost-effective, and easy-to-implement robotics solutions such as autonomous mobile robots and collaborative robots are therefore in demand. Mobile manipulators connect both robot systems, but often cannot be used economically due to insufficient battery power. The solution: Wiferion's Wireless Power Ki...

Researchers have unveiled a breakthrough using additive manufacturing to create highly durable and flexible materials.

The Magnus project, developed by researchers from Tokyo, features a 3D-printed exoskeleton that employs a series of electromagnets mounted onto a rigid frame worn on the user's hand.

A research project funded by Cancer Research UK is set to transform breast screening accessibility for patients with paralysis or other mobility issues.

NVIDIA has announced it is providing robot manufacturers, AI model developers and software makers with a suite of services, models and computing platforms to develop, train and build the next generation of humanoid robotics.