Reports indicate that web giant Amazon is ramping up development of its upcoming consumer oriented robot. Amazon Alexa, which sits in your house and a… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/329042/amazon-is-working-on-an-ai-household-robot…
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Electronics projects for beginners: Make a robot biscuit butler
Take a BBC micro:bit, add a motor, a chassis and some infrared sensors and then put your feet up with a nice cup of tea: your biscuits will be on their way shortly Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332370-800-electronics-projects-for-beginners-make-a-robot-biscuit-butler/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
A tiny jellyfish robot could swim inside the bladder to deliver drugs
A tiny jellyfish-like robot could be used to deliver drugs in the body. It is only 3 millimeters across and is controlled by magnetic fields Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2208358-a-tiny-jellyfish-robot-could-swim-inside-the-bladder-to-deliver-drugs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Tiny flying insect robot has four wings and weighs under a gram
This tiny insect-inspired robot weighs just 259 milligrams, has four wings that flap 170 times per second and is powered by six mini solar panels Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2207687-tiny-flying-insect-robot-has-four-wings-and-weighs-under-a-gram/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Electronics projects for beginners: How to make a roaming robot
Using a BBC micro:bit, motors and some sensors, here’s how to make an autonomous robot that can roam around and avoid objects in its path Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232363-500-electronics-projects-for-beginners-how-to-make-a-roaming-robot/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Uber’s Plan To Deliver McDonald’s Hamburgers By Drone
An anonymous reader quotes the Washington Post:
The company’s new initiative — a collaborative effort between its Uber Eats and Uber Elevate divisions — began with tests in San Diego using fast food meals from McDonald’s, but could expand to include a local fine-dining restaurant called Juniper and Ivy, the company said. Uber intends to roll out commercial food delivery using drones…
Security Cameras + AI = Dawn of Non-Stop Robot Surveillance
AmiMoJo shared this post from one of the ACLU’s senior technology policy analysts about what happens when security cameras get AI upgrades: [I]magine that all that video were being watched — that millions of security guards were monitoring them all 24/7. Imagine this army is made up of guards who don’t need to be paid, who never get bored, who never…
A robot has learned to use irony and now people like it more
Irony Man is a small robot with deadpan delivery. By incorporating irony into its dialogue, its creators found people thought it was more likable Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2206270-a-robot-has-learned-to-use-irony-and-now-people-like-it-more/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Robotic surgery is turning out to be an expensive fad
The rapid rise of robot-aided surgery ignores the fact that high-tech gadgets don’t always improve treatment outcomes but do increase costs Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24232342-300-robotic-surgery-is-turning-out-to-be-an-expensive-fad/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Robot Boat Wins $4 Million Ocean Floor Mapping XPRIZE
“A robotic boat and submersible have won the XPRIZE to find the best new technologies to map the seafloor,” writes the BBC — taking home the grand prize of $4 million. dryriver shares their report:
The surface and underwater combo demonstrated their capabilities in a timed test in the Mediterranean, surveying depths down to 4km. [2.48 miles — slightly deeper than the…