Drone helps disinfect Churchill Downs before Kentucky Derby
The race was on – safely – for more than 50,000 spectators Saturday at the 147th Kentucky Derby in part thanks to Pittsburgh-based AERAS. The company used its patented charged-electrostatic … Read More
A robot that can help you untangle your hair
With rapidly growing demands on health care systems, nurses typically spend 18 to 40 percent of their time performing direct patient care tasks, oftentimes for many patients and with little … Read More
Nano flashlight enables new applications of light
In work that could someday turn cell phones into sensors capable of detecting viruses and other minuscule objects, MIT researchers have built a powerful nanoscale flashlight on a chip. Their … Read More
NASA Extends Mars Helicopter Mission, Will Scout for Perseverance Rover
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has been doing an amazing job flying on Mars. Over the last several weeks it has far surpassed its original goal of proving that flight on … Read More
Bring fast issue resolution into view with remote video-enablement
By Mike Kelton, Business Development Manager, Lifecycle Support Services, Honeywell Robotics Unleash the potential of video-enabled technical support in your maintenance operations for rapid diagnosis and troubleshooting of critical issues. … Read More
Exyn drones achieve Level 4 autonomy
Exyn Technologies’ drone is autonomously piloted and can go where other drones cannot. | Image credit: Exyn Technologies Exyn Technologies today announced it has achieved level 4A autonomy, on the … Read More
Ingenuity Helicopter flies faster, farther on 3rd Mars flight
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completed its third test flight yesterday. It flew faster and farther than any tests that even took place here on Earth. The helicopter took off at … Read More
Ingenuity Helicopter completes trickier second flight on Mars
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s navigation camera captures the helicopter’s shadow on the surface of Jezero Crater during the second test flight. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter successfully completed its … Read More
How Perseverance Rover made oxygen on Mars
The Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) instrument being lowered into the Perseverance rover. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The growing list of “firsts” for Perseverance, NASA’s newest six-wheeled robot on … Read More
Next generation of swimming biobots can self-train, showing striking speed and strength
Researchers have applied 3D bioprinting and engineering design for the development of biobots at the cm. range that can swim and coast like fishes, with unprecedented velocities.
These Might Be the Fastest (and Most Efficient) AI Systems Around
The machine learning industry’s efforts to measure itself using a standard yardstick has reached a milestone. Forgive the pun, but that’s actually what’s happened with the release of MLPerf Inference … Read More
Watch: Ingenuity Helicopter completes historic first flight on Mars
Shame on me for ever doubting NASA. After overcoming a software issue, the Ingenuity Helicopter completed its initial flight on Mars earlier this morning. Ingenuity is the first in history … Read More
CMU’s snake robot can now swim underwater
A submersible robot snake could assist the Department of Defense inspect ships, submarines and other underwater infrastructure. | Credit: CMU Carnegie Mellon University’s acclaimed snake-like robot can now slither its … Read More
Ingenuity’s Chief Pilot Explains How to Fly a Helicopter on Mars
On April 11, the Mars helicopter Ingenuity will take to the skies of Mars for the first time. It will do so fully autonomously, out of necessity—the time delay between … Read More
DARPA Prepares for the Subterranean Challenge Final
The DARPA Subterranean Challenge Final Event is scheduled to take place at the Louisville Mega Cavern in Louisville, Kentucky, from September 21 to 23. We’ve followed SubT teams as they’ve … Read More
Robots can be more aware of human co-workers, with system that provides context
Working safely is not only about processes, but context ? understanding the work environment and circumstances, and being able to predict what other people will do next. A new system … Read More
Are Digital Humans the Next Step in Human-Computer Interaction?
In the fictional worlds of film and TV, artificial intelligence has been depicted as so advanced that it is indistinguishable from humans. But what if we’re actually getting closer to … Read More
Ingenuity Helicopter touched down on Mars
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover took this picture of the Ingenuity Helicopter on Apr. 4, 2021. | Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-CalTech NASA is one step closer to achieving the first flight on … Read More
Radio frequency perception helps robot grasp hidden objects
MIT’s RF Grasp system uses both a camera and an RF reader to find and grab tagged objects, even when they’re fully blocked from the camera’s view. | Photo Credit: … Read More
Bipedal Robots Are Learning To Move With Arms as Well as Legs
Most humans are bipeds, but even the best of us are really only bipeds until things get tricky. While our legs may be our primary mobility system, there are lots … Read More
Even without a brain, metal-eating robots can search for food
Researchers demonstrate a wheeled robot that can navigate its environment without a computer. By having the left and right wheels of the robot powered by different units, they show a … Read More
A robot that senses hidden objects
In recent years, robots have gained artificial vision, touch, and even smell. “Researchers have been giving robots human-like perception,” says MIT Associate Professor Fadel Adib. In a new paper, Adib’s … Read More