目前机器人还没有正式名称,公司只是管它叫作“Starship Delivery Robot”(Starship送货机器人),据Nick Handrick介绍,他们正在征询意见,看看有没有更加个性化的名称。…
新的安全技术使得人与机器人团队协作成为可能
到现在为止，重型机器人一直被安置在单独的工作区域，以保障工厂员工的安全。 Fraunhofer的研究人员希望改变这种状况，他们使用了一个巧妙的安全概念和智能机器人控制。这项技术将使人们和机器人作为一个团队合作。研究人员将在4月24-28日的汉诺威展览中心展示这个概念，位置在17号馆，展位C18。
People afraid of robots much more likely to fear losing their jobs, suffer anxiety
"Technophobes"—people who fear robots, artificial intelligence and new technology that they don't understand—are much more likely to be afraid of losing their jobs to technology and to suffer anxiety-related mental health issues, a Baylor University study found.
Researchers adapt a DIY robotics kit to automate biology experiments
Elementary and secondary school students who later want to become scientists and engineers often get hands-on inspiration by using off-the-shelf kits to build and program robots. But so far it's been difficult to create robotic projects to foster interest in the "wet" sciences – biology, chemistry and medicine – so called because experiments in these field often involve fluids.
Robonaut—perception in space
In order to remain safe, robots are commonly used to reach what human hands cannot. Often a robot is used to uncover victims from rubble or bring them safely to shore. These helpful hands can even reach a world far beyond our own – outer space.
OutoBot, an innovative robot to wash and paint high-rise buildings
An innovative robotic system that can clean building exteriors using water jets or give new coats of paint is now ready to serve customers in Singapore.
Robotic science may (or may not) help us keep up with the death of bees
In 2006, beekeepers became aware that honeybee populations were dying off at increasingly rapid rates. Scientists are also concerned about the dwindling populations of monarch butterflies. Researchers have been scrambling to come up with explanations and an effective strategy to save both insects or replicate their pollination functions in agriculture.
System enables people to correct robot mistakes using brain signals
For robots to do what we want, they need to understand us. Too often, this means having to meet them halfway: teaching them the intricacies of human language, for example, or giving them explicit commands for very specific tasks.
Robot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligently
If someone asks you to hand them a wrench from a table full of different sized wrenches, you'd probably pause and ask, "which one?" Robotics researchers from Brown University have now developed an algorithm that lets robots do the same thing—ask for clarification when they're not sure what a person wants.