Apr 7, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles, Defense, Featured
Silicon Valley’s Patagonia-wearing elites aren’t the only ones interested in autonomous vehicles. The U.S. Department of Defense, once a pioneering incubator for early AV development, is now interacting with top AV startups to imagine the next era of...
Apr 7, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles
Before a dozen newcomers made their entry into the self-driving space, Tesla was leading the pack in the development of fully autonomous vehicles. But what set the Elon Musk-owned company apart from the rest of the chasing pack was the use of cameras and sensors...
Apr 7, 2022 | Robots, Space
Dig this — two Seattle-area students were semifinalists in a national contest run by NASA in which kids in grades K-12 were tasked with designing a robot that could scoop up and transport lunar soil. The Lunabotics Junior Contest winners were named at...
Apr 7, 2022 | Featured, Robots
Robots are able to serve restaurants, do stunts and dance, but one of the biggest challenges is getting them to do activities that require fine motor skills. That is why the model presented by researchers at the University of Tokyo was...
Apr 7, 2022 | Autonomous Vehicles
Elon Musk has called them the most impactful technology on the horizon. But unions are lobbying against their widespread use, citing studies showing they may kill up to 500,000 jobs. They are autonomous trucks, which supporters pitch as the remedy to a growing demand...
Mar 31, 2022 | Food, Industrial Automation
Automation in the food industry is quite challenging due to the wide variation of food products and processes. Despite this, most large-scale food companies have successfully automated their processes and are reaping enormous benefits as a result. The COVID-19...
Mar 31, 2022 | Healthcare, Robots
Tiny machines that deliver therapeutic payloads to precise locations in the body are the stuff of science fiction. But some researchers are trying to turn them into a clinical reality. Cancer drugs usually take a scattergun approach. Chemotherapies inevitably hit...
Mar 31, 2022 | Healthcare, Robots
Inside of a large facility in the Dallas area, they fill thousands of prescriptions for customers who take medications to manage or treat high blood pressure, diabetes or other conditions. Each robot can fill 300 prescriptions in an hour, the company said — roughly...
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