Oct 31, 2019 | Defense, Robots & Drones
It was only a matter of time before somebody thought of this. On Oct. 10 a small quad-rotor delivery drone, of the type used for delivering packages to your door, resupplied a U.S. Navy submarine. The honor fell to the suitably named USS Hawaii (SSN 776), one of the...
Oct 31, 2019 | Featured, Robots & Drones
When we watched the first Transformers movie, most of us wanted our toasters and washing machines to turn into cool robots. Now, MIT has developed a set of self-assembling robot blocks that can identify each other. These robots, called M-Blocks 2.0, have a...
Oct 23, 2019 | Healthcare, Robots & Drones
United Parcel Service Inc. is striking a series of drone-delivery agreements with health-care groups as it develops new technology pitched to the growing medical market. The plans include expanding the use of drones to deliver cargo such as medical samples...
Oct 23, 2019 | Business, Robots & Drones
Got a “kind and friendly” face? Don’t mind the idea of your mechanized doppelganger stiffly trodding the planet? You could be close to $130,000 richer. A British engineering and manufacturing firm called Geomiq has put out a call for people...
Oct 17, 2019 | Agriculture, Robots & Drones
A former JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst is using drones and satellites to boost Ethiopia’s agricultural exports and improve food security in a nation once synonymous with famine. Africa’s second most populous country, still struggles to feed itself. But...
Oct 17, 2019 | Artificial Intelligence, Featured, Robots & Drones
For a factory where robots toil around the clock to build a rocket with almost no human labor, the sound of grunts echoing across the parking lot make for a jarring contrast. “That’s Keanu Reeves’ stunt gym,” says Tim Ellis, the chief executive and cofounder of...
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