by dankeelan | Sep 26, 2019 | Detroit, Featured, Robots & Drones
The gym at Pasteur Elementary School was bursting with energy as fifth- and sixth-graders raced to the tables set up in the center of the room to sort through a pile of Legos. A group of kids were reaching over each other, talking excitedly while searching for...
by dankeelan | Sep 19, 2019 | Robots & Drones
Good news for small, helpless robots who long to be a part of something bigger: Researchers have found a way to create “robots made of robots” that can move around, even though the individual parts can’t travel on their own. To create this robot horde, researchers...
by dankeelan | Sep 19, 2019 | Robots & Drones
Here come the drones — and they are dangerous. Yemen’s Houthi fighters last weekend claimed they were responsible for a crippling blow to Saudi Arabian oil production using drones and cruise missiles. The combination of the two confused and overwhelmed Saudi...
by dankeelan | Sep 19, 2019 | Featured, Robots & Drones
The UK is lagging behind the world’s other advanced economies in the shift to robots and automation in the workplace – putting jobs, businesses and the prosperity of whole regions at risk, according to an influential group of MPs. MPs on the business, energy and...
by dankeelan | Sep 9, 2019 | Robots & Drones
You wake up underground. You’re dehydrated, your head’s throbbing, and there’s a deep gash on your forehead that’s bleeding heavily. Maybe you’re stuck in a cave system, trapped in a narrow tunnel, arms by your side. Perhaps you’re wedged in a storm drain that’s...
by dankeelan | Sep 5, 2019 | Agriculture, Featured, Robots & Drones
It takes a certain nimbleness to pick a strawberry or a salad. While crops like wheat and potatoes have been harvested mechanically for decades, many fruits and vegetables have proved resistant to automation. They are too easily bruised, or too hard for heavy farm...
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