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Lowe’s Testing 400-pound, Egg-shaped Autonomous Robots

Mar 15, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Robots

Lowe’s is testing autonomous, 400-pound security robots from robotics company Knightscope to patrol parking lots at some of its stores to enhance safety, the company told Insider Monday. “Safety is more than a priority at Lowe’s — it’s a core...

Startup Focuses On Off-Road AV, Led By UW Robotics Experts

Mar 9, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Robots

A University of Washington professor and expert in machine learning and robotics is leading a new company focused on off-road autonomous vehicle technology. Byron Boots is the CEO and co-founder of Overland AI, a Seattle startup aiming to help companies that...

Robots Are Performing Hindu Rituals — Some Devotees Fear They’ll Replace Worshippers

Mar 9, 2023 | Robots

It isn’t just artists and teachers who are losing sleep over advances in automation and artificial intelligence. Robots are being brought into Hinduism’s holiest rituals – and not all worshippers are happy about it. In 2017, a technology firm in...

Entrepreneurs Fighting Climate Change With Robots And Giant Mechanical Stomach

Mar 9, 2023 | Climate, Robots

A family of entrepreneurs teamed up with several other family dairy farmers to gain support from legislators and find investors interested in helping to fund the innovative transition they had in mind. With the groundwork laid, in 2013, the family installed a facility...

Grasshopping Robots Made Possible With New, Improved Latch Control

Mar 2, 2023 | Robots

If animals and insects can jump across grass and sand, why can’t robots? Sarah Bergbreiter, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, has found that researchers don’t have to look far to enable this in robots. Existing latch mechanisms that were once thought of...

How Robots Can Help In The Fight Against Toxic Algae

Feb 23, 2023 | Environment, Oceanography, Robots

Harmful algae blooms in lakes are a major environmental problem, producing extremely dangerous toxins that can taint water supplies or harm other organic life—including people. Biologists can test water safety by collecting samples off the side of a boat, but getting...