Mar 10, 2022 | Featured, Robots, Smart Manufacturing
Most people associate factory automation with large robotic machines, such as those that weld automobile chassis on assembly lines. But as prices drop and technology improves, robots are being deployed for smaller and more varied tasks, and they are getting better at...
Mar 3, 2022 | Environment, Robots
All living organisms need heavy metals like zinc and iron to survive and properly function. But increasingly, metals from industrial waste, mining, landfills, and even overcrowded cemeteries are leaching into the environment and contaminating it. Exposure to...
Mar 3, 2022 | Featured, Robots
Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta) form floating rafts made up of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of individual insects. A new study by engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder lays out the simple physics-based rules that govern how these ant rafts morph...
Feb 24, 2022 | Featured, Healthcare, Robots
A woman from Mansfield had her bladder removed by a robotic arm during a seven-hour operation in what was a first for surgeons at the NHS trust which runs Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital. The 67-year-old woman had a cystectomy, an operation to remove...
Feb 17, 2022 | Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Robots
The Olympics are all about emotion – the drama of world-class competition, the pageantry of medal ceremonies, and the moment-to-moment celebrations of the human spirit in action. The 2022 Winter Games kicked off on February 4th in Beijing, China. Despite the fact that...
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