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Uber Becoming a Robotics Company According to CEO
Travis Kalanick, CEO and co-founder of Uber spoke at the World Government Summit in Dubai and declared that the popular ride-sharing company is “at the beginning of becoming a robotics company” as it embraces the impending take over of autonomous vehicles. The company has been investing heavily in autonomous vehicles…
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NASA to Send Humanoid Robots to College
Hardly the typical vision of a model student, the latest high-tech admittance to MIT and the Northeastern University of Boston is 6-feet tall, weighs 290 pounds and goes by the names Valkyrie and R5. This new student is a robot, developed by NASA’s JSC team who have sent Valkyrie out into…
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Asimo Gets an Upgrade – Can Now Run, Jump and Sign
Amazing to think that back in 2000 I was just 5 years old and Asimo had just been created, how time flies eh? Anyway it’s amazing to see how far technology has come in such a short period of time with Asimo being a perfect example of just that. Since…
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SupraPed Humanoid Robot Uses Walking Sticks to Navigate Tough Terrain
Stanford University researchers revealed more information about its SupraPed humanoid robot, described as humanoid contact-supported locomotion that can be used for 3D unstructured environments. SupraPed is being worked on by Shu-Yun Chung and Oussama Khatib, and can provide a great platform to provide additional stability for bipedal robots. In difficult…
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