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French Airports Start Using Robot Car Valets
French Airports Introduce Robot Valet Parking Anyone who has even driven to an airport will know that parking can be a very stressful experience. Assuming that you are lucky to find a spot within 5 miles of the airport, you then have concerns over what parks next to you and,…
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Japan Reveals Human Support Robots For 2020 Olympics
Japan Reveals ‘Human Support’ Robots If nothing else of an indication as to how time flies, the next Olympics, due to be held in Japan, is just under 18-months away. Now, as you might expect, being held in this country we can expect more than a few displays of their…
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The Jibo Robot Is Saying ‘Goodbye’ To Their Owners
The Jibo Robot Is Bidding Owners ‘Farewell’ While you may never have heard of the Jibo robot, that isn’t for the want of it not generating a hell of a lot of money. Raising over $75m in (primarily) venture capital and crowdfunding, the device released in 2017 and this might…
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MIT Reveal Latest Cheetah Robot ‘Backflip’ Upgrade
MIT Reveal Cheetah Backflip Upgrade We have regularly been keeping up to date with the latest developments that MIT’s ‘Cheetah’ robot has made. For example, last November the team behind the design revealed how their robotic ‘dog-like’ creature was able to make impressive vertical jumps and also be surprisingly resilient with its…
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Chinese Schoolgirl Uses Robot To Write Out Her Homework
Chinese Schoolgirl Cheats Homework With Robot Writer It’s been a long time now since I had to do any homework, but I do still remember the tedium of getting home on a Friday night and having a small mountain to get done before the following Monday. One Chinese schoolgirl, however,…
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New Terminator Film Name is Officially Revealed
Terminator Reboot! The Terminator franchise has certainly seen more than a few ups and (mostly) downs since the excellent Judgment Day was released in 1991. In late 2017, however, it first came to our attention that a brand new re-boot was currently in the works. A film that would essentially…
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Amazon Reveal 6 Wheeled Delivery Robot
Amazon Delivery Robot Over the last 5 years, Amazon has been very keen to push forward their plans to introduce an autonomous form of delivery. We have seen many overtures from them giving drone technology, for example, a very serious consideration for getting packages from A to B. The release…
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Sony Announces Limited Edition ‘Chocolate’ Aibo Robot Dog
New Limited Edition Aibo Model The newly redesigned Sony Aibo dog robot melted hearts back when it made its debut at CES 2018. Now Sony of Japan is announcing a new limited edition “chocolate” version. Internally, it is pretty much the exact same ERS-1000 model Aibo. Except now its body,…
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Japanese Hotel ‘Sacks’ Half It’s Robot Workforce
Japanese Robot Hotel There is always something rather pleasant about finding a hotel with a few quirks. For example, a recent trend has seen former city jailed converted into ‘prison’ themed hotels. The Henn na Hotel in Japan, however, offered something more than a little different. It was, essentially, the first…
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Amazon Warehouse Workers To Be Given Robot Safety Belts
Amazon While the conditions of working inside an Amazon warehouse might have been brought under some question in the last year, there is little doubt that robots and automation plays a huge role in the retail giant managing the huge volume of orders it receives. It seems, however, that to…
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Robot Dog Can Get Knocked Down But He’ll Get Up Again
Robot Dog Survives A Kick One of the biggest design challenges in robots is specifically their balance and articulation. As was demonstrated in the original Robocop film, when ED209 fell over, he was rendered useless. The team at Robotics Systems Labs, however, are trying to make the recovery process a lot…
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Former Bandai Staff Accused Of Giant Gundam Embezzlement
Giant Gundam Project In 2018, Toyko saw the unveiling of a giant ‘Gundam’ robot. Fitted with masses of LED lighting and movable parts, it was certainly a rather impressive project and one that looked more than a little impressive when it was revealed. It seems, however, that 2-former Bandai staff…
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Nvidia Announce Opening Of Robotics Research Laboratory
Nvidia Open Robotics Research Laboratory In terms of technological development, Nvidia is, without a doubt, one of the world leaders. Their research development scope is so huge in fact that it’s one of the key reasons why AMD has always struggled to compete with them. It’s simply a case of massively…
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Bocco Emo Offers Interactive Alternative To Text Messages
Bocco Emo There are (amazingly) still a significant number of people out there who are resisting the temptation to get a mobile phone. As such, getting in touch with them or relaying quick messages might not be particularly straight forward. The Bocco Emo, however, is looking to provide a somewhat amusing…
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Segway To Showcase Delivery Robots At CES 2019
Delivery Robots At CES 2019 There are many who seem convinced that the future of deliveries lies in robots. We have, after all, already seen Amazon expressing more than a little interest in the concept. Albeit, they are primarily looking into the ‘drone‘ area of technology rather than an outright…
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