Autodesk and Proto Lab expand their 3D printing capabilities, but MakerBot layoffs show slow household adoption.
Control
Control technology, like the computer technology that it comes from, is becoming more and more physically transparent. How it is deployed for use is more a function of it’s packaging than of the technology itself. 60 Years ago, early computing hardware required it’s own building, air conditioning, programming and maintenance crew. Today, electronics for control […]
Drone Crashes Near White House: Here We Go Again
This marks the third drone that has crashed near the White House in 2015.
Watch: Singapore Tests Drone Delivery
The drone delivery took five minutes in a remote part of Singapore and a postman received the goods after the drone safely landed.
Frozen, Iron Man, Star Wars 3D-Printed Hands Coming from Open Bionics
These robotic hands are intended to stand out and allow the children to proudly wear their prosthesis. Kudos to Open Bionics.
5 Questions About AI With Stephen Hawking
“The real risk with AI isn’t malice but competence,” Hawking says. “A super intelligent AI will be extremely good at accomplishing its goals, and if those goals aren’t aligned with ours, we’re in trouble.”
Drone Footage Captures World’s Worst Traffic Jam in China
Don’t ever travel to China during the week-long National Day holiday without expecting major traffic jams.
Apple Acquisitions Help It Catch Up in AI Race
Apple has been hiring machine learning experts and acquiring artificial intelligence companies as it catches up in the race for self-driving cars.
Do We Really Need a Robot That Doubles as a Smartphone?
RoboHon is a bi-pedal robot that doubles as a smartphone that can read text messages, walk, talk, dance, and be your personal assistant. But is it practical?
Makerarm Robot Arm a One-stop Shop for Your Making Needs
Makerarm features interchangeable heads for countless applications such as 3D printing, plotting, milling, laser engraving, electronics assembly and more. That way you can make more, for less.
RoboCoach Robot Trainer Personalizing Elderly Workouts
RoboCoach will offer personalized workouts and ensure seniors are training correctly to get the maximum benefit of the exercise routines.
Is This America’s Tallest 3D-Printed Object?
Branch Technology has built an 18-foot-tall structure that was 3D printed in segments. The startup is claiming this is the tallest 3D-printed object in America.
Magnetism
People have been using magnets for a long time. The first written mention is in correspondence between Aristotle and Thales of Miletus in 600 BC . Magnets known as lodestones, a naturally occurring iron oxide magnet, were known to the ancient Greeks in the city of Magnesia, possible accounting for the name. Magnets […]
Meet Pitchfire Winner Autonomous Marine Systems
The marine data company uses the autonomous, low-cost Datamaran sailboat to deliver ocean intelligence anywhere around the world at 1/10th the cost of existing services, emitting zero CO2, and without risking human life.
Watch: Robot Taxi Trials Coming to Japan
The self-driving taxis will carry passengers from their homes to local grocery stores with hopes of being commercially viable by 2020.
A Quick History of AI: Infographic
Artificial intelligence has come a long way since Alan Turing created a standard for what determined a machine to be intelligent in the 1950s.
8 Reasons Self-Driving Cars Are a Cyclist’s Best Friend
Packaging, Mobile Robots Must Keep Up With Product Lifespans
The need for speed and flexibility is driving ease-of-use improvements in robots, says a product line manager at Adept Technology.
IFR predicts double digit growth for service robots through 2018
The service robotics industry is relatively new, diverse, and picking up steam daily. Service robotics covers every robotic activity except those described as industrial. They are robots that perform useful tasks for humans and are categorized as either personal or professional. Service robots cross definitional borders. They collaborate safely with humans and they move goods…
IFR predicts 15% industrial robot growth through 2018
At a press event to launch the IFR’s World Robotics Industrial Robots statistical review of 2014 (with projections through 2018), the $1,350 report forecasts a 15% CAGR thereby doubling the annual number of units sold to around 400,000 by 2018. 70% of those sales will be to users in China, Japan, the U.S., South Korea and Germany.…
Will Robot Dogs Replace Man’s Best Friend?
Robot pets are still in their infancy, but roboticists say they’ll one day be able to read your emotions and respond accordingly. Their memory will even be transferable to an upgraded model to give you a companion for life.
Watch: Line Marking Robot Creates a Perfect Soccer Field
Watch a drone’s-eye view of the Intelligent One autonomous field marking robot create the perfect soccer field with precision of +/- 2 cm.