Here are 10 memorable robots that were featured at the Eureka Park startup zone in Las Vegas.
Double 2 Robot Offers Affordable Telepresence
One star of CES 2016 is faster and more stable in response to customer feedback.
Innovative trends in robotics, Part 1
Our recent robotics trends webinar included three great speakers. Here’s the presentation from Ilia Baranov, a Senior Electrical Designer at Clearpath Robotics in Canada. He’s active within the open source robotics community and he is also the creator of the popular ROS 101 blog series. To watch the webinar on demand, simply visit: http://www.designworldonline.com/innovative-trends-in-robotics/ Today I’d […]
Mobility, Human and Robotic
The notion of mobility is complex. As human beings we are mobile by design. We are autonomously mobile, we move by our intent. As human beings we also create tools to enhance our mobility. From the invention of the wheel, to the rickshaw, bicycle, the horse drawn carriage and ultimately the automobile, mankind has created tools to increase […]
2015 fundings, IPOs, acquisitions and failures
From the 2015 archives of The Robot Report: 55 fundings of $1.321 billion, 32 acquisitions totalling over $2.27 billion, 2 failures, and one IPO — all adding up to some surprisingly large figures. [All citations below can be found in the 2015 archives of The Robot Report.] $2.27 billion in acquisitions: Universal Robots was acquired by Teradyne $350 million; ESI Engineering Services got…
Laundroid Folds Clothing — in a Black Box
Robot promises to save a year’s worth of household labor, but no price, release date yet set.
Nvidia Drive PX 2: A Supercomputer for Self-Driving Cars
Nvidia’s Drive PX 2 artificial intelligence platform for self-driving cars can process the inputs of 12 video cameras, plus lidar, radar and ultrasonic sensors.
Meet Ehang’s Human-Carrying Drone
Ehang’s 184 drone can carry one human passenger and fly up to 60 MPH. The prototype drone, which debuted at CES 2016, is controlled by tablet.
LEGO WeDo 2.0 Teaches Kids to Love Robotics
LEGO’s WeDo 2.0 robotics kit comes with a number of Lego bricks and uses a drag-and-drop interface for writing basic applications.
IBM Watson Makes Pepper Robots Smarter
Watson’s cognitive computing technology will allow Pepper to continuously gain knowledge and “understand the world the way humans do – through senses, learning and experience.”
Intel acquires German UAS provider Ascending Technologies
California-based Intel Corp. has acquired German drone and autopilot developer Ascending Technologies. Ascending’s LED light painting technology was used to fly and draw the Intel logo while the moves were shot with long exposure photography. According to Ascending Technologies’ spokesman Matthias Beldzik, Intel and Ascending Technologies, will focus on UAV obstacle avoidance systems for drones. In an Intel blog,…
Drone Hobbyist Sues FAA Over Registration Rules
A drone enthusiast alleges the FAA’s drone registration rules are in direct violation of Section 336 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012.
Leka Social Robot Helps Special Needs Children
A new interactive robot named Leka provides sensory stimulation through movement, lights, vibration and sound.
Volvo Self-Driving Cars Want You to Binge Watch TV
Volvo and Ericsson are developing interruption-free media streaming capabilities to ensure self-driving car passengers can binge watch their favorite TV shows on the road.
WowWee Shows New AI-Based Robot Toys at CES
CES 2016 will be the official coming out party for WowWee’s CHiP robot dog, R.E.V. AIR app-based drones and more.
Ecovacs DEEBOT DM85 Robot Vacuum Features Advanced Mopping System
The DEEBOT DM85 robot vacuum features four cleaning modes for a variety of floors and cleans for up to 120 minutes.
Five Robotics Predictions for 2016
Don’t wait up for flying cars, but robotic farms, factories, and households are coming sooner than you may think.
Foxconn looking to buy robot manufacturer
The China Post, in an article about the pace of sales for the SoftBank Pepper robot said that Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision (AKA Foxconn) had sent a team of 30 to survey the US market for future acquisitions of robot production firms. Another 1,000 of the $1,600 Pepper robots sold in Japan on December 27th…
Why Co-Bots Will Be a Huge Innovation and Growth Driver for Robotics Industry
This article was first published on IEEE Spectrum Automaton and is republished here with permission. For the IEEE version, click here; for the unabridged version, continue reading. Collaborative robots (also called co-bots) are robots designed to assist humans in the performance of their tasks â i.e., to work jointly on a project. Because co-bots are…
The Next Age of Robots
If you were a teenager in 1977 and went to see Star Wars the first vision of C3PO and R2D2 would have made quite an impact. In the 39 years since the first Star Wars movie, film makers have inspired a generation of robotics engineers with some amazing and imaginative concepts of what robots could […]