Robotics Blind Cheetah 3 robot can climb stairs littered with obstacles | Robotics Aug 26, 2018 MIT’s Cheetah 3 robot can now leap and gallop across rough terrain, climb a staircase littered with debris, and quickly recover its balance when…
Robotics An avatar uses your gait to predict how many calories you will burn | Robotics Aug 26, 2018 Humans instinctively adopt the gait that requires the least amount of energy given the walking conditions. Without realizing it, we are constantly…
Robotics MIT-SenseTime Alliance funds projects from all five schools | Robotics Aug 25, 2018 Faculty and senior researchers at MIT are teaming up in unprecedented ways to help define the next frontier in human and machine intelligence with…
Robotics Robot Investments Weekly: Industrial Infrastructure Inspection Inspires Investors | Robotics Aug 25, 2018 Credit: Gecko Robotics One of the key messages of robotics and automation is that these systems perform the tasks that are too “dirty, dull, or…
Robotics Kids connect with robot reading partners | Robotics Aug 25, 2018 Kids learn better with a friend. They’re more enthusiastic and understand more if they dig into a subject with a companion. But what if that companion…
Robotics Sony to release AI-infused robotic pups in the US | Robotics Aug 24, 2018 The latest Sony robot dog “Aibo,” seen in Tokyo in January, is coming to the United States later this year with artificial intelligence and…
Robotics Rolling robots could be coming to Dallas sidewalks | Robotics Aug 24, 2018 Credit: CC0 Public Domain A rolling robot may be coming to a Dallas sidewalk near you.Dallas officials are considering whether to green-light…
Robotics Human-Robot Interaction Key to Cobalt Robotics Success | Robotics Aug 23, 2018 Cobalt Robotics’ robots combine mobility with telepresence with human security specialists. Credit: Cobalt Robotics In the physical security…
Robotics Why is Facebook keen on robots? It’s just the future of AI | Robotics Aug 23, 2018 This photo provided by Facebook shows Yann LeCun. Facebook is announcing several academic hires in artificial intelligence, including Carnegie…
Robotics Army researchers teaching robots to be more reliable teammates for soldiers | Robotics Aug 23, 2018 A small unmanned Clearpath Husky robot, which was used by ARL researchers to develop a new technique to quickly teach robots novel traversal…