Tag: robotics
Underwater robotics company agrees swarm-bot deal with US Navy
NEWSBYTE Sydney-based underwater robotics company, Aquabotix, has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States' Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC).
The deal...
RPA: Blue Prism announces new robotic automation skills, partnerships
• For our in-depth interview with Blue Prism co-founder and CTO, David Moss, please go here.
Blue Prism, a prime mover of the robotic process...
CogX 2018: How AI will teach itself to transform economy
As AI and robotics develop side by side, the medium-term future will see infant-like robots that can learn for themselves and crow-like machine intelligences...
Drones: DJI, Axon partner for connected public safety
DJI, the drone industry's leading manufacturer, has partnered with connected law enforcement specialists Axon to distribute drones to public safety and law enforcement agencies...
Robots & AI creating more jobs in Asia than they destroy
The belief that robots, automation, and AI simply displace jobs and make humans irrelevant is not borne out in Asia, reports Chris Middleton. However,...
New US restaurant opens with fully robotic cooking staff
Boston restaurant Spyce has opened, promising customers an affordable, delicious meal – cooked entirely by robots, reports Malek Murison.
Robots' entry into the restaurant world...
Newsbyte: That flipping robot is back at CaliBurger!
Burger-bot Flippy is back at work, two months after its introduction brought in more customers than the robot's colleagues at CaliBurger could handle.
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SoftBank Pepper robot “astonishingly insecure”, potential “cyber weapon”
One of the world’s most popular humanoid robots, Pepper, from Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank, can easily be hacked and turned into a “cyber and...
Robots used to grow mini-organs from human stem cells
Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) School of Medicine in Seattle have developed an automated system that uses robots to produce human mini-organs,...
Robotics firm closes $820 million investment, backed by Tencent
A humanoid robot manufacturing firm has closed one of the world's biggest robotics and artificial intelligence investment campaigns.
UBTECH Robotics, which develops a range of...
Department 13 seals counter-drone deal with South Korean military
Unmanned-aircraft mitigation specialist Department 13 has agreed an exclusive distribution deal to sell its counter-drone technology in South Korea.
The Marlyland-based company has partnered with Korea...
Maintenance drones to service London Underground network
Infrastructure maintenance contractor Lanes Rail has been given the green light by Transport for London (TfL) to use drones to carry out of asset surveys across...