🤖 Robotics
Robots can do hard, dangerous and repetitive tasks 24/7 and they are fast getting more advanced and helpful.
🛰️ NASA touches down on asteroid and collects dust to understand the origin of our Solar System
OSIRIS-REx briefly touched the surface of asteroid Bennu, and during that time collected dust samples that will be returned to Earth. Bennu is 4,5 billion years old so scientist hopes it can help us understand the origin of our Solar System.
🎢 The dice are rolled - Walmart is testing direct deliveries with drones
The pandemic is increasing interest in direct deliveries of purchases to the home. Walmart is helping to shape the retail role of the future.
🌊🗑️Self-powered underwater robot must pick up plastic on the seabed
Tons of plastics are flushed into the sea every year, especially in the Pacific Ocean. After a while, much of it ends up on the seabed and this is where the SeaClear project intends to pick it up.
🦾 Exo clothes give us super strength
Clothes that give the wearer super strength - and that can help the disabled to move freely. This is the goal of Estonian research that thinks exo clothes instead of exoskeletons.
🤖 What have you named your robot vacuum cleaner?
What happens when people are told to smash and destroy a cute robot-dinosaur called Mr. Spaghetti? MIT researcher Kate Darling tested five groups of people and the results say a lot about or relationships with robots - and why we name them.
🐑 Spot the robot dog is now herding sheep in New Zealand
Boston Dynamics team up with Rocos to use it's four-legged robot in agriculture.
🐕 The Boston Dynamics puppy has been given a job in a hospital
The robot dog Spot has been hired by a hospital in the United States. It will help the health care staff to determine which people are infected by COVID-19.
🦾 Delivery robots are making it easier to do contact-free deliveries amidst social distancing
Deliveries are a critical service for people sheltering in their homes, but it can be risky for the delivery personnel too. Is this the moment for autonomous robots to shine?
🤖 Robots - Coming soon to a retailer near you
Robots are on the rise. You'll soon be seeing them on sidewalks, in the skies, and in virtually every store. In the coming years, robots are on track to enter the mainstream, bringing benefit to nearly every aspect of the retail industry.