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EMERYVILLE, California – I dream of walking every other night. The dreams aren’t bitter. They’re charged with hope. It was this hope that led me to California to take part in clinical trials for a powered exoskeleton that is designed to help paralyzed people like me walk again. I’ve been using a wheelchair for the […]
Published time: 13 Sep, 2017 16:55 Italy is famed for the high art of opera and the conductor holds the loftiest position within the accompanying orchestra. On Tuesday night, the honor of the maestro’s movements fell to a robot. Swiss made two-armed robot YuMi made its conducting debut in the Tuscan city of Pisa, where […]
GUEST: America’s agricultural sector faces an unprecedented crisis. Native honeybees, one of the most prolific pollinators in the animal kingdom, are dying off at an unprecedented rate from Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and threatening an ecosystem service worth about $ 15 billion. Supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the RoboBees project looks to minimize the loss […]
Kids with cerebral palsy (CP) can have limited movement (and therefore independence) throughout their lives. Some of them who experience the related set of neurological and movement disorders have what’s called “crouch gait,” which is characterized by excessive bending at the knee; up to 50 percent of people with cerebral palsy stop walking by adulthood. […]
Ripcord, a startup that’s using robotics, machine vision, and artificial intelligence to create what it calls the “truly paperless workplace,” has raised $ 40 million in a series B round of funding led by Icon Ventures, with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Lux Capital, and Silicon Valley Bank. The funds constitute $ 25 million in equity financing and […]
A new concept from startup Ori makes shape-shifting furniture transforms your living space on demand. https://media.wired.com/photos/598e3a79840b5c1542d34b5c/master/pass/ori-TA.jpg Feed: All Latest
Minimally invasive surgery is already amazing as it is, but a team of Harvard scientists have created a device that expands its possible applications even further. They designed a tiny robotic arm that lays flat while the endoscope is moving through narrow passages and pops up to reveal tools surgeons can use for the procedure. […]
We already have ways to measure the levels of pollution in bodies of water, but an eel-inspired robot can do the job faster and more effectively. The researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and other institutions have created a modular robotic eel that can swim through contaminated water to pinpoint sources of pollution. […]
A few years ago, MIT designed a piece of furniture worth $ 10,000 — not because it’s made of luxury materials, but because it can transform at the press of a button. Now, that piece of robotic furniture called “Ori Systems” is available for pre-order, but only to large-scale development companies. Originally called CityHome, Ori […]
Science fiction author and astrophysicist David Brin believes humans have a range of options to consider to prevent artificial intelligence from ruling over people the way kings and foreign invaders. Asimov’s Three Law of Robotics and regulation are key, but so is being wary of manipulation. “The first robotic empathy crisis is going to happen very soon,” Brin […]
