This robot can figure out how to open almost any door on its own
A robot that can learn to open most types of doors, cabinets, drawers and refrigerators – without human direction – may pave the way for your future robot butler6489 0 0 This robot can figure out how to open almost any door on its own A robot that can learn to open most types of doors, cabinets, drawers and refrigerators – without human direction – may pave the way for your future robot butler 0 0 6453 0 0 Robot eel reveals how the strange fish swim so efficiently Tests with an eel-inspired robot show that the unusual fish may swim most efficiently by reducing their speed 0 0 6445 0 0 AI cleaning robot can tidy up clothes in a messy bedroom Cameras and a grasping arm help this robot pick up a pile of discarded clothes and put them in a laundry basket 0 0 6438 0 0 Swarm of robots can make collective decisions by imitating bees A group of small, simple robots can make a collective decision by exchanging infrared light signals in a process inspired by how bees decide where to build their nests 0 0 6414 0 0 Robots could make farms more biodiverse with precision crop planting Autonomous farm machinery may enable farmers to scale up the benefits of plant interactions, according to research presented at New Scientist Live 0 0 6378 0 0 Would you trust a robot with eyes? Roboticists have theorised that putting eyes on robots would induce people to trust them (the robots, not the roboticists). Feedback investigates the latest research - and finds it inconclusive. 0 0 6308 0 0 Tiny yeast-filled robots help brew beer quickly and more efficiently Millimetre-sized robots made of iron oxide and packed with yeast speed up fermentation of beer by swimming around in the fermenting container and can be removed with a magnet, eliminating the need for filtering out yeast 0 0 6303 0 0 Google robot learns to sort the recyclables left in office waste bins Robots have been roaming Google offices for two years, attempting to separate recyclable items from waste in bins and can now do it with 84 per cent accuracy 0 0 6206 0 0 This Venom-like magnetic slime robot was a big hit in 2022 A magnetic slime robot that drew comparisons to the Marvel character Venom could navigate through narrow passages and fix broken circuits 0 0 6197 0 0 Watch this robot bird use a talon-like claw to land safely on a perch A talon-like claw with sharp ends and a softer middle helps this flying robot grasp onto thin perches just like a bird 0 0 6119 0 0 Having AIs train robot dogs to balance makes them a lot cheaper An AI has been used to train robot dogs to toss cups into a garbage can or wipe a whiteboard with an eraser while cutting out hand-coding, which makes them one-tenth the usual cost 0 0 6089 0 0 Watch this cockroach robot squirm through a tricky obstacle course The Omni-Roach robot moves like a cockroach to scale bumps, dodge pillars and wobble through bendy bars, and may become a Mars explorer in the future 0 0 6071 0 0 Robots with 3D-printed muscles are powered by the spines of rats Robots made of 3D-printed muscle and rat spines could help us understand conditions like motor neurone disease and the technique may eventually be used to build prosthetic devices 0 0 6059 0 0 Most people would rather lose their job to a robot than another human Most people would prefer a robot to take their job if they had to lose it, but they would prefer to see another human step in if a co-worker was going to lose theirs 0 0 5986 0 0 Robot discovers that lying about a betrayal helps to rebuild trust Robots can regain our trust after a betrayal by lying about it, according to a video game experiment with humans and robots 0 0 4968 0 0 Robots and AI will actually create more jobs than they take Artificial intelligence and robotics will displace up to 7 million jobs by 2037 - but will generate 7.2 million, leading to a net gain 0 0 4617 0 0 Chit-chat makes humans and robots work together better Introducing some chatter between humans and artificial intelligence improved the amount of collaboration – and results – across hundreds of games 0 0 4222 0 0 Letting robots kill without human supervision could save lives Calls to ban killer robots ignore the fact that human soldiers can make lethal mistakes. If driverless cars will save lives, perhaps armed machines can as well 0 0 4149 0 0 Good news: A robot has been hired to care for our old folk A care bot’s deployment in the UK has come under fire, but I would have welcomed robotic help for my elderly mother, says author Paul Kitcatt 0 0 4044 0 0 Workplace robots have had little impact on jobs in Germany We’re often told that robots are after our jobs, but an analysis of 20 years of automation in Germany has found that robots can’t be blamed for job losses 0 0 4004 0 0 Robot dog has an artificial woof that sounds like the real thing The robo-dog’s bark is generated by a mammalian voice synthesiser which could help create realistic robot animal companions for use with the elderly 0 0 3944 0 0 Robot inspector helps check bridges for dangerous defects Performing safety checks on bridges is slow and expensive work. A new autonomous robot can do the job quickly and cheaply 0 0 3783 0 0 Robots taught to work alongside humans by giving high fives By watching videos of people interacting with one other, Baxter robots learned to respond to social cues in a more human-like way 0 0 2642 0 0 Robot volleyball machine helps Japan team practise attacks Robotic arms whizz along the net so volleyball players can rehearse “spikes” against defensive blockers, and the system can be set-up to mimic opposing teams 0 0