Robotics - General News

[Richard N]

Boston Dynamics Sand Flea

https://twitter.com/x/status/1413128235244785665

View: https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1413128235244785665?s=20

 

[Grey Havoc]

Grubhub Will Use Russian-made Robots To Deliver Food on College Campuses - Slashdot

Grubhub and Russian self-driving startup Yandex are teaming up to use robots to deliver food on US college campuses. It represents the latest deal that envisions hundreds of six-wheeled self-driving robots that essentially act as roving lunchboxes in cities across the country. From a report: The...

hardware.slashdot.org

 

[UpForce]

Grubhub Will Use Russian-made Robots To Deliver Food on College Campuses - Slashdot

Grubhub and Russian self-driving startup Yandex are teaming up to use robots to deliver food on US college campuses. It represents the latest deal that envisions hundreds of six-wheeled self-driving robots that essentially act as roving lunchboxes in cities across the country. From a report: The...

hardware.slashdot.org

Seeing a lot of "nope" around the web about this and will add mine here: Nope. Not a good idea in the slightest.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Could indeed backfire.

In other news:

Smart foam material gives robotic hand the ability to self-repair

Singapore researchers have developed a smart foam material that allows robots to sense nearby objects, and repairs itself when damaged, just like human skin.

www.reuters.com

 

[Graham1973]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQHVwYL1we4

 

[Graham1973]

Pure fiction, but one of the earliest fictional appearances of sentry guns is in the film Aliens (had the scenes not been pulled to shorten the running time.)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS2PtmM9mwU


This is the next appearance, in a 1990s adaption of a Michael Crighton story dating from the 1980s.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss35wHcN6iQ

 

[publiusr]

ABENICS Active Ball Joint Mechanism

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHUv9Zda_48

Now to shrink those down for 1/350 phaser banks for Round 2 Enterprises

 

[Grey Havoc]

Humanoid Robot Keeps Getting Fired From His Jobs - Slashdot

Pepper, SoftBank's robot, malfunctioned during scripture readings, took breaks in exercise class and couldn't recognize the faces of family members. From a report: Having a robot read scripture to mourners seemed like a cost-effective idea to the people at Nissei Eco, a plastics manufacturer...

hardware.slashdot.org

 

[TomcatViP]

And you really do think that would be so easy?

 

[jsport]

Army robots made of robots? New LEGO-like method could make it happen

The method could give tiny robots the ability to reconfigure into different shapes for various missions.

www.armytimes.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

And you really do think that would be so easy?

Yes, delivery dates on our Bioroids are indeed well behind schedule.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Via the Drudge Report:

Horrifying robot plays basketball at Olympics

Maybe all Team USA basketball needs is a robot.

nypost.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HEfIJlcFbs

 

[Grey Havoc]

In Hawaii, Robot Dogs Join the Police Force - Slashdot

"If you're homeless and looking for temporary shelter in Hawaii's capital, expect a visit from a robotic police dog that will scan your eye to make sure you don't have a fever," reports the Associated Press: That's just one of the ways public safety agencies are starting to use Spot, the...

hardware.slashdot.org

Reminded me a bit of this:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=901lYbPmqu4

 

[Grey Havoc]

Killer robots need 'no new rules' about firing on humans, Russia tells UN

Moscow 'out on its own' as other nations seek to prevent autonomous weapons making their own decisions and 'deciding who lives or dies'

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[Flyaway]

Atlas - Partners in Parkour:

View: https://youtu.be/tF4DML7FIWk

 

[Flyaway]

Inside the lab: How does Atlas Work?

View: https://youtu.be/EezdinoG4mk

 

[Grey Havoc]

Musk on Tesla Bot

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUP6Z5voiS8


the total Video:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0z4FweCy4M

 

[Michel Van]

This Tesla D1 chip it's a Monster,
one of most powerful and fasted Neurochip ever build

more here

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxkVOt-k3o8

 

[Graham1973]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQeYRcfVWmE

 

[dannydale]

Apparently low poly 1990s video game graphics actually make some sense as a no-snag brush guard design for a similarly video game machinegun turret. If it works...

 

[Graham1973]

Historical UAV footage from the early Vietnam War (1967)

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMSOhPWHct4

 

[Richard N]

Robo-penguin: how artificial birds are relaying the secrets of ocean currents

Robo-penguin: how artificial birds are relaying the secrets of ocean currents

They can go on research missions in stormy weather, dive to 150 metres and could soon be ‘singing’ signals. These penguin-like devices are helping to explain the eddies that are key to all life

www.theguardian.com

 

[Rhinocrates]

Robo-penguin: how artificial birds are relaying the secrets of ocean currents

Robo-penguin: how artificial birds are relaying the secrets of ocean currents

They can go on research missions in stormy weather, dive to 150 metres and could soon be ‘singing’ signals. These penguin-like devices are helping to explain the eddies that are key to all life

www.theguardian.com

Worth a comparison - Barnes Wallis' 'Heyday' torpedo used laminar flow - the reason why the Astutes have pointy noses and humped backs.



More here:

H I Sutton - Covert Shores

And if you haven't got this already, you really should.

Amazon.com

 

[Rhinocrates]

Sorry.

Batman (1966 film) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Rhinocrates]

Speaking of biomimetic robots, there's the company Festo.

https://www.youtube.com/user/FestoHQ/playlists?view=50&sort=dd&shelf_id=2

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUE8o056Cpc

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3-wIICjAhE


What is it with penguins?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPGgl5VH5go


EvoLogics, which made the Quadroin, has also made a manta analogue.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qv5UmykFSJU

 

[Rhinocrates]

Unlike most arthropod exoskeleton joints, those in scorpions' tails can twist as well as bend. The authors point out that this is a tubular structure that can transport fluids through internal ducts. Applications for surgery are noted, soft robotics is another. I could imagine refuelling that doesn't require the skill to thread a needle with a bulldozer if the probe is a robot that can respond to turbulent conditions.

Scorpions have strange joints that can simultaneously bend and twist

Scorpions have unusual joints in their tails that can twist and bend at the same time, and this design could be used for flexible robots

www.newscientist.com

A unique yet technically simple type of joint allows for the high mobility of scorpion tails | Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Although being one of the most well-known animal groups, functional and constructional aspects of scorpions and especially of their tail (metasoma) have so far been overlooked. This tail represents a special construction, as it consists of five tube-...

royalsocietypublishing.org

 

[Michel Van]

Sorry for dry content of this Video
but show importance of 4th Industrial Revolution
Of A.I. and A.I. Control production and Transport

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dgpuzawqn8


Elon Musk is again ahead of competition with Dojo, TeslaBot and Self driving Cars

 

[Richard N]

Cool unless you were one of the rats the neurons came from.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1431978945742843904

View: https://twitter.com/konstructivizm/status/1431978945742843904?s=20

 

[TomcatViP]

It's horrible!

View: https://youtu.be/z55jyRkZxTg

 

[Richard N]

TESLA AUTOPILOT VS HUMAN DRIVERS

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0_eKr8jnNo

 

[Richard N]

The story of Teslabot

 

[Richard N]

Today We'll talk about hand prosthesis, both bionic and functional

To turn on subtitles, go to the lower right bar and click on the gear and select Subtitles, English or your preferred language.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lqhSErrFUM&t=1s

 

[shin_getter]

View: https://youtu.be/EAPSm7udG3Q?t=6128

 

[GTX]

Chinese tech giants roll out more courier robots as demand grows for contactless services

More than a thousand robots are set to join the delivery services of Chinese tech giants Alibaba, Meituan and JD.com over the next year, as the continuing COVID-19 pandemic fuels demand for contactless services and the cost of making robots drops.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Rhinocrates]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGEx6q6nC-E


Paywalled article, but you can gleam a name or two to search for from what you can see.

Flying robot can also ride a skateboard and balance on a rope

A versatile robot inspired by birds can walk, balance on a slackline, skateboard and even fly – a mix of skills that could be useful for monitoring power lines or space exploration

www.newscientist.com

 

[jsport]

Singapore trials patrol robots to warn people of "undesirable" behavior: "It reminds me of Robocop"

Officials say the technology is needed to reduce the policing burden, but some worry "Robocop" is becoming all too real.

www.cbsnews.com

 

[Rhinocrates]

Singapore trials patrol robots to warn people of "undesirable" behavior: "It reminds me of Robocop"

Officials say the technology is needed to reduce the policing burden, but some worry "Robocop" is becoming all too real.

www.cbsnews.com

Disneyland With the Death Penalty

WIRED sent William Gibson to Singapore to see whether that clean dystopia represents our techno future.

www.wired.com

 

[publiusr]

Flying robot can also ride a skateboard and balance on a rope

A versatile robot inspired by birds can walk, balance on a slackline, skateboard and even fly – a mix of skills that could be useful for monitoring power lines or space exploration

www.newscientist.com

Now…this one really spooks me.

Why have Terminator on the street when you can have Spring-Heeled Jack hop on your roof—or get in your window?

A Cyber-Cryptid fairy drone

Zoinks!

 

[Flyaway]

Armed robot dog. Not Spot though it does look a lot like it.

Ghost Robotics now makes a lethal robot dog

Made by Ghost Robotics, the machine is a Q-UGV, a model that now comes with a sniper-type rifle mounted on top of it.

www.popsci.com