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[Richard N]

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[Grey Havoc]

Watching AI evolve this year has been a rollercoaster

Some ones and some zeros have punctuated our relationship with AI this year. Here's how it played out.

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[publiusr]

Customers React to McDonalds' Almost Fully-Automated Restaurant - Slashdot

"The first mostly non-human-run McDonald's is open for business just outside Fort Worth, Texas," reports the Guardian. CNN calls it "an almost fully-automated restaurant," noting there's just one self-service kiosk (with a credit card reader) for ordering food. McDonalds tells CNN there's...

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Infinity preferable to surly teenagers getting your order wrong

A large fry
“A large Sprite!”
A large French Fry!
“Don’t holler at me!”

 

[Rhinocrates]

Madman Invents Robot Suit That Lets Snake Walk With Legs

A science vlogger has given snakes their legs back — and the fact that led him to his mad invention is pretty outrageous.

futurism.com

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SgGfMlbCoM

 

[Rhinocrates]

Scientists Train Goldfish To Drive On Land In Tiny Cars

Scientists Train Goldfish To Drive On Land In Tiny Cars

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[Rhinocrates]

Mighty Morphin’ Turtle Robot Goes Amphibious by Shifting Leg Shape

A turtle-inspired robot can morph its legs to move from land to water and back

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[publiusr]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SgGfMlbCoM

Yig, Snakeman of Valusia….a reptile barely alive…Gentlemen, we can rebuild him…we have the technology…

 

[Foo Fighter]

Not sure how an RC kit gives a snake it's legs back. Not as if the snake is in control is it?

 

[TomcatViP]

You are discarding telepathic control of the stupid human handling the controls.

 

[Flyaway]

Atlas Gets a Grip:

View: https://youtu.be/-e1_QhJ1EhQ

 

[Flyaway]

Making of the above video:

View: https://youtu.be/XPVC4IyRTG8

 

[TomcatViP]

US Marines Use Cardboard Box to Defeat DARPA Robot Trained to Detect Humans

Whoever came up with the idea to hide under a box is clearly a fan of Metal Gear Solid.

uk.pcmag.com

 

[Grey Havoc]

Melting Terminator T-1000 bots can unclog your digestive system and break out of mini jail cells

Researchers are putting "phase shifting bots" into action in a host of strange applications.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[Rhinocrates]

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Click to view the GIF

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[publiusr]

US Marines Use Cardboard Box to Defeat DARPA Robot Trained to Detect Humans

Whoever came up with the idea to hide under a box is clearly a fan of Metal Gear Solid.

uk.pcmag.com

Use foam core…have Adam Savage shape it into an heat-pump or rotating exhaust thing you see on a roof. Have a floodlight nearby to disguise the muzzle flash. Perfect snipers nest…you expect it to be hot anyway right? Hot water bottles on the inside to square off the heat signature to disguise the human shape within.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Blocked Traffic, Disrupted Firefighters: Why San Francisco Wants to Slow Robotaxi Rollout - Slashdot

"San Francisco is trying to slow the expansion of robotaxis," reports NBC News, "after repeated incidents in which cars without drivers stopped and idled in the middle of the street for no obvious reason, delaying bus riders and disrupting the work of firefighters." The city's transportation...

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[Flyaway]

Stretch at DHL:

View: https://youtu.be/qgGH6Vk8nY8

 

[jsport]

China unveils the first dog robot armed with an automatic cannon | weapons defence industry military technology UK | analysis focus army defence military industry army

Chinese defense industry has developed the first dog robot armed with an automatic gun system that is unveiled at AirShow China 2022

www.armyrecognition.com

 

[publiusr]

Soft robots

New material provides breakthrough in 'softbotics'

Carnegie Mellon University engineers have developed a soft material with metal-like conductivity and self-healing properties that is the first to maintain enough electrical adhesion to support digital electronics and motors. This advance, published in Nature Electronics, marks a breakthrough in...

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Fluid mixing enables scalable manufacturing of soft polymer structures

Researchers have developed and demonstrated an efficient and scalable technique that allows them to manufacture soft polymer materials in a dozen different structures, or "morphologies," from ribbons and nanoscale sheets to rods and branched particles. The technique allows users to finely tune...

phys.org

Researchers obtain anion ionic water-soluble two-photon initiator for 3D hydrogel construction

Prof. Zheng Meiling's team from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) proposed an anion exchange strategy and developed a carbazole-based anion-ion water-soluble two-photon initiator (TPI) (CB7/BT) through host-guest chemical interaction, which...

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self-exploring robots

A robot that can autonomously explore real-world environments

Roboticists have developed many advanced systems over the past decade or so, yet most of these systems still require some degree of human supervision. Ideally, future robots should explore unknown environments autonomously and independently, continuously collecting data and learning from this data.

techxplore.com

 

[bobbymike]

Robotic ‘EELS’ Ready For Tunnel Warfare

Robotic ‘EELS’ Ready For Tunnel Warfare

www.nationaldefensemagazine.org

 

[Rhinocrates]

Speaking of serpents...

Watch This Wild-Looking 'Dragon' Drone Articulate Itself Mid-Air With Perfect Stability

The drone is powered by eight individual ducted fans which allow the snake-like aircraft to hover effortlessly and manipulate heavy objects.

www.thedrive.com

 

[publiusr]

Lovely!

Other advances:

Resilient bug-sized robots keep flying even after wing damage

Bumblebees are clumsy fliers. It is estimated that a foraging bee bumps into a flower about once per second, which damages its wings over time. Yet despite having many tiny rips or holes in their wings, bumblebees can still fly.

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Researchers develop a soft robot that shifts from land to sea with ease

Most animals can quickly transition from walking to jumping to crawling to swimming if needed without reconfiguring or making major adjustments.

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An effective strategy to remotely operate snake robots

Animals have always been a great inspiration for robotic systems, as they offer fascinating natural examples of how different body structures can produce specific movements and locomotion styles. While most animal-inspired robots are inspired by legged animal species, some roboticists have been...

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Team develops a system of robots that use teamwork to pick fruit and transport it autonomously

A system of robots that harvest and transport crops on their own without human assistance has been developed for use in agricultural facilities such as smart farms.

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A soft polymer-based tactile sensor for robotics applications

To effectively tackle everyday tasks, robots should be able to detect the properties and characteristics of objects in their surroundings, so that they can grasp and manipulate them accordingly. Humans naturally achieve this using their sense of touch and roboticists have thus been trying to...

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Robots can help improve mental well-being at work—as long as they look right

Robots can be useful as mental well-being coaches in the workplace—but perception of their effectiveness depends in large part on what the robot looks like.

techxplore.com

Now this has me stoked:

A system that allows robots to cut objects made of multiple materials

Humans innately learn to adapt their movements based on the materials they are handling and the tasks that they are trying to complete. When chopping specific fruits or vegetables, for instance, they might learn to cut around harder parts, such as avocado or peach seeds, or carefully eliminate...

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Oh, no…

Lacking health workers, Germany taps robots for elder care

The white-colored humanoid "Garmi" does not look much different from a typical robot—it stands on a platform with wheels and is equipped with a black screen on which two blue circles acting as eyes are attached.

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“Time for ze enema!”

OWWW!

 

[publiusr]

More robotics news

Robot caterpillar demonstrates new approach to locomotion for soft robotics

Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a caterpillar-like soft robot that can move forward, backward and dip under narrow spaces. The caterpillar-bot's movement is driven by a novel pattern of silver nanowires that use heat to control the way the robot bends, allowing...

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Biodegradable artificial muscles: Going green in the field of soft robotics

Artificial muscles are a progressing technology that could one day enable robots to function like living organisms. Such muscles open up new possibilities for how robots can shape the world around us; from assistive wearable devices that can redefine our physical abilities at old age, to rescue...

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New Yorkers friendlier than expected as robots take out the trash

A quick search of stereotypes of New Yorkers yields one characteristic that turns up most frequently: rudeness.

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Making mind-controlled robots a reality

Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed biosensor technology that will allow people to operate devices such as robots and machines solely through thought control.

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Insecticons and other bots
https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Chaotic_way_to_create_insectlike_gaits_for_robots_999.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-03-microrobot-capable-neural-networks-sectioning.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-03-robots.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-robot-job-view-overly-pessimistic.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-hybrid-micro-robot-physiological-environment-capture.html
https://phys.org/news/2023-03-preschoolers-robot-incompetent-human.html

My favorite---a robot that makes paper airplanes

A robot that makes and launches paper planes to test designs

A group of engineers at CREATE Lab (Computational Robot Design & Fabrication Lab), EPFL, in Lausanne Switzerland, has designed and built a robot arm that is capable of designing paper airplanes, building them and then launching them to see how well they work. In their paper published in the...

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[bobbymike]

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[publiusr]

Robot hands
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-04-wrist-energy-efficient-robot-ball.html
https://techxplore.com/news/2023-04-framework-enable-touch-enhanced-robotic-grasping.html
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-04-table-tennis-brain-teaser-playing.html

 

[1635yankee]

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In other words, it cheats.

 

[TomcatViP]

And why would someone spend money building this?

What a waste.

 

[Graham1973]

Courtesy of the Tank Encyclopedia...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNm7vAMcpMY

 

[Richard N]

Was going to put this in the AI thread but.....

 

[Graham1973]

Another real world example of a 'Sentry Gun'...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKdpW3TSAMU

 

[Rhinocrates]

Some might recall a novel by Clifford Simak, Project Pope.

Robots are performing Hindu rituals -- some devotees fear they'll replace worshippers

The use of AI and robotic technology in worship is raising profound questions about its long-term consequences. Will it lead to the betterment of society or replace practitioners?

theconversation.com

 

[GTX]

Another real world example of a 'Sentry Gun'...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKdpW3TSAMU

A step towards:

 

[Michel Van]

i don't know the source material is from TESLA
but i make me a little worry that robots build robots...

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[GTX]

View: https://youtu.be/FF9lNkAXj98

 

[shin_getter]

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[Richard N]

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[Michel Van]

TESLA - Bot

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[jsport]

Army to Field Robotic Truck Convoys By 2019

Army to Field Robotic Truck Convoys By 2019

www.nationaldefensemagazine.org

After a decade and a half of development, the Army has decided to forgo normal acquisition procedures and field leader-follower robotic truck convoys by 2019, a service official said Aug. 22.

The Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center will begin outfitting 50 to 70 Palletized Load System trucks with autonomy kits by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019, Jeffery Ernat, the center’s team leader for autonomy teaming, said at the National Defense Industrial Association’s Army Science and Technology Symposium in Washington, D.C.

The trucks will be split between two Army companies and be used in operational field tests in the United States, he said. Leader-follower concepts usually have one manned vehicle in front of the convoy with the rest of the trucks following autonomously without drivers.

Army closing down 'leader-follower' robotic truck development, eyeing commercial solutions - Breaking Defense

Although the service has awarded contracts to wind down leader-follower development and give the experimental trucks back to soldiers, a separate office has launched a prototyping competition.

breakingdefense.com

 

[Richard N]

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[Rhinocrates]

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