MIT wants to show that its Mini Cheetah robots aren't just solitary creatures. The school's Biomimetics department has posted a video of nine of the bots frolicking in the fall leaves, showing just what these pet-sized quadrupeds can do. The remote-controlled machines can backflip out of leaf piles, kick a soccer ball and have friendly tussles... well, if a bodyslam can be considered friendly.
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Androids that offer "digital immortality" begin mass production in Russia - Big Think
We are well on our way to the sci-fi staple of a world inhabited by both people and androids. A startup from Russia is launching mass production of robotic clones of humans.
Furthermore, he thinks that their new line of bots will spearhead an entirely fresh market in education, entertainment and service industries, adding "Imagine a replica of Michael Jordan selling basketball uniforms and William Shakespeare reading his own texts in a museum?"
Where else can such a robot be useful? As a consultant, behaving like a regular employee by answering questions, or as an administrator, performing such tasks as booking meetings. They can also work in offices or the government, greeting people and relaying information.
The robots are coming, faster than ever - The Boston Globe
On a sunny Sunday morning recently, passengers disembarking from a Royal Caribbean ship in South Boston might have thought they'd time-traveled into the future. Set up in a parking lot next to the cruise terminal were enough robots to fill a few sci-fi movies: drones that could take off and land without human involvement, quadrupedal walking bots the size of a golden retriever, and self-driving cars.
The event, organized by the trade group MassRobotics, offered a look at the health of the region's robotics sector, which has seen some recent successes — one company, 6 River Systems, was acquired for $450 million last month. But there have also been some expensive flops. Three companies founded by high-profile roboticists — Jibo, Rethink Robotics, and CyPhy Works — have all powered down in the past 13 months, taking more than $240 million of investors' money with them.
Talent gap in manufacturing: 6 ways that robotics can help
Hitchiner Manufacturing says that automation is helping to retain talent. Source: Hitchiner Manufacturing
Is robotics important to the future of manufacturing? Given the current and future talent gap in the sector, signs point to "Yes."
As of August 2018, as reported by Deloitte and The Manufacturing Institute, the U.S. had 508,000 jobs available in manufacturing. They called this the best jobs gain in the industry in over two decades.
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A will to survive might take AI to the next level | Science News
There might be a way, though, to give robots feelings, say neuroscientists Kingson Man and Antonio Damasio. Simply build the robot with the ability to sense peril to its own existence. It would then have to develop feelings to guide the behaviors needed to ensure its own survival.
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Such feelings would not only motivate self-preserving behavior, Man and Damasio believe, but also inspire artificial intelligence to more closely emulate the real thing.
MIT develops navigation method to help delivery robots find the front door
MIT has developed a navigation method that is designed to help delivery robots find the front door of an address. (See video below.)
Standard approaches for robotic navigation involve mapping an area ahead of time, then using algorithms to guide a robot toward a specific goal or GPS coordinate on the map.
MIT says that, while this approach might make sense for exploring specific environments, such as the layout of a particular building or planned obstacle course, this method can become "unwieldy in the context of last-mile delivery".
Oil rig tragedy leads to improved safety as robots step into breach | Financial Times
The red zone of an oil rig’s drill floor — where humans and moving equipment interact, sometimes with horrifying consequences — is among the most dangerous workplaces on earth.
Although deepwater drilling contractor Seadrill was not involved in any way, the incident prompted it to look again at its own red zones. Richard McConomy, performance enhancement manager at Seadrill, says the accident triggered a search for technologies that could help it perform its work more accurately.
Company designs 'creepy' robots that can be made into clones of anyone in the world - World News
Mounted on a tabletop in Russia, an eerily human-looking robot smiles, squints and even frowns when he gets angry.
The bionic man, named Android Robo-C, is the first produced by a manufacturer which boasts it can make robot clones to look like anyone in the world.
He may have to practice his frown though, after the venture was branded "creepy" and questions were raised about the legality.
This week the robot was unveiled by Russian startup company Promobot - which claims one customer has already ordered replicas of their parents to greet guests at their home.
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