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The Japanese have demonstrated a prototype of a hose-like robot that takes off under water pressure and can extinguish a fire in flight. This was reported by the publication New Atlas. The robot can be controlled remotely using images from cameras on its “head” that can see the fire. So the developers hope that in […]
Swiss engineers have demonstrated a four-legged mule robot that can carry both a person and equipment on horseback – if they do not exceed 90 kilograms. The robomul, named “Bari,” can accurately maintain balance even with a maximum load thanks to motion control algorithms that are aimed at balancing the robot,told the IEEE Spectrum. What […]
Agility Robotics has enhanced its Digit warehouse robot with a large language model (LLM). Now it understands people’s requests, even if they are formulated in a complicated way. The company is developing the Digit robot with the goal of eliminating the need for people working in warehouses to deal with significant physical activity in the […]
A team from the University of Tokyo has presented Alter3, a humanoid robot that can perform movements using the GPT-4 large language model (LLM). Alter3 uses the latest Open AI tool to dynamically assume various poses, from selfie pose to ghost imitation, all without the need for pre-programmed database entries. “Alter3’s response to spoken content […]
Tesla has shown an updated (second) version of the Optimus Gen robot. It became 10 kilograms lighter and started moving faster. There’s a new bot in town 🤖 Check this out (until the very end)!https://t.co/duFdhwNe3K pic.twitter.com/8pbhwW0WNc — Tesla Optimus (@Tesla_Optimus) December 13, 2023 The developers have increased the robot’s walking speed by 30%. We also […]
Engineers at the Technical University of Munich have developed a robotic mouse with a flexible spine. It increased the speed of the robot mouse and made it more adept at cornering. According to the engineers, the spine adds flexibility to the robot, making it better able to keep its balance and perform complex maneuvers. So […]
The enthusiast created a robot Rob, which can see and describe the world around it using ChatGPT. Reddit user MrRandom93 created a robot that interacts with ChatGPT chatbot. He shared the results of his work on Reddit. The small robot, which the author named Rob, consists of microcircuits, wires, and a small speaker located on […]
One of the most challenging tasks in construction is to build walls from boulders of various shapes and sizes. It requires a lot of physical strength and spatial thinking. But you can entrust this hard work to “ to the construction robots “, In fact, one robot has already done so. The HEAP (Hydraulic Excavator […]
Although the robots are already helping people in warehouses by sorting small items, they are not yet good at lifting boxes and other heavy objects, which is exactly what was required of them in the first place. A number of companies are working on this problem, hoping to be the first to enter a market […]
The creepy and strange-looking humanoid robot Mika is headed by the Polish company Dictador. The firm announced that the robot is now their experimental CEO. The robot was created by Hanson Robotics, the company behind the famous humanoid Sophia, and was proclaimed the first CEO of the global company. Sophia, in turn, promised to destroy […]