Video Friday: ATLAS on the Edge, Plant-Robot Hybrid, and Kuka Smash
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Exoskin: a Programmable Hybrid Shape-Changing Material
MIT's Exoskin combines rigid elements with a soft, expandable structure to create a material that can dynamically adapt itself to your needs
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Brighter Displays Come From the Wings of a Butterfly
Researchers duplicate nanostructures on butterfly wings for smaller light-based electronics
Stanford Class Aims to Seed a Reserve Officers Training Corps for Techies
Understanding who (or what) is behind a Twitter handle, figuring out where Navy ships are, identifying and classifying hostile drones and other projects roll out of Stanford’s first Hacking for Defense class
This Is the Tiniest Little Quadruped Robot We've Ever Seen
Researchers build a lilliputian robot that can traverse mildly rough terrain
It's a Bumpy Ride for Nanocars in Air
Subjecting nanocars to ambient conditions offers insights into producing molecular machines
Google Self-Driving Cars Are Now Allowed to Honk
Google self-driving cars can honk to announce their presence or denounce your incompetence
The Next Genetics Moonshot: Building a Human Genome from Scratch
The Human Genome Project-Write could bring down the cost of DNA manufacturing
U.S. Track Cycling Team Training for Rio Olympics with Smart Sunglasses
Shades display performance metrics from wearables
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PTC and Scrum Inc. Present: PTC AgileWorx for Product Engineering Teams
28 June 2016 During this live webcast you can find out how manufacturing organizations can overcome these challenges to deliver higher quality products faster -- and see PTC AgileWorx, the new game changing technology from PTC, in action.
Diamond-based Semiconductors Take a Step Foward
Simple doping method for single-crystal diamond semiconductors shows promise
Would You Trust a Robot to Give Your Grandmother Her Meds?
Building successful human-robot interactions means learning a lot more about what it means to trust someone or something
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Performance Measurements – Enabling the Smarts in smart Machine Control (sMC)
Available Now On-Demand In this webcast, you will learn how National Instruments embedded control and monitoring systems address the needs for performance measurements for applications ranging from machine monitoring to advanced feedback control systems.
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Why Should We Ban Autonomous Weapons? To Survive
While debate has focused on moral and legal issues of autonomous weapons, too little attention has been paid to the material dangers of an AI-powered war
This Mobile Security Feature Will Annoy You, But It Will Also Protect Your Phone
NomadiKey scrambles your keyboard every time you try to open your phone
An Ultrasonic Implant for Fighting Heart Failure
For heart failure patients with few options, this cardiac resynchronization therapy could be a lifesaver
Google’s Eric Schmidt Says AI Will Make Him Smarter, Cooler
“What I really want my AI assistant to do is to make me cool in front of my daughters”
Asus Zenbo Attempts to Convince Us That We Need a $600 Home Robot
This robot can do everything your phone or tablet can do, and a little bit more, but is it enough?
Special Report: Trusting Robots
Robots will soon have the power of life and death over human beings. Are they ready? Are we?
Robot Surgeons Are Taking Over the Operating Room
Watch six of the coolest surgical robots in action
Can We Trust Robots?
Robots will soon have the power of life and death over human beings. Are they ready? Are we?
How to Build a Moral Robot
If robots are going to drive our cars and play with our kids, we’ll need to teach them right from wrong
Do We Want Robot Warriors to Decide Who Lives or Dies?
As artificial intelligence in military robots advances, the meaning of warfare is being redefined
Would You Trust a Robot Surgeon to Operate on You?
Precise and dexterous surgical robots may take over the operating room
Can You Program Ethics Into a Self-Driving Car?
When self-driving cars kill, it’s the code (and the coders) that will be put on trial
Pothole Detection for the Visually Impaired
An early prototype applies machine learning algorithms to identify uneven surfaces
Kniterate Updates the Knitting Machine to Be an Easy-to-Use 3-D Printer for Fabric
Kniterate aims to make maker spaces a little cozier with printable knitwear
Smart Contact Lens-Eyeglass Combo Monitors Diabetes and Delivers Drugs
The system could be an easy, pain-free way to monitor diabetes and treat its eye-related complications
On Second Try, NASA Manages to Blow Up Inflatable ISS Module
After many dull hours of work, astronauts on the ISS successfully inflate the BEAM module
Ethereum’s $150-Million Blockchain-Powered Fund Opens Just as Researchers Call For a Halt
The Ethereum DAO was to be a triumph, but vulnerabilities could mar the debut
Why China's Wind Energy Underperforms
In 2012, low quality turbines and delayed grid connections wasted as much of China’s wind power potential as forced outages. But today’s picture could be quite different
The 2015 Top Ten Programming Languages
New languages enter the scene, and big data makes its mark
Researchers Teaching Robots to Feel and React to Pain
An artificial nervous system could help robots avoid damaging interactions
Cellphone Radiation Linked to Cancer in Major Rat Study
The "gold-standard" research found a low incidence in brain and heart tumors, but only in male rats. Expect regulatory agencies to react, says expert
Building a DIY Digital Movie Camera With Vintage Lenses
Capture the 8-mm film look of yesteryear with a Raspberry Pi
Autonomous Mini Rally Car Teaches Itself to Powerslide
A new aggressive control algorithm helps this self-driving car drift around a dirt track at 30 kilometers per hour
How I Designed a Practical Electric Plane for NASA
To win a competition, a Georgia Tech student devised a fuel-cell plane to rival today’s best-selling small aircraft
Video Friday: Swarming UAVs, Perching RoboBees, and Skydiving Kamigamis
Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos
Tesla Reveals Its Crowdsourced Autopilot Data
Six month's worth of beta-testing is showing what works and what needs tweaking
IBM Layoff Epidemic Spreads Worldwide
Watson team and Silicon Valley Labs not immune this time
OpenBike Charges Phones, Lights, and Connects Your Bike to the Cloud
OpenBike says their pedal-charged battery and in-bike network should be standard equipment
Heating Your Home Helps Warm the Planet
We'll need new efficiencies in home heating and insulation to counteract thermal pollution
Autonomous Vehicles Traveling in Convoys Will Run Into This Inevitable Tradeoff
Wireless experts will need to find a “sweet spot” between intragroup message reliability and data age
Review: See the Future Through Microsoft’s HoloLens Augmented-Reality Glasses
The HoloLens Development Edition shines despite rough edges
This Wearable Is a Cure for Motion Sickness and Is Changing My Life
The first consumer generation of the ReliefBand is too big, ugly, and looks and feels like a cheap toy. And I will never again leave the house without it.
Kiss Your TV Goodbye
Radical new display and content-delivery technologies will kill off the television set
Otto Self-Driving Truck Company Wants to Replace Teamsters
Long-Haul trucking offers robots a particularly good target
Engineer and Investor in Spat About Wireless Charging Startup uBeam
A former uBeam engineer says the company hyped its tech. Investor says he never heard it from him
Coding Without a Net at Yahoo, Part Two
Yahoo’s chief architect answers a few questions about the company’s move to eliminate QA
How to Run the Khan Academy Off-line
With a basic knowledge of HTML, you can tailor this complex app to your needs
Why Did the Mule Climb the Mountain? Because NASA Said So
NASA's Olympex mission vets the GPM weather satellite—with a little help from humble beasts of burden
Teeny Tiny Pacemaker Fits Inside the Heart
The miniature device, which can be inserted via a catheter, is approved for sale in the EU
Why Every GPS Overestimates Distance Traveled
Math proves that GPS distance, on average, exceeds the actual distance traveled
75% of U.S. Drivers Fear Self-Driving Cars, But It's an Easy Fear to Get Over
AAA survey finds that both the old and young are wary of self-driving cars, but they also want some of the benefits
Self-Driving Cars Will Be Ready Before Our Laws Are
Putting autonomous vehicles on the road isn’t just a matter of fine-tuning the technology
Cynthia Breazeal Unveils Jibo, a Social Robot for the Home
The famed MIT roboticist is launching a crowdfunding campaign to bring social robots to consumers
Autonomous Driving Experts Weigh 5G Cellular Network Against Dedicated Short Range Communications
The future of how self-driving cars talk to each other is up for grabs