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British drivers shun autonomous cars in new survey | CAR magazine UK
Ioannis K. Erripis
28 Jul 2014
"A nation raised on crashing PCs means that 60% of Brits worried that autonomous cars would not be reliable."Source: www.carmagazine.co.uk...
Mars Opportunity Rover sets off-world driving record | NASA News
Hallie Siegel
28 Jul 2014
From a NASA press release:
NASA's Opportunity Mars rover, which landed on the Red Planet in 2004, now holds the off-Earth roving distance record after accruing 25 miles (40 kilometers) of driving. ...
See what it’s like to go off-road inside the Marines’ self-driving vehicle | The Verge
Hallie Siegel
28 Jul 2014
http://youtu.be/sFkj36JJ8mk
The US military has been working on self-driving vehicles of its own for several years now, and earlier this month a video was published showing just what it's...
Wearable fashion toy Linkitz teaches girls how to program | TechCrunch
Hallie Siegel
25 Jul 2014
MIT PhD Lyssa Neel is using socializing and accessorizing to get get girls interested in programming. Neel’s invention, Linkitz, is a wearable electronic toy that allows kids to rearrange, take ap...
Could Jibo developer Cynthia Breazeal be the Steve Wozniak of robots? | Ryan Calo
Andra Keay
23 Jul 2014
VideoBill Gates once predicted we would have a robot in every home to go with our personal computer. James Temple of is calling Jibo—a new personal robot to be sold commercially in 2015—&l...
Future of Trucking: Big Rigs Become Robot Convoys
Andra Keay
23 Jul 2014
July 23 (Bloomberg) –- Peloton Technology has developed a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system that has the potential to transform the trucking industry. By tethering two trucks together usin...
Makers of the Jibo set new crowdfunding record | Boston Magazine
Hallie Siegel
23 Jul 2014
Jibo has raised more than $1 million in just six days, making it the most-backed project currently on Indiegogo.
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Drone Activist Launches Pilot Association To Represent Interests Of Small Commercial Operators
Andra Keay
22 Jul 2014
If you are involved at all in small drone flying, you are likely to have come across Peter Sachs in one of a number of online forums dedicated to unmanned aerial vehicles or have visited his website t...
Drone ‘Finds Trapped People Using Phone Signal’
Andra Keay
22 Jul 2014
A student develops a system to help drones home in on the location of people trapped underneath rubble using mobile phone signals.Source: news.sky.com...
HeatWave: mobile 3D thermal mapping in real-time | CSIRO
John Payne
21 Jul 2014
Introducing HeatWave, our next generation handheld technology for heat mapping and 3D imaging. This lightweight mobile device can generate real time precise 3D models of objects or scenes, overlaid wi...
The Next Economy (video)
John Payne
20 Jul 2014
An excellent little video on transitioning from Globalization to Eco-Localism. Lots of food for thought.Source: permaculturenews.orgI doubt the narrator of this video would recognize roboticists as al...
FBI warns driverless cars could be used as ‘lethal weapons’ | The Guardian
Ioannis K. Erripis
20 Jul 2014
Internal report sees benefits for road safety, but warns that autonomy will create greater potential for criminal 'multitasking'. By Mark HarrisSource: www.theguardian.com...
CROPS leaflet updated
John Payne
19 Jul 2014
Source: www.crops-robots.euCROPS – an acronym compounded from "Clever Robots for Crops" – is an EU 7th Framework program which has supported the development of robotic technologies for c...
New wrist-mounted device augments the human hand with two robotic fingers | MIT News
Hallie Siegel
18 Jul 2014
http://youtu.be/FTJW5YSRZhw
Researchers at MIT have developed a robot that enhances the grasping motion of the human hand. The device, worn around one’s wrist, works essentially like two extra fing...
Honda’s new Asimo robot can run, jump and sign | BBC
Andra Keay
16 Jul 2014
Source: www.bbc.com
… but Jibo can do the same human-robot interaction for a fraction of the price. The battle of the household robots begins!...
Latest Honda ASIMO: Autonomous, intelligent, and responsive | Gizmag
John Payne
16 Jul 2014
“The new ASIMO has been launched in Brussels with a variety of improvements. Many of those improvements are refinements of existing capabilities, but are no less impressive for it. … Improved inte...
Silicone sensors give robot fingers sense of touch | Wired.co.uk
John Payne
16 Jul 2014
“When pressure is applied to the surface of one of the sensors, their pliable half-sphere shape is slightly deformed, an action which instantly changes this distribution of infrared light from t...
Robots able to pick peppers, test soil, and prune plants | Singularity Hub
John Payne
16 Jul 2014
“The mechanization of farm labor drove massive productivity gains, and today, agricultural workers make up just over 2% of the workforce. … Now, another revolution is underway – the...
Phase-changing material could allow even low-cost robots to switch between hard and soft states | MIT News
Hallie Siegel
15 Jul 2014
http://youtu.be/aozu2C9Kmlg
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Alleged drone ‘Peeping Tom’ photo reveals perils of drone related journalism | Forbes
Hallie Siegel
15 Jul 2014
Last month a Seattle woman said that a drone made her nervous because it was flying outside of her window. Early media reports called the device a flying “Peeping Tom.” Soon afterwards, nat...
‘Gobble Hawk’ Wins NASA High-Altitude UAV Competition | Automaton IEEE Spectrum
Ioannis K. Erripis
14 Jul 2014
Look out, Global Hawk: Gobble Hawk is gunning for youSource: spectrum.ieee.org...
Home Depot starts selling 3-D printers in stores | Bloomberg
Hallie Siegel
14 Jul 2014
Home Depot Inc. (HD), the world’s largest home-improvement chain, will start selling 3-D printers today in stores for the first time, pushing deeper into a market that was once the domain of enginee...
3d printer builds houses in China | The Guardian
Hallie Siegel
14 Jul 2014
http://youtu.be/OYqBxEAtXZA
See more at The Guardian and Mashable....
Harvesting Robots for High-value Crops | Journal of Field Robotics
John Payne
14 Jul 2014
“This review article analyzes state-of-the-art and future perspectives for harvesting robots in high-value crops. The objectives were to characterize the crop environment relevant for robotic harves...
Should we let robots take our jobs? | DNews
John Payne
13 Jul 2014
“In a recent interview, the co-founder of Google discussed how he thinks people shouldn't work so much, and we start having robots do most of the work! Should robots be taking our jobs? Laci dis...
Amazon seeks FAA permission to test drones outdoors near Seattle
Andra Keay
13 Jul 2014
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is seeking permission from U.S. regulators to test its delivery drones near Seattle, as part of a rapid expansion of a program that has sparked widespread deba...
University students developing robotic gardening technology | NASA
John Payne
12 Jul 2014
As astronauts explore beyond Earth, they will need to make their habitat as self-sustaining as possible. This includes growing fruits and vegetables.Source: www.nasa.gov...
Could software replace your doctor? | USA Today
Hallie Siegel
10 Jul 2014
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La robolution est en marche
Andra Keay
09 Jul 2014
Imaginez un monde où il n’y aurait plus de comptables, d’assistants juridiques, de chauffeurs de taxi ou de livreurs… Un monde où les services ne seraient plus assur&e...
Winners of hurricane-tracking UAS design challenge announced | NASA News
Hallie Siegel
09 Jul 2014
From a NASA press release:
A team of students from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg captured first place in NASA's University Aeronautics Design C...
Hardware startup funding figures
Andra Keay
08 Jul 2014
Tom Tunguz is a venture capitalist at Redpoint and writes about startups, fund raising, SaaS companies, and best practices for founders.
Source: tomtunguz.com...
Driverless tech: First comes carriage … then the law | Crain’s Detroit Business
Sabine Hauert
08 Jul 2014
Although a few states, Michigan included, have begun to acknowledge driverless systems in their law books, the subject mainly remains a legal gray area. Michigan's laws, passed in December, only provi...
Is America incapable of regulating robots? | The Atlantic
Sabine Hauert
08 Jul 2014
A law professor argues that a new federal agency is needed to keep pace with technological change.Source: www.theatlantic.com...
A Prominent Lawyer Is Calling For A New Federal Agency To Regulate Robots
Andra Keay
07 Jul 2014
Ryan Calo wants the government to pay more attention to robotics.Source: www.businessinsider.comCalo suggests it's time for a new federal agency to oversee robotics technologies. ...
In the future, your needs will be met by robot baristas, robot Realtors and robot sales agents.
Andra Keay
07 Jul 2014
The Carnegie Mellon professor writes that there won't be separate physical and digital worlds. The two will be fused into one, with your needs met by robots serving as baristas, Realtors and sales age...
