Rethink Robotics’ Aussie founder talks his next big market
Hallie Siegel’s insight: “The number of 19 year olds in China will fall 30 per cent this decade as a legacy of the one-child policy, and they are your pool of manufacturing workers.”
Robots clean rivers and sort waste, monitor ecosystems, and inspect renewable-energy infrastructure. But even the greenest robot has an environmental footprint.
EPFL engineers have designed acoustic cavities that convert sound waves into thrust, propelling small robots and ultralight aerial vehicles without on-board actuators or electronics.