New Atlas | robotics
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New Atlas | robotics
1d ago
A robo-dog capable of throwing 30-ft flames from its back might seem the stuff of sci-fi nightmares, but such terrors were made real last year with the launch of the Thermonator from Ohio's Throwflame. Now the fire-breathing quadruped is available to buy for under $10k.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Fire, Quadruped, Robots ..read more
New Atlas | robotics
1w ago
Penguins are fast, fantastic swimmers, so why not make an underwater robot inspired by them? That's just what German underwater tech company EvoLogics has done, with its new-and-improved Quadroin AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle).
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Underwater, Autonomous, Biomimicry ..read more
New Atlas | robotics
1w ago
Boston Dynamics has unveiled a stronger, more agile, fully electric version of its Atlas humanoid robot. The kinda creepy-looking thing is already slated to enter use on Hyundai's automotive production line.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Boston Dynamics, Humanoid, Electric ..read more
New Atlas | robotics
1w ago
Back in January, researchers showed off the kitchen skills of an open-source Aloha housekeeping robot. Now the Unleashed project gets to grips with knotting shoelaces, hanging shirts and even repairing other robots.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Stanford University, Google DeepMind, Autonomous ..read more
New Atlas | robotics
1w ago
After almost 10 years of often-jaw-dropping achievements, Boston Dynamics has said farewell to Atlas, the world’s most dynamic – and groundbreaking – humanoid robot.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Boston Dynamics, Humanoid, Robots ..read more
New Atlas | robotics
1w ago
A new underwater robot can swim through the water with fins, and walk or crawl along the bottom when necessary. These capabilities could really give it a leg up – pun fully intended – at outperforming its traditional thruster-powered counterparts.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Postech, Biomimicry, Underwater, locomotion, Swimming, Walk ..read more
New Atlas | robotics
2w ago
A three-legged robot could one day be hopping across the surface of asteroids, searching for valuable minerals. Known as the SpaceHopper, the bot was recently put to the test on a zero-gravity aircraft flight.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: ETH Zurich, locomotion, Space exploration ..read more
New Atlas | robotics
2w ago
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers have developed H2O – Human2HumanOid – a reinforcement learning-based framework that allows a full-sized humanoid robot to be teleoperated by a human in real-time using only an RGB camera. Which begs the question: will manual labor soon be performed remotely?
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Robots, Robotics, Tele-operation, Machine Learning, Carnegie Mellon ..read more
New Atlas | robotics
3w ago
Following in the footsteps of the GPT-enhanced Figure 01 humanoid we marveled at last month, China's UBTech has partnered with Baidu to give its new industrial Walker S humanoid the power of natural speech and real-time reasoning.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: Humanoid, Artificial Intelligence, UBTECH ..read more
New Atlas | robotics
1M ago
Inspired by the wheel-bodied battle droids from Star Wars, a scientist has created a robot that rolls along on one big wheel, using extendable legs to steer. Instead of smashing the Rebel Alliance, however, this bot's nimble descendants may one day be making deliveries.
Category: Robotics, Technology
Tags: University of Illinois, Monowheel, Self-balancing ..read more