Automation and Robotics

Researchers Develop a Robotic Guide Dog to Assist Blind Individuals

Guide dogs, dogs that are trained to help humans move through their environments, have played a critical role in society for many decades. These...

3D Holographic HUD could Improve Road Safety

Researchers have developed the first LiDAR-based augmented reality head-up display for use in vehicles. Tests on a prototype version of the technology suggest that...

Simple Robots, Smart Algorithms

Anyone with children knows that while controlling one child can be hard, controlling many at once can be nearly impossible. Getting swarms of robots...

Makers of Sophia the Robot Plan Mass Rollout Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

"Social robots like me can take care of the sick or elderly," Sophia says as she conducts a tour of her lab in Hong...

Pepper the Robot Talks to Itself to Improve its Interactions with People

Ever wondered why your virtual home assistant doesn't understand your questions? Or why your navigation app took you on the side street instead of...

Multi-Robot Systems gets a New Path Planning Approach

Multi-robot systems have recently been used to tackle a variety of real-world problems, for instance, helping human users to monitor environments and access secluded...

Army Researchers Create Pioneering Approach to Real-Time Conversational AI

Spoken dialogue is the most natural way for people to interact with complex autonomous agents such as robots. Future Army operational environments will require...

IIT-Roorkee Launches Online Certificate Courses in Data Science, Machine Learning, AI

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has launched two online certificate programmes. The first course is data science and machine learning, and the...

Using IOT For Smart Office Automation

The COVID-19 pandemic shifted businesses in ways previously unimaginable. While many employees worldwide are still working remotely, and we begin returning to work at...

Top 5 Trends in Robotics

Verdict lists the top five terms tweeted on Robotics in Q1 2021, based on data from GlobalData’s Influencer Platform. The top tweeted terms are...

New EtherCAT Modules, Completing the EtherCAT Solution for Industrial Automation

Two new modules in the 6-CH EU Series digital I/O – the ECAT-4XMO motion control and trigger module, and the ECAT-TRG4 trigger modules. The...

A Robot that Teaches Itself to Walk Using Reinforcement Learning

A team of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has built a two-legged robot with the ability to teach itself to walk using...

Nvidia, Volvo Cars Accelerate Auto Industry’s Data-Processing Power Race

Volvo Cars said that it will use a new generation of high-powered chips from Nvidia Corp to enable more autonomous driving functions in future vehicles,...

FM Logistic to Deploy Electric Vehicles (EVs) in Bengaluru for WayCool Foods

FM Logistic India on Monday said it will deploy electric three-wheelers for intra-city deliveries in Bengaluru for agri-commerce company, WayCool Foods. The Pune-based third-party logistics (3PL) services...

BioConvergence: Assembling the Forces of Nature and Technology for a Remarkable Future

Imagine a nature-inspired technology that can increase your life expectancy. One that can prevent or delay the onset of chronic diseases like diabetes, cancer,...

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