Moravec‘s Paradox

A simple robot has sensors that can detect when they are damaged, stop the robot, self-heal and instruct the robot to start moving again Technology 7 December 2022 By Karmela Padavic-Callaghan This robot can self-heal after being stabbed Hedan Bai/Shepherd Lab A flexible quadruped robot can sense when it is…

San Francisco lawmakers voted to ban police robots from using deadly force on Tuesday, reversing course one week after officials had approved the practice and sparked national outrage. The city’s board of supervisors voted to explicitly prohibit the San Francisco police department (SFPD) from using the 17 robots in its…

Shot by Jiang Xiaowei. Edited by Sun Chao. Subtitles by Song Xinyi. The technology used in facial recognition, as well as artificial intelligence, is being applied to the examination and evaluation of sperm quality at a local hospital. The innovative system is much more precise, accurate, comprehensive and faster. "It…

50 Years Later, Mazinger Z Is Still a Powerhouse by Kara Dennison December 3, 2022 50 years ago today, Go Nagai’s Mazinger Z debuted. And it went on to change the world of giant robot anime—and anime in general—forever. Today, fans around the world are celebrating the show’s legacy. And it’s…

Welcome to Totoroland! Well, not exactly … First things first: The Ghibli Park opened on November 1 as the only theme park dedicated to Studio Ghibli's movies, but don't expect it to be Ghibliland or the Magic Kingdom at Hayao Miyazaki World. Ghibli Park's head Goro Miyazaki — the son…

A lot of mobile robots do a pretty decent job of maintaining their balance while on the move, but like humans, they’re still prone to lose their footing from time to time. Although that bodes well for outrunning them during the impending robopocalypse, until then, it mostly means more potential…

TSUKUBA, Japan, Dec 2, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - Researchers at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan have automated a complex and labour-intensive process for analysing the results of X-ray diffraction studies, which are used to determine the structure of crystalline materials. The team described the development…

DUBLIN, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND / ACCESSWIRE / December 2, 2022 / Paris-based sports analysis platform Data Sport announces the availability of basketball and ice hockey on its platform. The new addition of these two games is part of its expansion plan into the United States. The algorithm aims to make…

So much for giggling at robots falling down. Researchers at the University of Lorraine have developed a "Damage Reflex" system (aka D-Reflex) that has a humanoid TALOS robot prop itself against a wall when one of its legs is broken, much like a human who just lost their balance. The…

As Verne understood, the U.S. Civil War (during which 60,000 amputations were performed) inaugurated the modern prosthetics era in the United States, thanks to federal funding and a wave of design patents filed by entrepreneurial prosthetists. The two World Wars solidified the for-profit prosthetics industry in both the United States…