Moravec‘s Paradox

Have you got a sore back from all that vacuuming? Tired of cleaning up after your kids and pets? Get yourself the Greenworks GRV-1010 Robot Vacuum and save yourself the trouble! With household hygiene uppermost in the minds of consumers in the wake of the global pandemic, the domestic electronics…

The ability to make decisions autonomously is not just what makes robots useful, it's what makes robots robots. We value robots for their ability to sense what's going on around them, make decisions based on that information, and then take useful actions without our input. In the past, robotic decision…

Miami Mayor and extreme crypto fanatic Francis Suarez presented an 11-foot, 3,000-pound bull monument inspired by the historic Wall Street statue. But with Bitcoin laser eyes and other “ultramodern robotic” characteristics on the first day of the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. The monument, according to Suarez, is a “symbolic…

Dive Brief: A portion of a $2 million National Science Foundation grant to the University of Michigan will look at whether robots could be used as assistants to human workers on construction sites.  Working with machines and technology from Germany-based manufacturer KUKA, the project aims to allow human workers to…

Space can be ruthless and unforgiving, which is why Starfield’s adorable robot companion VASCO will make interplanetary travel less lonely. On Tuesday, Bethesda Game Studios released a behind-the-scenes trailer detailing VASCO, one of Starfield’s new companion characters. VASCO is an expeditionary robot that’ll aid you while traversing the stars.  This…

3 minute read 5/4/2022 | 08:10pm Rangers boss Gio van Bronckhorst could be on his way to having a very busy summer at Ibrox if he fails to win the title. Failure to secure the league title would suggest that the squad is not in the right place to dominate…

A byte-sized introduction. A new behind the scenes video for Starfield has been revealed, with robot companion VASCO taking centre stage. In this video, shared by IGN, Starfield lead artist Istvan Pely introduces us all to one of his "favourite campanions in the game". Here, Pely states VASCO is a…

by Andrew Rush — April 4, 2022 llustration of (On-Orbit Servicing, Manufacturing and Assembly-2. Credit: Redwire Illustration of the On-Orbit Servicing, Manufacturing and Assembly-2 spacecraft. Credit: Redwire The benefits of in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) have long been championed. From satellite refueling, to recycling of orbital debris, to increasing…

Roborock If you’ve been perusing online shops for a robot vacuum, today you’re in luck. Amazon is selling the Roborock S5 Max for $380, which is down from a usual price around $550 and a savings of $170. It’s not clear how long this sale will last. The vacuum is…

Robotics company Boston Dynamics is making one of its latest robots more generally commercially available: a mobile, autonomous arm called Stretch. Stretch is outfitted with a vacuum gripping arm able to move a wide variety of box types and sizes, up to 50 pounds (≈22.7kg). Its footprint is about that…