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Tiny Camera System Allows Live Streaming From an Insect
It only weighs 250 milligrams, can stream footage for six hours, and doesn't harm the insect wearing it.
Meet White Castle's New Robot Chef, Flippy
The AI-enabled kitchen assistant is set to join the staff at a Chicago-area White Castle restaurant for a trial run.
Should Robots Pay Taxes?
Federal taxes are due this week in the US. But what about our synthetic coworkers? Should they cough up, too? Jordan Harrod, a Harvard-MIT PhD student, has something to say on the subject. Â
MIT's Robotic Gripper Plugs Cables in for You
The device is currently able to manipulate the thinnest and most flexible cables with ease.
Got $74,500? You Can Buy Boston Dynamics' Robot Dog
Boston Dynamics is launching commercial sales for the four-legged machine in the US after deploying over 150 units to select enterprises through an early adopters program.
It Took 7 Years, But Lego Finally Has a New Mindstorms Kit
The new Lego Mindstorms Robot Inventor kit includes instructions for four robots, and supports both Scratch and Python programming.
Sphero Spin-Off Makes Robots for First Responders, Law Enforcement, and the Military
Company Six aims to craft robust and feature-rich yet affordable products.
Will Sheep Dogs Lose Their Jobs to Robot Canines?
Rocos, a New Zealand robot deployment company, decided to partner with Boston Dynamics on testing their Spot machine for agricultural work.
How to Build an AI Robot With Nvidia's $399 Jetson Xavier NX
We built a virtual customer service robot with the Xavier NX, a powerful GPU that can decode 32 video streams at once but is little bigger than a credit card and costs just $399.
iRobot Suspends Launch of Terra Lawn Mower
Plans for the robot's 2020 release have been delayed due to COVID-19.
Spot Robot Dog Helps Doctors Remotely Triage COVID-19 Patients
Boston Dynamics spent six weeks developing a new payload, hardware, and software before open-sourcing its work for other mobile robotics platforms to take advantage of.
Why Does This Robot Get ‘Sick’ on Purpose?
Could a robot help children manage their chronic illnesses? Researchers in the UK have built one that seems to do just that, starting with children learning to manage their diabetes.
Google Robot Teaches Itself to Walk
The robot learns to walk using flat ground, a soft mattress, and a doormat with crevices.
This Robot Wants to Help Stressed-Out Teens
Adolescent anxiety is on the rise, but Dr. Elin Björling from the University of Washington thinks her EMAR robot could help, one hug and chat session at a time.
Save $50 on iRobot's Latest Robot Mop, the Braava Jet m6, at Walmart
The Braava jet m6 is iRobot's best robot mop yet, and it's $50 off at Walmart. Normally $499, it's available now for just $449 with free delivery.
Weekend Deals Ending Soon: Roombas, 10.2-Inch iPad, XPS 13
The popular Roombas 675 and 960 are currently at their Black Friday prices, two Dell XPS 13 laptops are on sale starting at $800, and you can save up to $100 on the 10.2-inch iPad.
PETA Wants Punxsutawney Phil Replaced With AI GroundhogÂ
The animal rights organization says that the animal should be replaced by an animatronic and an artifically intelligent weather-predicting algorithm because 'watching a nocturnal rodent being pulled from a fake hole isn't even worthy of a text message.'
Elevate Exoskeleton Will Get You (and Your Bad Knees) Back on the Ski Slopes
The Elevate exoskeleton, which looks like a high-tech knee brace, offloads about 30 percent of your body weight, significantly reducing the load on your quadricep muscles and knee joints. We try it out in Park City, Utah.
Top-Rated Eufy RoboVac 30C Max Is 40 Percent Off Today
It normally sells for $319.99, but you can score it for just $189.99 after a 38 percent discount and $10 clip coupon. With this deal, the Max model is cheaper than the weaker RoboVac 30C.
Deals: Roomba 675, Fire HD 8 at Black Friday Prices, More
The popular Roomba 675 is just $199 today, the 8-inch Amazon Fire HD 8 is only $50, and the 2TB Crucial MX500 2.5-inch SSD is back on sale for $200.
