Watch a team of autonomous quadrotors build a tower structure
At the end of May last year we posted up a video of a quadrotor helicopter capable of aggressive movement. The movement was so accurate that the quadrotor could fly through a window […]
View ArticleU.S. Navy successfully flies first autonomous robotic jet, the X-47B
Unmanned aircraft, or drones, are now a common site on the battlefield and robots make up 2% of the ground force in Afghanistan. But until now those robots have been under the control […]
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Autonomous quadrocopters are better than you at volleyball
People of Earth, do not be alarmed. A robot colony may be taking over the world soon -- or at least games like badminton, tennis, volleyball, and ping pong. OK, so we might be freaking out a little...
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Nevada passes law giving self-driving cars the OK
Back in May we told you about Google’s foray into self-driving cars. Google lobbied the Nevada state legislature to pass a law making it legal for driverless cars to operate on public streets. […]
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X-47B military drone heading to aircraft carriers in 2013, can perform aerial...
We’ve all seen the military drones in use today that look like miniature versions of the larger fighter jets. But removing the need for an on-board pilot has meant the next generation of […]
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Kinect-powered autonomous robots cook popcorn, make sandwiches
The reality of having a robot for a butler may be one step closer thanks to a robotics team from the University of Munich (TUM). They have created a pair of autonomous robots […]
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Nano quadrotors demonstrate complex swarm behavior
The General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab, located at the University of Pennsylvania, is already well known for its work with quadrotors. In the past the quadrotor research...
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Soft-body robot moves like an earthworm, survives hammer blows
Designers continue to push the boundaries of what the robots of tomorrow will be capable of. We have ever more realistic humanoid robots, robots that can climb stairs, run, be pushed and don’t […]
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Nvidia GPUs helping develop artificial bee brain for tiny flying robots
Tiny, autonomous flying robots are both a very useful and scary prospect at the same time. On the one hand they could be used to infiltrate a location and spy on people without […]
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Secom’s autonomous surveillance drone follows and spies on intruders
Installing surveillance equipment at a location usually means setting up several stationery cameras that at best can rotate to track suspicious activity. But they are limited, and in a lot of cases...
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Israel patrols its borders with 10 autonomous off-road vehicles
When we talk of unmanned vehicles working in hostile zones around the world, it’s usually in reference to aerial drones that can monitor and even attack a target. But in Israel, they are […]
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iRobot’s Ava 500 telepresence bot will change the meaning of ‘phoning it in’
The Ava 500 is a "telepresence" robot that acts as an autonomous surrogate for people who can't (or won't) come in to the office.
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DARPA is developing autonomous flying drones that will collaborate to survive
The military is already making extensive use of drones in areas of conflict, but typically a single drone is sent out to do a range of duties such as surveillance or target removal. […]
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Quadcopter becomes autonomous by using your smartphone as a brain
Your smartphone is a lot of things — a phone, a camera, a media player, a portable gaming console. It’s capable of plenty of other cool tricks, too, like becoming the eyes and […]
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Google is making its self-driving cars drive more like people
Google’s self-driving cars have already proven to be pretty capable autonomous chauffeurs. To make them even better at their job, though, Google has started teaching them to behave more like humans....
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Motobot is an autonomous motorcycle-racing robot
The end goal is a robot that can handle racing at 124mph on track, and in doing so make motorcycles in general more safe to ride.
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Ford is teaching autonomous cars to drive in the snow
For years, Ford has been shipping vehicles that know how to parallel park themselves. Now they’re teaching their autonomous vehicles to do something much harder: drive in the snow. Getting a car to […]
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An autonomous deer wanders the streets of GTA V
Ever since Grand Theft Auto V finally launched for PC the modding community has been hard at work enhancing the game. That’s why we have the ability to drive the world’s smallest car […]
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Airobotics drone recharging station will function forever without humans
Robots and drones are getting smarter and less dependent on humans all the time. Now they don’t even need our help to recharge. Airobotics has built this autonomous recharging station to minimize...
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DJI Mavic Pro 4K camera drone folds up to the size of a water bottle
The market seems quite saturated with cheap, limited capability drones right now. Walk into any electronics store and there will be a range of drones on sale. But what about if you want […]
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