Skin is our largest organ, made up of complex sensors constantly monitoring for anything that might cause us pain. Our…
Surgical emergencies are in fact one of the main challenges when it comes to human space travel. But over the last few years, space medicine researchers have come up with a number of ideas that could help, from surgical robots to 3D printers.
Ah, the promised potential of the robotic helper. We all need an occasional hand living our day to day lives,…
Do you know that adorable BB-8 and R2D2 droids? Not the ones in the George Lucas sci-fi films, but rather…
Flesh dogs are great, there’s no denying that. Your best friend, your early alarm system and even a way of…
Not so long ago, the concept of a fully automated store seemed something of a curiosity. Now, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of relying on computers and robotics, and checking out groceries by simply picking them off the shelf doesn’t seem so peculiar after all.
Research laboratories and startups are creating new robots, including one designed to allow health care workers to remotely take blood samples and perform mouth swabs. These prototypes are unlikely to make a difference now. However, the robots under development could make a difference in future disasters if momentum for robotics research continues.
The days of doctors angrily shouting, “Pass me the scalpel, Andrews!” are seemingly in the past as robots have taken…
Did you know that Facebook has an artificial intelligence (AI) division? Not just the regular stuff that dictates what you see from the many, many posts on the social network, but an AI division with designs on more… practical applications? That division has announced that it’s built a ” large-scale distributed reinforcement learning…algorithm”.