If you’ve ever watched I, Robot, you could be forgiven for distrusting emotionally intelligent androids. But Pepper, a four-foot tall robot with just such capabilities, made by SoftBank, seems to have convinced the world that it has only good intentions…
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After the terrible crisis Japan faced in 2011 with its Fukushima nuclear power station meltdown, the United States military set out to build a better unmanned disaster-response vehicle. DARPA, the Pentagon’s development arm, set up the Robotics Challenge — a competition to…
Read MoreAmazing Robots on Display in DARPA’s Robotics Challenge
Owning a Transformer would be kinda useful. Especially for dealing with high school bullies. But the problem is that to turn a truck into a giant bipedal bodyguard requires some pretty remarkable welding skills. In contrast, Zubots — freshly launched…
Read MoreZubot Tranformers Are Built From Regular Hardware Store Parts
