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bObsweep Launches Multifunctional Autonomous Floor Cleaner with Powerful Suction

bObsweep, Canada's pioneering robotic vacuum manufacturer, launched the new bObsweep PetHair Plus, a multifunctional autonomous floor cleaner that boasts the strongest, most powerful suction to date.

4 Mar 2016

Meta’s First Natural Machine Augmented Reality Product Now Available for Pre-Orders

Meta has begun taking pre-orders at www.metavision.com for Meta 2 Development Kit, the first augmented reality (AR) product that delivers a totally immersive experience unlike any other AR product to date. Meta 2 enables hand interaction with digital content, a breakthrough in the field of AR, so people can touch, grab, and move digital objects intuitively, just as they do in the real world.

3 Mar 2016

Neato's Botvac Connected Robot Vacuum Provides Users Control Right from Apple and Android Smartwatches

Enhancements to the app that starts, stops and monitors Neato’s Wi-Fi enabled Botvac™ Connected robot vacuum now give users control right from Apple and Android smartwatches. Available today, the automatic upgrade brings new functionality to Neato’s smartest and most powerful robot vacuum.

2 Mar 2016

Open-Source Software Turns Human's Motions into Instructions Robot Can Understand

Madeline Gannon (A 2016), a Ph.D. candidate in Carnegie Mellon University's School of Architecture, has put the power of interacting with robots into our hands — literally.

2 Mar 2016

Research Studies Human-Robot Trust in Emergency Situation

In emergencies, people may trust robots too much for their own safety, a new study suggests. In a mock building fire, test subjects followed instructions from an “Emergency Guide Robot” even after the machine had proven itself unreliable – and after some participants were told that robot had broken down.

1 Mar 2016

KAIST’S K-Glass 3 Allows Users Type Message or Keywords by Offering Virtual Keyboard

KAIST researchers upgraded their smart glasses with a low-power multicore processor to employ stereo vision and deep-learning algorithms, making the user interface and experience more intuitive and convenient.

29 Feb 2016

Kreative Robotik Exhibition: KUKA Robots Demonstrate How Humans and Machines Can Work Creatively Together

The LBR iiwa holds a calligraphy pen. KUKA robots create art at the “Kreative Robotik” exhibition. In the foyer of the Austrian Ars Electronica Centers (AEC), the LBR iiwa and the KUKA KR 16 – an industrial robot for low payloads – demonstrate how humans and machines can work creatively together.

29 Feb 2016

Novel Method Can Reduce Human Error and Bugs that Occur in Programming Swarm Robots

Researchers from Sheffield Robotics have applied a novel method of automatically programming and controlling a swarm of up to 600 robots to complete a specified set of tasks simultaneously.

26 Feb 2016

TOTY Awards 2016: VEX Robotic Arm by HEXBUG Receives Educational Toy of the Year Award

The VEX Robotic Arm by HEXBUG received the award for Educational Toy of the Year at the Toy Industry Association's 16th annual Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards, also known as the "Oscars" of the toy industry. This distinguished honor is granted annually to a toy that best enables learning through play. Receiving the 2016 Educational TOTY further cements HEXBUG and VEX Robotics as continued world leaders in innovative toys and robotics.

25 Feb 2016

Research Groups Develop Virtual Coaching Space for Physical Rehabilitation

A new system in a virtual training room is helping users practice and improve sports exercises and other motor activities: six research groups from the Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Interaction Technology (CITEC) at Bielefeld University are working on the ICSPACE project to develop this virtual coaching space.

19 Feb 2016

Consumer Robotics News

bObsweep Launches Multifunctional Autonomous Floor Cleaner with Powerful Suction

Meta’s First Natural Machine Augmented Reality Product Now Available for Pre-Orders

Neato's Botvac Connected Robot Vacuum Provides Users Control Right from Apple and Android Smartwatches

Open-Source Software Turns Human's Motions into Instructions Robot Can Understand

Research Studies Human-Robot Trust in Emergency Situation

KAIST’S K-Glass 3 Allows Users Type Message or Keywords by Offering Virtual Keyboard

Kreative Robotik Exhibition: KUKA Robots Demonstrate How Humans and Machines Can Work Creatively Together

Novel Method Can Reduce Human Error and Bugs that Occur in Programming Swarm Robots

TOTY Awards 2016: VEX Robotic Arm by HEXBUG Receives Educational Toy of the Year Award

Research Groups Develop Virtual Coaching Space for Physical Rehabilitation

NASA’s Perseverance Captures Rare Dust Devil Collision on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Studies Trove of Rocks on Crater Rim

RoboBee Achieves Controlled Landing with New Leg Design and Controller

Flexible, Magnetic Soft Robot Navigates, Senses, and Communicates Wirelessly

AI Helps Scientists Detect Avocado Oil Adulteration—No Prior Data Needed

What Makes a Drone Military-Grade?

A Look Inside NASA’s Curiosity Rover

Autonomous Agriculture: The Tech Sector’s Next Big Bet in Sustainability

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Robot Chef: The Future of Automated Meal Preparation

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Resurrecting Ancient Cephalopods with Robots