Consumer Robotics News

RSS

Developing Better Telepresence Robots to Help Children with Disabilities

A team of University of California researchers is working to improve telepresence robots and the algorithms that drive them to help children with disabilities stay connected to their classmates, teachers and communities.

16 Sep 2020

Researchers Receive NSF Grant to Develop AI-Enabled Training Platform for Emergency Responders

What if you could provide emergency responders with technology that could not only potentially save lives, but make their work more precise and efficient at the same time through the use of novel human augmentation technologies?

11 Sep 2020

Research Reveals Why Robots with Humanlike Features Elicit Uncanny Feelings

Androids, or robots with humanlike features, are often more appealing to people than those that resemble machines -- but only up to a certain point.

11 Sep 2020

Scientists Develop Hot-Wire Cutting Robot that Guides Highly Flexible Tools

Simon Dünser from Stelian Coros’ research team from the Institute for Intelligent Interactive Systems has collaborated with other scientists to design a hot-wire cutter robot with a wire that bends flexibly while working.

9 Sep 2020

New Project Aims to Make AI-Based Language Systems Demographically More Intelligent

Siri or Alexia, Google translator or Deepl, the problem is always the same: they have not yet learned the nuances of different languages, let alone how to adapt their response or translation according to the context.

4 Sep 2020

Torc Robotics' Expansion Creates 350 New Jobs in Montgomery County

Governor Ralph Northam today announced that Torc Robotics, a Blacksburg-based leader in self-driving vehicle systems, will invest $8.5 million to expand its software development operations in Montgomery County.

27 Aug 2020

Hearing Sensation can Markedly Improve the Perception of Robots

In the so-called first large-scale study of the communications between robotic action and sound, scientists from the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University discovered that sounds can possibly help robots distinguish between objects

17 Aug 2020

Innovative Robot Conducts Outdoor Classes in Remote Village

An innovative robot has now taken over the classroom in a remote village located in the Peruvian Andes.

12 Aug 2020

Human Facial Expressions Could be Key to Building Trust with Robots

Human facial expressions could be one of the keys in building trust between Soldiers and autonomous agents.

7 Aug 2020

New AI-Powered Optimization, Intelligence Platform to Promote E-Commerce

Feedvisor, the AI-powered optimization and intelligence platform for brands and sellers on Amazon, Walmart, and e-marketplaces, today announced a dramatic expansion to its industry-leading advertising solution.

30 Jul 2020