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Interact Analysis Report Finds Mobile Robots Shipments Grew 70% in 2021

December 23, 2022 · Interact Analysis shares finding from its annual global AMR report.

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The Next Chapter of Surgical Robotics

September 18, 2022 · Universities and hospitals are conducting several surgical robotic firsts as the technology continues to be developed.

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University of Central Florida Study Finds Greater Mistrust of Robotics in Countries with High Income Inequality

August 27, 2022 · New study links income inequality to skepticism of robotics and artificial intelligence.

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University of Leeds Scientists Discuss the Role of Automation in Global Sustainability

July 6, 2022 · A new report outlines the findings of a team of international researchers related to automation, sustainability, and human-to-robot relationships.

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10 Robotics Clusters Around the Globe

April 9, 2022 · Innovative startups looking to connect often seek the guidance of their local robotics clusters. Here's a look at some of the biggest.

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MIT, Harvard Researchers Examine Cognitive Theories to Clarify Robot Explanations

March 4, 2022 · MIT and Harvard researchers have published a new report that uses cognitive theory to explain how humans can better work with robots.

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11 Questions About the Future of Robotics With a Senior Engineer at ARRC

March 4, 2022 · Fatima Al Nuaimi, a senior associate engineer at the Autonomous Robotics Research Centre in Abu Dhabi, shared her experiences and insights in advance of International Women's Day.

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Automata Raises Series B Financing for Laboratory Robotics

February 25, 2022 · Automata, which raised $50 million, plans to continue development of its Automata Labs product for scientists working in drug discovery, healthcare diagnostics, and biotech.

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Johns Hopkins STAR Performs First Robotic Laparascopic Surgery Without Human Guidance

January 27, 2022 · Johns Hopkins researchers said their Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot, or STAR, successfully sutured two ends of pig intestine in one of the hardest tasks in abdominal surgery.

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Evolution Gym at MIT CSAIL Gets Soft Robots Into Shape for Basic Tasks

December 6, 2021 · Scientists at MIT CSAIL created a system for co-optimizing the brain and body of soft robots and found that they often resembled real animals while outperforming hand-designed robots.

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MIT CSAIL Designs Dexterous Robot Hands to Easily Manipulate Multiple Objects

November 5, 2021 · MIT CSAIL has built a model-free framework that can learn to reorient more than 2,000 geometrically different objects from above or below, with implications for logistics and manufacturing.

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What Is a Cobot, and Does My Company Need One?

September 25, 2021 · Depending on the application, power- and force-limited collaborative robot arms can help businesses with tasks involving automation alongside humans, says the SwRI.

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Farm Robots Could Lead to a Utopian—or Dystopian—Future, Argues Researcher

July 18, 2021 · As farms of all sizes look to adopt automation, robotics developers and policymakers should take a broader view of the potential environmental impacts, says a German scientist.

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Matterport and Facebook Release Open-Source Spatial Dataset to Train Robots and AI

June 30, 2021 · Collaboration to enable researchers to use Habitat, Facebook AI’s simulation platform for research in embodied AI, to help robots understand and interact with the physical world.

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Legged, Wheeled, and Tracked Robots Could Be on Same Power Curve, Find U.S. Army Researchers

June 6, 2021 · From cockroaches to tanks, U.S. Army researchers have found that the same power-mass-speed relation describes both biological systems and mobile ground robots using different locomotion.

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Korean Researchers Develop Hybrid Robotic Hand for Improved Grasping

June 1, 2021 · Researchers at DGIST have developed and tested a new type of human-like mechanical hand that combines the benefits of existing robot hands while eliminating their weaknesses.

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Soft Robotics Research Grows, but Developers Must Advance Field, Says UC Santa Barbara Professor

May 7, 2021 · While there has been much academic interest in soft robotics lately, research should advance the field, say three authors of a new paper on the technology.

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Raytheon Technologies and Army Research Lab Pick 3D Systems’ Metal Additive Manufacturing Solutions

February 12, 2021 · 3D Systems' DMP Factory 500 solution will be part of research effort to develop topological optimization that accounts for heat transfer.

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IDTechEx Offers Perspective on Medical Advances in 3D Printing

February 5, 2021 · The company has released a new report, "3D Printed Materials Market 2020-2030: COVID Edition."

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Five UC San Diego Teams Win $100,000 to Research Autonomous Vehicles

February 5, 2021 · Each team will receive $100,000 from Qualcomm to pursue cutting-edge research on autonomous vehicles, natural language processing and other areas, school says.

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