Category: The Robot Report
Medtronic buying Mazor Robotics for $1.6B
Medtronic is all-in on surgical robotics after inking a deal to buy Mazor Robotics for more than $1.6 billion in cash. For Medtronic, the world’s largest medical device maker, the […]
Dual-armed robot with 3D vision assembles IKEA chair
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have developed a robot that can autonomously assemble an IKEA chair without interruption. Designed by Assistant Professor Pham Quang Cuong and his team […]
NASA-inspired robotic skins turn soft objects into robots
When you think of robotics, you likely think of something rigid, heavy, and built for a specific purpose. But new “robotic skins” technology developed by Yale University researchers flips that […]
NASA-inspired robotic skins turn soft objects into robots
When you think of robotics, you likely think of something rigid, heavy, and built for a specific purpose. But new “robotic skins” technology developed by Yale University researchers flips that […]
NVIDIA adds AGX Xavier dev kits for robots, self-driving cars
NVIDIA introduced new developer platforms to power the next generation robotics and autonomous vehicles. NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang unveiled the Jetson AGX Xavier (robotics) and DRIVE AGX Xavier (self-driving cars) […]
nuScenes open-sources self-driving dataset with 1.4M images
Data is the key to developing reliable self-driving cars. But it’s about having the right data, not necessarily the most data. And nuTonomy, a Boston-based self-driving vehicle company recently purchased […]
9 keys to selecting your robot’s OS
This year, surgeons at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital used a robot to conduct eye surgery for the first time ever. Tokyo’s Henn Na Hotel implemented multi-lingual robots to help guests […]
Soft exosuit with multiple joints tunes itself to individual users
In the future, a smart textile-based soft exosuit could be worn by soldiers, fire fighters and rescue workers to help them traverse difficult terrain and arrive fresh at their […]
Soft exosuit with multiple joints tunes itself to individual users
In the future, a smart textile-based soft exosuit could be worn by soldiers, fire fighters and rescue workers to help them traverse difficult terrain and arrive fresh at their […]
Soft exosuit with multiple joints tunes itself to individual users
In the future, a smart textile-based soft exosuit could be worn by soldiers, fire fighters and rescue workers to help them traverse difficult terrain and arrive fresh at their […]
