Robots
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The Chip That Can Smell Can Now Help Robots Feel Touch
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have created an artificial robot skin that can process touch 1,000 times faster than humans can, according to Loihi, which Cornell University researchers were able to program to recognise the scent of hazardous chemicals a few months ago. Are these Loihi chips beginning to sound like the…
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Grant Imahara, Mythbusters Host and Star Wars Roboticist, Dies at 49
Grant Imahara, cohost of the wildly popular TV show Mythbusters, died on Monday at the age of 49, according to a report from the Hollywood Reporter. The cause of death was reportedly a sudden brain aneurysm.
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You Can Finally Buy Boston Dynamics’ Spot, But You Can’t Use It For Evil
Last September, after debuting several years prior, Boston Dynamics’ impressively agile robotic dog Spot was made available to a select number of companies as an experiment to see how the robot would perform outside of the company’s R&D labs. A year later, Spot is now officially available for sale, although not everyone can buy one…
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Microsoft Is Switching Out MSN’s Contract Journalists for AI
Dozens of contract journalists at Microsoft’s MSN and Microsoft News organisations are being phased out in favour of artificial intelligence, according to multiple reports this week.