Robots
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Spot, Boston Dynamic’s Robot Dog, Is Finally Available For Sale
After debuting just shy of two years ago, Boston Dynamics has finally made its Spot robotic dog available for sale, but don’t expect to find a great Black Friday deal on this bot. The company hasn’t made them available to the average consumer just yet — only businesses that can promise an interesting application for…
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MIT Researchers Designed This Robotic Worm To Burrow Into Human Brains
Robotics engineers at MIT have built a threadlike robot worm that can be magnetically steered to deftly navigate the extremely narrow and winding arterial pathways of the human brain. One day it could be used to quickly clear blockages and clots that contribute to strokes and aneurysms, while at the same time making the current…
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YouTube Concedes Robot Fight Videos Are Not Actually Animal Cruelty After Removing Them By Mistake
Google subsidiary YouTube has admitted that it made a mistake when, citing its policies against “deliberate infliction of animal suffering” such as “dog fighting and cock fighting,” it removed several videos of robots fighting, per reports in Motherboard and the Verge. The videos are again available.
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Sci-Fi Looking Robotic Neck Brace Could Help Lou Gehrig’s Disease Patients Lift And Move Their Heads Again
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gherig’s disease, is a neurodegenerative condition that affects muscle strength and control, eventually leaving patients unable to even hold their own heads up. To improve their quality of life, researchers and engineers at Columbia University have created a robotic neck brace that serves as artificial neck…