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- Robotics | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches machines to understand their bodies Neural Jacobian Fields, developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, can learn to control any robot from a single camera, without any other sensors
- 9 ways robots are helping humans: Robodogs to magnetic slime | World . . .
Robots are helping humans in a growing number of places – from archaeological sites to disaster zones and sewers The most recent robotic inventions can entertain people in care homes and squeeze into small spaces Robotics engineers are among the top 20 job types on a growth trajectory, according to the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025
- Robots news, articles and features | New Scientist
robots Technology Remarkable robot images provide a vision of the future These photographs of humanoid robots by Henrik Spohler are part of his project Tomorrow Is the Question Regulars
- A flexible robot can help emergency responders search through rubble
SPROUT is a flexible robot built by MIT Lincoln Laboratory and Notre Dame researchers to assist in disaster response Emergency responders can use the robot to navigate and map areas under rubble to plan rescue operations
- HiBot Corporation | World Economic Forum
HiBot is developing various robotic solutions and has been especially pioneering in improving and employing snake robot technology in different applications, ranging from inspection of pipes to intervention in nuclear power plants The company creates platforms to perform dangerous jobs in a safer and more reliable way and also to develop a level of automation that allows robots to work
- What is a robot? - New Scientist
The word “robot” was coined by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in a 1920 play called Rossum’s Universal Robots, and is derived from the Czech robota, meaning “drudgery” or “servitude”
- Ping pong bot returns shots with high-speed precision
MIT engineers developed a ping-pong-playing robot that quickly estimates the speed and trajectory of an incoming ball and precisely hits it to a desired location on the table
- The 25 best fictional robots – according to New Scientist
From R2D2 to the Terminator via Bender and Johnny-5, we choose our favourite robots from books, films and television series
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