📌 Industrial robots today are programmed to perform specific and repetitive tasks, which limits their versatility; to make them perform different actions, they need to be reprogrammed by a person.
Every modern Apple blockbuster has been relatively small and light, with close to zero moving parts:
iPhone
iPad
AirPods
Apple Watch
Relatively speaking, a home robot is massive, much more complex and fragile. Likely MUCH more expensive than the highest priced iPhone or even Vision Pro.
Such a beast would require a major commitment from the buyer, which means far fewer units sold.
A new wormy robot could help with jet engine inspections at GE Aerospace, according to an announcement this week. Sensiworm, short for “Soft ElectroNics Skin-Innervated Robotic Worm,” is the newest outgrowth in GE’s line of worm robots, which includes a “giant earthworm” for tunneling and the “Pipeworm” for...
Amazon is introducing humanoid robots in its U.S. warehouses in what the company describes as a move about "freeing employees up to better deliver for our customers." But what will they be "freeing" them up to do? The BBC reports:
A new ferroelectric polymer that efficiently converts electrical energy into mechanical strain has been developed by Penn State researchers. This material, showing potential for use in medical devices and robotics, overcomes traditional piezoelectric limitations.
I am SO tired of all the stupid white humanoid robots used as illustrations for "AI" - who came up with this nonsense?
An AI lives in a rack in a datacenter. It is 100% software. It does NOT need to use human interfaces like a screen, a QWERTY keyboard, mouse or a g*dmnd headset!
Can we stop making robots look humanoid already? Make them look weird and machine-like; they’ll probably work better that way anyway. Making things that look humanoid yet violate the physical expectations applicable to humans is an insult to actual humans.
“Boston Dynamics’ new Atlas robot is a swiveling, shape-shifting nightmare”
Dan from @DanMakesThings is a complete beginner when it comes to #robotics, but he managed to build this super smart bipedal friend, which includes custom PCBs.
Motion sensors let the robot detect someone’s presence and spring into action. This feature also saves energy, as the #robot goes into power-saving mode when nobody is around. It possesses face detection and speech recognition skills too, allowing for smarter interactions with humans.
The ancientJewish mysticism of Kabbalah, which finds deep meaning in sequences of letters and numbers, resonates in generative #AI like #ChatGPT, robots and DNA coding.
“Like the golem, robots, androids and even AI are powered with recombinations of elemental units. Instead of Hebrew letters, the units are ones and zeros. In both instances, the specific permutation makes all the difference.”
Results of peristaltic pump trial: not so good. I think it's worth showing that failure happens. I already have some thoughts about what to do next.
Larger rollers = adequate suction, too much rotary resistance; smaller rollers = inadequate suction.
A more powerful motor could solve it, but the goal was to use the same as the syringe pump for comparison. My other options are softer tubing that squishes more easily, and ball bearings on all shafts. #robotics#3dprinting
Going live again on my #Kick channel in a few minutes. Probably going to make this an ad-hoc, regular thing - with weekly, #engineering and #robotics educational streams intermixed in there.
Today, it will just be me working on some OnShape #CAD models with some classical music in the background. I do not plan to do much talking unless there are questions in the chat.
I am new to OnShape (having used PTC Creo for decades), so I am in a learning phase. 😅
The NYPD is deploying a 420-pound robocop to roam Times Square's subway station (gothamist.com)
A 420-pound, 5-foot-2 robocop with a giant camera for a face will begin patrolling the Times Square subway station overnight, the NYPD has announced.
This wormy robot can wriggle its way around a jet engine (www.popsci.com)
A new wormy robot could help with jet engine inspections at GE Aerospace, according to an announcement this week. Sensiworm, short for “Soft ElectroNics Skin-Innervated Robotic Worm,” is the newest outgrowth in GE’s line of worm robots, which includes a “giant earthworm” for tunneling and the “Pipeworm” for...
Artificial Muscles Flex for the First Time: Ferroelectric Polymer Innovation in Robotics (scitechdaily.com)
A new ferroelectric polymer that efficiently converts electrical energy into mechanical strain has been developed by Penn State researchers. This material, showing potential for use in medical devices and robotics, overcomes traditional piezoelectric limitations.