NY Times: The benefits of driverless cars are potentially significant. The typical American spends an average of roughly 100 hours a year in traffic; imagine using that time in better ways — by working or just having fun. The irksome burden of commuting might be lessened considerably. Furthermore, computer-driven cars could allow for tighter packing […]
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Google’s self driving cars will soon be a reality, if a Las Vegas-based lobbyist does his job right. Google is quietly lobbying for legislation that would make it legal for self-driving cars to drive legally on public roads. The vehicles have already been tested on more than 140,000 miles of California roads, extra-legally, you might
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Not content with just dominating the Internet, the search engine company Google has begun work on a car that drives itself. Their automated cars use video cameras, radar sensors and a laser range finder to “see” other traffic, as well as detailed maps (which they collect using manually driven vehicles) to navigate the road ahead.
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Wired: The Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio is calling for small businesses to build what it calls an Intelligent Robo-Pallet: mechanical platforms that can haul stuff onto its planes autonomously. It’s got to be able to move on its own, lift and stack as cargo masters instruct, possess a
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Popular Science reports that lovers of cashew chicken can rejoice. A joint effort by students at Yangzhou University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, and a business in Shenzhen have created a fully-automated robot that can cook 600 classic Chinese dishes with a simple touchscreen selection. Although details of the invention process have yet to be released, sources
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If you happen to be on Pike Street In New York’s Chinatown between now and November 14th, you might catch a glimpse of “R-O-B” the bricklaying robot building a 7,000 brick “Infinite Loop” sculpture along a pedestrian island so reports gadget blog Gizmodo. Designed by Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler, the Infinite Loop has been
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This strap-on kit that makes any car drive autonomously looks really neat. I’m sure that in five years, this is going to be as common on public streets as electric cars are now. Engineering TV: Vehicles retrofitted with the Pronto4 System can perform flexible roles in a tele-operational or semi-autonomous mode. The ProntoMimic Software Suite
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A new company wants to use robots to carve advertising messages on the surface of the Moon. New Shadow Shaping technology creates images on the moon that can be seen from Earth. Robots are used to create several small ridges in the lunar dust over large areas that capture shadows and shape them to form
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Sometimes, the future seems so far away. Twenty five years ago, we all assumed that we’d be jetting around flying cars and being taken care of by robot maids, like the Jetsons. Alas, our expectations of the future were too optimistic. Finally, though, we’re almost there and the forward thinking entrepreneur can look forward to
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