Top news of the week: 01.12.2021.
Robotics
An inventory of robotics roadmaps to better inform policy and investment
by Silicon Valley Robotics Much excellent work has been done, by many organizations, to develop ‘Roadmaps for Robotics’, in order to steer government policy, innovation …
Robots can be companions, caregivers, collaborators — and social influencers
The Media Equation experiments were simple: participants were asked to interact with a computer that acted socially for a few minutes after which, they were asked to give feedback …
Robots Won’t Close the Warehouse Worker Gap Anytime Soon
Even Amazon’s new AI-powered machines aren’t nearly capable enough to handle the most important fulfillment tasks.
Planning Fail-Safe Trajectories for Space Robotic Arms
A frequent concern for robot manipulators deployed in dangerous and hazardous environments for humans is the reliability of task executions in the event of a joint failure. A redundant ...
Exploring Behavioral Creativity of a Proactive Robot
Creativity, in one sense, can be seen as an effort or action to bring novelty. Following this, we explore how a robot can be creative by bringing novelty in a human–robot interaction (HRI) ...
Machine-learning model could enable robots to understand interactions in the way humans do
When humans look at a scene, they see objects and the relationships between them. On top of your desk, there might be a laptop that is sitting to the left of a phone, which is in front of a ...
Automating Endoscope Motion in Robotic Surgery: A Usability Study on da Vinci-Assisted Ex Vivo Neobladder Reconstruction
Robots for minimally invasive surgery introduce many advantages, but still require the surgeon to alternatively control the surgical instruments and the endoscope. This work aims at ...
Robots built from frog cells have unlocked the ability to self-replicate
Robots such as these, capable of making offshoots of themselves, could be a future tool for science and medicine.