robots

Amazon electric fish inspire underwater robotics

Posted in Science on 16th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

Electric fish from South America are opening up new ideas in robotics.

Robot army 'to help alleviate future floods'

Posted in Hardware on 14th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

Working like termites, the robots can build castles, pyramids and towers similar to the insects' soil cathedrals.

Google robotics team reportedly helping Foxconn with automated manufacturing

Posted in Business on 12th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

Googles robotics team is working with the Taiwanese contract manufacturer to accelerate automation efforts in its factories.

Dyson invests m in robotic vision lab with Imperial

Posted in Hardware on 9th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller

Dyson, the engineering company best known for its bagless vacuum cleaners, is to invest m in a robotics lab at Imperial College, London.

The Rich and Their Robots Are About to Make Half the World's Jobs Disappear

Posted in Hardware on 23rd Jan, 2014
by Alex Muller

As more automation is brought in to generate efficiency gains, more and more jobs will be displaced.