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Compiler: Harvard Robot Teaches Code, Zipline Startup Delivers, And More
Compiler is a weekly article that gathers the best stories on robots and drones from the past week. From stories on our blog to other popular sites, here are the week’s best stories you don’t want to...
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University Of Florida Pioneers In Brain-Powered Drone Racing
The state of drone racing is taking new heights. With deals such as the ESPN bringing the drone sport to the mainstream and well-organized events being held in Dubai, the sport has significantly taken...
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This Robotic Diver Could Be The Future Of Ocean Exploration
Image: Frederic Osada and Teddy Seguin/DRASSM Next on the list of jobs where equally capable robots will inevitably replace humans is diving. Researchers at Stanford University led by computer science...
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Compiler: Brain-Powered Drone Racing, Humanoid Robot Divers, Puma Track...
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WowWee’s Lumi Is A New Spin On Toy Drones, Seeks Funding On Indiegogo
Image: WowWee Robot toy company WowWee is adding mixing things up with toy drones. The latest edition to their lineup of tech toys is Lumi, a smart and intuitive quadcopter that adds a new spin on toy...
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GoPro Puts A Hold On Its Karma Drone Until Holiday Season
GoPro’s latest financial records aren’t looking so hot, and as a result, the early launch of their highly-anticipated drone, Karma, has been put on hold until the holidays. The company’s quarterly...
View ArticleThis Robot Will Slap Your Hair Clean
Internet queen of shitty robots, Simone Giertz, has returned with another comical robot tasked with something that only humans should be left to do, washing hair. The Arduino-powered, one-handed robot...
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Periscope Now Lets You Stream Live Drone Footage
Periscope pushed an update to its app today allowing for users to broadcast over twenty four hours and, even better, stream drone footage in live fashion. The new update also provides users with an...
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MegaBots Raises $2.4 Million To Make Giant Robot Fighting A Sport
Image: MegaBots MegaBots, the Oakland-based startup that’s known for challenging Japan to a giant robot duel, just raised $2.4 million to bring giant human-piloted fighting robots to the arena....
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Jibo Gets Delayed Until Fall, And It’s Still Slower Than Siri
Image: Jibo Sorry backers, there’s still some wait before Jibo enters your household. The robot billed as the first social robot for the home has recently been delayed to improve software and provide a...
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This Origami Robot Pill Will Extract Unwanted Waste From Your Stomach
Image: Melanie Gonick/MIT It’s reported that every year, Americans swallow 3,500 button cell batteries alone. Whether swallowed on purpose or by accident, these batteries, mixed with the tissue of the...
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Disney Robot Can Mimic Humans With Needle-Threading Precision
Image: Disney Research Group Disney is known for its digital animations, but the company’s research group is working on creations in the flesh, specifically robots designed to mimic humans. The Disney...
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Compiler: Periscope Drone Footage, Smart Robot Hand, And More
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Android Now Runs On SoftBank’s Pepper Robot
Image: SoftBank Robotics Google may be ditching their efforts with military robots, but their Android operating system is now powering more friendly, social robots like SoftBank Robotics’ (formerly...
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Uber Reveals Its First Driverless Car
Image: Uber Uber has finally revealed its first foray into self-driving cars. Their new ride, a custom hybrid Ford Fusion with “radars, laser scanners, and high resolution cameras,” is collecting...
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RoboBee Is A Tiny Drone That Sticks To Almost Any Surface
Image: Vimeo Tiny, insect-like drones with their limited power supplies can have a hard time staying aloft for extended periods of time, but thanks to a Harvard research team, these flying critters can...
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Xiaomi To Launch Its First Drone On May 25
Image: Xiaomi Xiaomi, the Chinese company known for its high-quality, budget consumer electronics, will be launching its first entry into the drone market. As spotted by 9to5Google, a post on Xiaomi’s...
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Autonomous Taxi Startup nuTonomy Raises $16 Million Series A
Image: nuTonomy nuTonomy is a Singapore-based startup developing a fleet of self-driving taxis to make transportation more readily available. With companies like Google and Uber revving up their...
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SoftBank’s Pepper Robot Will Now Take Your Pizza Orders
Image: MasterCard SoftBank Robotics’ Pepper robot will now take your pizza order courtesy of MasterCard and Pizza Hut. Pepper is a customer service robot primarily used in Asia to assist customers in...
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Xiaomi Launches Its First Drone To Rival DJI
Image: Xiaomi Xiaomi, one of China’s largest consumer electronics brands, just unveiled it’s first foray into the drone market, a consumer quadcopter dubbed Mi Drone. It’s your standard consumer...
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