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NSF-funded researchers build wall-jumping robot! NSF Science Now 48
In this week’s episode, we learn about a new wall-jumping robot, using sensor-integrated blocks to better identify developmental disabilities, we learn about creatures with camouflage, a new procedure to detect exposure to dangerous...
Next Animation Studio
Mars robots: NASA’s new rover and rocket tosser
NASA’s next Mars lander will have to land the mission’s heavy rover, robotic arm, rocket and rocket tosser.
The Wall Street Journal
CEOs Of Automation Anywhere And UiPath On Robotic Process Automation
Daniel Dines and Mihir Shukla discuss how to get the most out of business process automation investments.
Science360
Robotic Arms
Who do you call if you need a little help with some of life's more complicated tasks...like building a car, performing surgery, or even diffusing a bomb? The people at Barrett Technologies in Cambridge, Massachusetts are always glad to...
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New CoBots are help on wheels
Meet CoBot - short for ""Collaborative Robot."" You might call it ""help on wheels."" With support from the National Science Foundation, computer scientist Manuela Veloso and her team at Carnegie Mellon University are developing CoBots,...
Financial Times
How to get more sleep
A third of people in the UK get less than the recommended 7-9 hours a night, according to the National Sleep Foundation. But ostrich pillows, nap pods, wearable devices and sleep robots can all supposedly help. The FT's Daniel Garrahan...
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Towards automated fact checking with Andreas Vlachos: Capabilities and limitations of the current technology
What can be done comfortably with the current technology? Given the limitations, what would the responsible deployment into real world situations look like? Towards automated fact checking with Andreas Vlachos, Part 1
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New CoBots are 'help on wheels'
Meet CoBot - short for ""Collaborative Robot."" You might call it ""help on wheels."" With support from the National Science Foundation, computer scientist Manuela Veloso and her team at Carnegie Mellon University are developing CoBots,...
Science360
Mind Reading Computer System May Help People With Locked-In Syndrome
Imagine living a life in which you are completely aware of the world around you but you're prevented from engaging in it because you are completely paralyzed. Even speaking is impossible. For an estimated 50,000 Americans this is a harsh...
Lingokids
The Robot Contest - Cartoons for Kids - Part 1 | Lingokids
The Robot Contest - Cartoons for Kids - Part 1 | Lingokids
Next Animation Studio
Fool's Paradise
Max is counting soda bottle caps, when Moon walks in and points out that he's been drinking a LOT of soda lately. Max says he's trying to collect 500 to participate in the soda company's raffle to win the Robo-Captain 4000, a limited...
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Mind Reading Computer System May Help People with Locked-in Syndrome - Science Nation
Imagine living a life in which you are aware of the world around you but you're prevented from engaging in it because you are completely paralyzed. Even speaking is impossible. For an estimated 50,000 Americans this is a harsh reality....
Guinness World Records
From Toys to Giant Walking Machines: A Journey in Engineering
Matt is an animatronics expert, who works on the Star Wars films. In his spare time he builds things like this hexapod robot. He explains some of the challenges he faced in building it. This video could be used to prompt a lesson on...
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Ten years after tsunami, Fukushima cleanup just starting
Experts say cleaning up the leaking nuclear reactors will take another 30 years and billions of dollars more.
PBS
Why Sci Fi is a Mirror on Society
While science fiction is associated with Mars, robots, and cyberpunk, its origin story is shaped throughout several centuries. Check out the origin of science fiction with Lindsay Ellis!
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Japanese startup delivering UAE’s rover to the moon in 2022
Next year’s mission will be the first of three, and will deliver Dubai’s first lunar rover and a Japanese moon robot to the surface of the moon.
Next Animation Studio
NASA proposes steam-powered hopping robot for missions to the solar system’s icy moons
NASA says it might use a steam-powered hopping robot to explore the icy terrain of Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus.
Programming Electronics Academy
Ep. 9: A Talk with William Osman, mechanical engineer and YouTuber
This week Michael sits down with Mechanical Engineer and Youtube sensation William Osman to talk about a few of the projects he's developed using Arduino. William talks about how his desire to build a Motion Control System got him...
Science360
Sandfish Lizard Slithers Into Science Spotlight
In less than a second a sandfish lizard can dig its way into the sand and disappear. Blink and you miss it. The sandfish's slithering moves are inspiring new robotic moves that could one day help search and rescue crews find survivors in...
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Meet Ro-bat, Brown University's Robotic Bat Wing
The strong, flapping flight of bats offers great possibilities for the design of small aircraft, among many other applications. By building a robotic bat wing, Brown University researchers have uncovered flight secrets of real bats. Bat...
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Humanoid robot dives for sunken shipwreck treasure
A humanoid diving robot developed at Stanford University could help scientists get to parts of the ocean that human divers just can't reach. The OceanOne robot was deployed last month to retrieve sunken treasure from an ancient shipwreck...
Curated Video
The Development and Uses of Robots
This video explores the fascinating world of robots, discussing their history, current applications, and future potential. From autonomous machines to humanoid androids, it highlights how robots are already being used in various...
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NSF Science Now 10
Hosted by NSF's Dena Headlee, Science Now is a weekly newscast covering some of the latest in NSF-funded innovation and advances across all areas and disciplines, from astronomy to zoology. This fast paced, news round-up reports many of...