Royal Marines test ‘throwbots’ that can be lobbed up to 150 feet over walls or into caves and provide real-time video imagery to troops on the ground The Ministry of Defence is pursuing new tech to improve troop effectiveness Throwbots have been tested in Scotland and around and underneath Gibraltar Reconnaissance robots could allow sight … Read more
Scientists are building autonomous repair robots that will use AI to identify and fix potholes in UK roads. The electric, self-driving bots – which are being built by a spin-out company from the University of Liverpool called Robotiz3d – can find small cracks in the road and cover them with asphalt. Researchers say the machines, … Read more
Underwater ROBOTS help scientists answer the age-old question of why fish ‘school’ – showing they can save up to 13 per cent more energy by synchronising their movements Researchers built swimming robotic fish to investigate the purpose of schooling Found the synchronisation of fish in schools saves energy for each individual The fish make use … Read more
The future: Worldwide, more than £5trillion is invested in ETFs Easy, cheap and abundant. That is the lure of Exchange Traded Funds – and investors are increasingly giving in to their appeal. These investment funds, that typically track the performance of specific stock market indices or the value of precious metals such as gold, are … Read more
An AI-powered robotic arm can perform ‘less painful’ colonoscopies to check for bowel cancer by using a magnet to externally steer a camera probe through the gut. The system — from a team led from Leeds — could prove to be the first major update in decades to the procedure, which is used some 100,000 … Read more
Jobs in the hospitality industry will be among the hardest hit by automation as the coronavirus outbreak ‘accelerates the rise of robots’. A study by the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) found the current crisis was increasing demand for less contact with people and fuelling a rise in technology to perform roles … Read more
A new report reveals that robots working in Amazon fulfillment centers are leading to more injuries among human employees – although the e-commerce giant claims the technology reduces incidents. Based on internal records from 150 warehouses, serious injuries were 50 percent higher at facilities with robots than those without, according to the Center for Investigative … Read more
Robots have become key players during the coronavirus pandemic and United Airlines is using one to disinfect planes with the hopes of encouraging people to take flight again. The firm has designed a 100-pound robot to disperse an antimicrobial spray that forms a long-lasting bond on surfaces and hinders the growth of microbes. Called NovaRover, … Read more
An insect-like machine with six individually powered legs that was intended for the battlefield received millions in US government funding during the 1980s. The project to create a fleet of real-life AT-AT walkers from Star Wars started in 1981 at Ohio State University, as the military searched for ways to traverse rough terrain that wheeled … Read more
An army of microscopic robots thinner than a human hair have been created that can be injected into the body to wage war on disease, researchers claim. It resembles the plot of sixties film Fantastic Voyage in which a vehicle was injected into a patient. Scientists inside destroyed his blood clot – with a laser … Read more