Watch this soft robot walk through snow and get squished by a car
Interesting little concept although I think the locomotion algorithm needs to be refined. http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/08/rugged-soft-robot/
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GM looks back to the future for new Cadillacs that (almost) drive themselves
It seems now all the big automobile brands want to get on the “Self Driving Car” wagon, and this is GM’s take. http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/07/gm-super-cruise-v2v/
Watch MIT’s Atlas humanoid robot drag a metal pillar like it’s nothing
The folks at MIT have been refining their ATLAS humanoid (Boston Dynamics/DARPA) to be able to drag around a metal pillar. Exciting, amazing and scary at the same time! Oh boy, we live in...
Google’s latest object recognition tech can spot everything in your living room
The folks at google are back at it again, this time with something revolutionary in the field of image recognition. http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/cb433fb6c234b014394ad56714ceee8b/200707597/google-image-recognition-tech.jpg Check this for a technical explanation : http://googleresearch.blogspot.ie/2014/09/building-deeper-understanding-of-images.html http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/08/google-details-object-recognition-tech/
This tiny, bipedal robot can somersault and run faster than a toddler
These guys have found a different approach to the walking/running of robot legs. It can do some impressive tricks and doesn’t require high computational resources. http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/02/achires/