Members of the San Francisco hacker collective Noisebridge brought along an autonomous wheeled robot designed to fetch beverages from a fridge or follow humans based on facial recognition.
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The deal comes as Makani carries out the first fully autonomous flights of robot kites bearing its power-generating propellers.
One factor that contributes to making a robot autonomous is their power supply.
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If a robot is autonomous and capable of learning, can its designer be held responsible for all its actions?
RP-VITA is the first autonomous navigation remote presence robot to receive FDA clearance.
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This autonomous, solar-powered robot carries a ground-penetrating radar to study how snow accumulates, adding layer upon layer to the ice sheet over time.
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All the EcoBot systems were meant to mimic real digestion and respiration (an artificial metabolism) in order to create a robot capable of autonomous behavior.
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While we aren't certain if the robot is completely autonomous or controlled by some greater being (read: the off-duty chef), it has reportedly increased business by "20 to 30 percent" since joining the staff, so if your diner needs a reliable assistant on the cheap, be sure to peep this guy in action.
The robot combines the latest in autonomous navigation and mobility technologies developed by iRobot with state-of-the-art telemedicine and electronic health record integration developed by InTouch Health.
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But bringing it back to the new age-old question what is a robot, Bokhari believes a robot is an intelligent, autonomous machine capable of doing a range of specialized tasks.
With this in mind Dr Hover and Mr Englot, along with a team of colleagues, used a robot known as the Hovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (HAUV), which was developed at MIT and has since been commercialised by a company called Bluefin Robotics.
Ava, an app ready robot, uses tablet-based control and autonomous navigation to maneuver in complex real world environments.
The Wave Glider is the first autonomous device to turn ocean waves into energy: a robot for the sea.
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