To help out with costs, the UofRobotics team is looking for sponsors in order to help fund its efforts at World Skills, an international robotics competition. Continue reading
Known as “Calmer” the device simulates the feel of skin-to-skin contact, along with a mother’s heartbeat and breathing rate. Continue reading
The Digital Shaman Project in Japan allows bereaved families to mourn with the help of a Humanoid wearing a 3D-printed mask of their deceased loved one’s face for 49 days. The robot can mimic personality, speech, and imitate hand and head movements, even a sneeze. Continue reading
Students were challenged to build robots that could play hockey, navigate a maze and survive a few rounds in the boxing ring. Continue reading
UBC Okanagan hosted a symposium on Friday to take a closer look at the future job market as more and more careers are replaced by machines and robots. Continue reading
In a world first, a robot was used to perform an aortic valve replacement on a patient diagnosed with aortic stenosis. Continue reading
Houston’s City Council on Wednesday updated one local ordinance to specifically ban individuals from having sex with an “anthropomorphic device,” a device that resembles a human being, at a sexually-oriented business. Continue reading
A lasting tribute to a young boy is intended to bring comfort to patients at a Saskatoon hospital while brightening their stay. Continue reading
Inventors say the pizza-making robot can deliver a pizza every thirty seconds and up to 120 an hour, when a simple human reaches at best 40 pizzas an hour. Continue reading
Scientists in Singapore have designed robots that use artificial intelligence in order to build IKEA chairs — technology they hope will help eliminate frustration for millions of customers, one day soon. Continue reading