Some news on the Robot Overlords front from local researchers: Dexai Robotics of Somerville has raised $5.5 million for its robotic sous-chef replacement, called Alfred.
MIT scientists are working on robots that can be trained at home tasks, such as setting tables, simply by watching you.
And Harvard researchers have built a tentaclebot - complete with suction cups - that works like an octopus tentacle to grab and manipulate things.
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But do the robots have the new
By roadman
Fri, 03/06/2020 - 11:33am
GPP (genuine people personality) feature?
sex robot
By onelith
Fri, 03/06/2020 - 11:35am
This food robot is all well and good but when are the sex robots arriving?(smirk)
All robots are sex robots--if
By Milwaukee Mike
Fri, 03/06/2020 - 3:45pm
All robots are sex robots--if you keep an open mind and bring plenty of WD-40, that is.
Um, Dave...
By Friartuck
Fri, 03/06/2020 - 12:09pm
"Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over.
I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you."
Robots perfect the art of cooking hot dogs
By adamg
Sat, 03/07/2020 - 12:48pm
Boston University reports.
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