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How the Air Force Is Using Robot Dogs for Security

Meet the Ghost Dog - a semi-autonomous robot developed by Ghost Robotics and tested by the U.S. Air Force. Designed for ...

A robot programmed to act like a 7-year-old girl works to combat fear and loneliness in hospitals

Robin is a therapeutic robot programed to act like a 7-year-old girl as it travels around nursing homes and hospitals’ pediatric units providing emotional support while helping to combat staffing shor ...
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Ultimate Robotic Dog that Can Walk

Discover how to build your very own robotic dog from plywood—a fantastic option when having a real dog isn't possible! Though ...
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Dog crate-sized robot factory learns to assemble electronics by watching humans

Developed by MicroFactory, the general-purpose tabletop robot can be trained with the help of AI or human demonstration. The ...

This $30M startup built a dog crate-sized robot factory that learns by watching humans

MicroFactory has more than 100 preorders for its general-purpose tabletop robotic factory, which it hopes to start shipping ...
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Chip-based laser device delivers coherent light across widest spectrum yet

Researchers engineered a chip-based OPO that creates stable, coherent light across broad ranges. Laser-like light that spans ...