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U.S. Marines to Get 'Alpha' Exoskeleton for Super Strength
The U.S. Marine Corps will test use-cases for Guardian XO Alpha, a wearable robotic exoskeleton from the defense-focused subsidiary of Sarcos Robotics.
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For Robots, It’s a Time to Shine (and Maybe Disinfect)
The pandemic has turned cleaning and other mundane building tasks into a challenge, stoking interest in machines as cost-effective solutions.
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The Star of This $70 Million Sci-Fi Film Is a Robot
Meet Erica, an android believed to be Hollywood's first fully autonomous artificially intelligent actor. Can she overcome the uncanny valley?
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Scientists Engineer 3D-Printed Bricks That Aid in Bone, Soft Tissue Repair
Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have built three-dimensionally printed bricks that can be used to heal broken bones and damaged soft tissue.
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Steampunk Venus Rover Ideas Win NASA Contest to 'Explore Hell' With Clockwork Robots
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory received 572 entries from 82 countries in a contest to generate ideas for replacing traditional spacecraft sensors in its future...
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Computing is the New Horsepower, Carmaker Audi Says
The automaker's Project Artemis aims to overtake Tesla as the industry leader in software.
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AR Tool Shown to Help Surgeons Remotely Guide First Responders in Battlefield-Like Scenarios
Researchers developed and tested an augmented reality headset that helps surgeons remotely guide medics through performing surgery in simulated war zones.
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IBM Partners with Japanese Business, Academia in Quantum Computing
IBM has launched a research partnership with Japanese industry and academia to expedite quantum computing innovations.
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NASA Launched Its New Perseverance Rover to Mars
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Thursday launched its new Mars rover, Perseverance.
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Laser Inversion Enables Multi-Materials 3D Printing
Columbia Engineering researchers have created a technique that could enable multi-materials manufacturing by three-dimensional printing.
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Engineers Built “Giant Atoms” That Enhance Quantum Computers
Massachusetts Institute of Technology engineers hope their giant atoms lead to a simpler, enhanced form of quantum computers.
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U.S. Computer Sales Spiked in the Rush to Work From Home
Computer makers were caught off guard by the huge surge in demand for laptops, with many retailers and distributors struggling to keep up during the early period...
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Ford to Use Boston Dynamics Robots to Map Manufacturing Facilities
Ford will use two of Boston Dynamics' Spot robots to help the automaker update the original engineering plans of a transmission manufacturing plant, as a pilot...
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NIST's Post-Quantum Cryptography Program Enters 'Selection Round'
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology initiated the third round of reviewing algorithms submitted to form the core of the first post-quantum cryptography...
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Robot Usage is Soaring During Pandemic
Conditions are ideal for a massive adoption boost to robotic and software automation technologies.
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Meet Scout: Amazon Is Taking Its Prime Delivery Robots to the South
Amazon has announced the deployment of its Scout autonomous delivery system to Atlanta, GA, and Franklin, TN, following year-long pilots elsewhere.
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'Quantum Rainbow'--Photons of Switching Colors Allow Room-Temperature Quantum Computing
Purdue University engineers have developed a quantum random walk method that could eventually allow computers to sift through data at incredibly fast speeds.
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Self-Driving Industry Takes to the Highway After Robotaxi Failure
FThe autonomous vehicle industry is refocusing on more-profitable opportunities after efforts to commercialize robotaxis failed to live up to the hype.
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