🤖 Robotics
Robots can do hard, dangerous and repetitive tasks 24/7 and they are fast getting more advanced and helpful.
🕷 World's smallest robots could help with surgeries and maintenance
Engineers have created half-milimeter robo-crabs that could have interesting implementations.
🤖 This robot chef can "taste" the food
A robot that can test how the taste changes as we chew will be able to cook tastier food tailored to each person's preference.
🤖 "Star" operates "significantly better" than a human surgeon
With the help of machine learning, researchers have taught a robot to perform bowel surgery on its own - and even better than human surgeons can.
🤖 Boston Dynamics Stretch robot gets a job at DHL's warehouse
A robot should be able to automatically unload DHL's trucks when they enter the warehouse.
🚢Liquid robot can fight oil spills
A "robot film" that can navigate through an oil spill and absorb oil could give us more efficient ways to manage spills.
💡 This is how the drones are taking over
People underestimate the potential of drone technology. Millions of vaccine doses and a thousands of coffee cups have already been delivered with drones. But more is to be expected, predicts Maria Eriksson.
🤖 Bubbles and robots keep rivers clean
Students are using bubbles, robots and artificial intelligence to clear the world’s rivers from plastics.
🪨 Historic moment – first rock sample from Mars
The NASA rover "Perseverance" collected its first rock sample from Mars earlier this month. A historic moment with implications for human understanding of Mars.
🏥 Xenobots – how the first living robot will change healthcare
Xenobots - small robots built of skin cells can be an important tool of the future, in everything from cancer treatment to curing old age.