@ChiefRobot

Your daily dose of robots. Image Usual Suspects by Eric Joyner & used with permission. Also https://xitter.cf/t.co/j7sCSO7evi

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Joined October 2008
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Favorite exchange over the years here was with @AstroRobonaut when China temporarily lost a moon rover.
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Now also on Mastodon as @ChiefRobot@mas.to. We will see how long I keep both going.
Today, Boston Dynamics celebrates 30 years of innovation, exploration, and collaboration! We're excited to see what the next thirty years holds for us and for the robotics industry.
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Dennis Hong@DennisHongRobot6 Nov 2022
Our #robot #BALLU touring around the booths at the Avatar @XPRIZE Tech Fair. @RoMeLaUCLA @UCLAMechAeroEng @UCLAengineering – at Santa Monica, CA
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Seems like this is a great solution in the right situation.
🤖ScottsRobots🤖@scottmonaghan4 Nov 2022
Had a chance to speak to these guys & I've seen these in action. They're very impressive! A real step towards the Rosie-the-Robot dreams that have driven many of us, and it will also change folks lives for the better! I urge you to check it out even if robots aren't your thing!
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Labrador Systems deploy first elder care robot, a high tech bar cart or tea trolley. tcrn.ch/3FGNrVF
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Richard Kadrey@Richard_Kadrey2 Nov 2022
We've had a good run. See you in the slurry pits, meat pies.
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Update: According to TechCrunch, they raised $100 million. techcrunch.com/2022/07/12/ch…

Robot pony maker backed by Chinese EV giant Xpeng nabs $100M

Xpeng Robotics, a bionic robot maker affiliated with Xpeng, raised $100 million in a Series A round led by IDG Capital.

techcrunch.com
ChiefRobot 🤖@ChiefRobot9 Sep 2021
A Chinese EV startup wants to build a ridable robot unicorn for kids. Unicorn robot! engadget.com/xpeng-robot-uni…

A Chinese EV startup wants to build a ridable robot unicorn for kids - Engadget

Chinese EV maker Xpeng has teased a robot unicorn your kids can ride — but most of its details are still a mystery.

engadget.com
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Brendan Schulman@RobotPolicy1 Nov 2022
By popular demand in reply to the picture, here’s a robot llama video 🤖🦙
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Swimming With a Robot 'Mermaid': Up Close With Stanford's Deep-Water Explorer cnet.co/3sOhLWY

Swimming With a Robot 'Mermaid': Up Close With Stanford's Deep-Water Explorer - CNET

The OceanOneK is designed to explore up to 1 kilometer below the surface of the water, but even at shallow depths, swimming alongside this robot is impressive.

cnet.com
For those experimenting with the great Twitter exodus.
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Check out this octopus-inspired tentacle robot | Popular Science popsci.com/technology/harvar…

This spooky robot uses inflatable tentacles to grab delicate items

The engineers at Harvard used hollow rubber tubing to craft a robot hand which can grab houseplants, glass tubing, and more.

popsci.com
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Music for Robots, 1962 ad gameraboy2.tumblr.com/post/6…
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Meet Grace, the humanoid robot offering companionship in a Montreal nursing home. cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/…

Meet Grace, the humanoid robot offering companionship in a Montreal nursing home | CBC News

The goal of the robot is to keep seniors company and break social isolation. It's part of a study led by Montreal's Jewish General Hospital to improve mental health in older adults.

cbc.ca
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Massimo Banzi
@mbanzi21 Oct 2022
It's always funny how things that are stupidly simple for a human are complicated for a robot :)
NowThis Impact
@nowthisimpact21 Oct 2022
University of Tokyo researchers developed a 'two-armed' robot that can peel a banana without squashing it. The robot learns through a 'deep imitation learning' process where developers repeatedly demonstrated the peeling action hundreds of times in order for the robot to copy it.

Two-Armed Robot in Japan Successfully Peels Banana

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have developed a 'two-armed' robot that can successfully peel a banana without squashing it

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Yes please!
Open Robotics@OpenRoboticsOrg19 Oct 2022
New Poiq robot from @Sony announced at @rosconjp! Adorable!
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Cat robot delivers food in NYC restaurant. cnn.com/videos/travel/2022/1…
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Scott Kirsner@ScottKirsner17 Oct 2022
A new wave of robots is arriving—and, in a world short of workers, business leaders are more eager to welcome them than ever wsj.com/articles/meet-the-ar… via @WSJ #robotics #automation
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WTF? Art robot.
萩原幸也 ®️
@onipro14 Oct 2022
手のダチョウ。アーティストのティム・ルイスの作品。 xitter.cf/cypnk/status/139083418…
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