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Jun 16, 2020

Boston Dynamics will now sell any business its own Spot robot for $74,500

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, business, robotics/AI

Robotmaker Boston Dynamics has finally put its four-legged robot Spot on general sale. After years of development, the company began leasing the machine to businesses last year, and, as of today, is now letting any US firm buy their very own Spot for $74,500.

It’s a hefty price tag, equal to the base price for a luxury Tesla Model S. But Boston Dynamics says, for that money, you’re getting the most advanced mobile robot in the world, able to go pretty much anywhere a human can (as long as there are no ladders involved).

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Jun 16, 2020

“Hovering” boats could solve one of the biggest problems for electric aircraft

Posted by in categories: drones, physics, robotics/AI, solar power, sustainability

This mouth-full of a boat uses simple physics to create a cushion of air that allows it to effortlessly fly along the tops of ocean waves with near inexhaustible solar energy. The researchers say that this sleek, solar vessel could act as a mobile charging station for drones in the deep ocean or could conduct oceanic search and rescue missions.


Researchers in Russia have designed a solar-powered, and AI piloted, boat that can walk on water and serve as a mid-ocean fuel-up station for drones.

Jun 16, 2020

Artificial Intelligence, & Fully Automated Luxury Capitalism

Posted by in category: robotics/AI

Interesting.


How we can all benefit from cognitive automation.

Jun 15, 2020

NASA is hiring someone to help bring Martian samples back to Earth

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space travel

NASA is planning to bring Martian samples back to Earth — and they’re looking for someone to lead the mission.

The Mars Sample Return (MSR) program, set to take place over the next decade, aims to collect samples of Martian rock, soil, and atmosphere for analysis and testing on Earth.

NASA has previously sent several rovers to Mars, but no program or robot has ever been able to bring back samples, which could give researchers new insights into the Red Planet.

Jun 15, 2020

New Horizons Is So Far From Earth, It Shows Us How Stars Look Different Out There

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

In July 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft made history when it became the first robotic explorer to conduct a flyby of Pluto. This was followed by another first, when the NASA mission conducted the first flyby of a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) on 31 December 2018 – which has since been named Arrokoth.

Now, on the edge of the Solar System, New Horizons is still yielding some groundbreaking views of the cosmos.

For example, we here on Earth are used to thinking that the positions of the stars are “fixed”. In a sense, they are, since their positions and motions are relatively uniform when seen from our perspective.

Jun 15, 2020

How the cultural bias of driverless cars determines who lives and who dies

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, transportation

A survey of millions of people in more than 200 countries shows ethical decisions are never simple.

Jun 15, 2020

BREAKING: US F-15 fighter jet crashes into North Sea off Yorkshire Coast

Posted by in categories: military, robotics/AI

A US military jet has crashed into the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire.

A major operation is underway after the F-15 fighter jet came down near Flamborough Head in East Yorkshire, south of Scarborough. The pilot is yet to be found.

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Jun 15, 2020

New Horizons is so Far From Earth That the Positions of the Stars Look a Little Different From its Perspective

Posted by in categories: robotics/AI, space

In July of 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft made history when it became the first robotic explorer to conduct a flyby of Pluto. This was followed by another first, when the NASA mission conducted the first flyby of a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) on December 31st, 2018 – which has since been named Arrokoth. Now, on the edge of the Solar System, New Horizons is still yielding some groundbreaking views of the cosmos.

For example, we here on Earth are used to thinking that the positions of the stars are “fixed”. In a sense, they are, since their positions and motions are relatively uniform when seen from our perspective. But a recent experiment conducted by the New Horizons team shows how familiar stars like Proxima Centauri and Wolf 359 (two of the closest stars in our neighbors) look different when viewed from the edge of the Solar System.

Located in the constellation Leo, Wolf 359 is an M-type (red dwarf) star that is roughly 7.9 light-years from Earth. It can be found close to the same path the Sun follows through the sky (the ecliptic), but can only be seen with a telescope. And if you’re a Trekkie, you might recognize the name since it was where that major battle with the Borg took place (don’t act like you don’t know!)

Jun 15, 2020

Terra® Robot Mower

Posted by in categories: mapping, robotics/AI

IRobot introduces® Robot Mower. With wireless boundaries and Imprint smart mapping,® knows your lawn like only you do.

Jun 15, 2020

Clone a voice using just a 5 second sample with the help of AI

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, robotics/AI

This post is about some fairly recent improvements in the field of AI-based voice cloning. If we have hours and hours of footage of a particular voice at our disposal then that voice can be cloned using existing methods. But this recent breakthrough enables us to do the same using…