What can undersea cables tell us about earthquakes?
Scientists use fiber-optic cables to monitor quakes, measure ocean waves, and understand fault lines.
Scientists use fiber-optic cables to monitor quakes, measure ocean waves, and understand fault lines.
Known for its humanoid robot Pepper, SoftBank Robotics now introduces Whiz, an automated commercial vacuum service. Pricing starts at $499 per month.
Geoscientists invented a machine learning tool to sift through satellite data.
Robots could help narrow the gap between supply and demand in the construction industry.
E. coli is bad when it contaminates your food, but it can actually be good for robots. Scientists say synthetic bacteria could eventually repair a robot, generate energy, or detect chemicals in the environment.
A new study from Zurich demonstrates that people learned new rowing skills faster when a robot taught them how to do it.
The automotive industry has been revolutionized by incorporating robots to their work. Now, architects want to try out applying robots to construction sites.
So, why would an architecture firm bother experimenting with robots? The automotive industry was revolutionized by robotics, but it's a lot harder to apply robotics to buildings.
MIT engineers say that Jenga captures the essential challenges in manipulation that industrial robots face.
Researchers at Yale University have developed a robotic system that helps robots be more polite (and more importantly, more useful).
