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Open-source swarm robotics: Custom ESP32 MiniBots turn chess pieces into autonomous robots

A hardware developer known online as 3DprintedLife has unveiled an open-source swarm robotics project ...
New Atlas

Octopus-like robo-arm thinks with its suckers to explore the ocean floor

Robots exploring the ocean floor today use pre-programmed movements, centralized processors, and rigid structures to do their ...

This free Android app turned my phone into a 35-tool measuring tool - and I tested everything

Phyphox can do so much that explaining it all would take hours. The real fun starts once you begin testing the world around ...
The Next Web

MIT’s ultrasound wristband tracks every finger movement and lets you control a robot hand in real time

MIT engineers built an ultrasound wristband that tracks 22 degrees of hand freedom with 120ms latency, enabling real-time robot hand and sign language control.
CNN

Robots are redefining the war in Ukraine – and forcing Russia onto the back foot

There is a whirr, a flurry of dust, a pause as the grainy image recalibrates, and then a devastating blast. Underground, dozens of miles away, veterans of the most brutal urban battles in Ukraine, of ...
The Conversation

Quantum sensors use atoms, electrons and light as ultra‑steady rulers – detecting faint motion, magnetism and gravity for navigation, medicine and science

Quantum computers get a lot of attention, even though they are not ready for prime time, but quantum sensors are already doing useful work. These sensors measure fields, forces and motion so small ...
CNET

I Hiked Using Robot Legs in the Grand Canyon. I Didn’t Even Need My Cane

Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Adam has been a leader in the ...
Phys.org

Quantum sensors use atoms, electrons and light as ultra‑steady rulers

Quantum computers get a lot of attention, even though they are not ready for prime time, but quantum sensors are already doing useful work. These sensors measure fields, forces and motion so small ...
Live Science

World's first 'native' color lidar will let robots and self-driving cars map the world in full color 3D

Ouster has launched the Rev8 set of lidar sensors that function as both a camera and a 3D mapping sensor at the same time. Its engineers say these are the first devices of their kind in the world. A ...
Nanowerk

Graphene aerogel sensor detects pulses, gives robots a sense of touch

Researchers built a flexible graphene aerogel pressure sensor with extreme sensitivity, 20,000-cycle durability and uses in wearables and soft robotics. (Nanowerk News) A research team has developed a ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Using No Soldiers, Just Robots - How Ukraine Captured A Russian Position

Robots and drones were used by Ukrainian forces to capture a Russian position without an infantry assault in what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as a historic first in the war.
Bloomberg L.P.

South Korea Exploring Using Hyundai Robots as Army Numbers Fall

South Korea’s military is exploring a strategic partnership with Hyundai Motor Co. to potentially deploy robotics to the front lines as Seoul accelerates investment in AI-powered, unmanned systems to ...