Meet the Chinese Startup Using AI—and a Team of Human Workers—to Train Robots

AgiBot is using AI-powered robots to do new manufacturing tasks. Smarter machines may transform physical labor in China.
Interesting Engineering

Programmable materials create motor-less finger that offers stable positions for robotics

A programmable metamaterial finger can lock into four positions without electronics. A simpler, more functional future for ...
Indiatimes

From Manholes to Machines: Maharashtra Transforms Sewer Cleaning 100 Robotic Sewer-Cleaners, Rs 100 Crore Investment High-Tech Move to End Manual Scavenging (Photos)

To prevent deaths from suffocation, Maharashtra has launched a state-level scheme called ‘From Manhole to Machine Hole’. This program will ensure that human labor is gradually replaced by machines in ...
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Maharashtra: 100 robotic sewer cleaners to be bought for Rs 100cr; manual scavenging to end

MUMBAI: In a major step towards ending manual scavenging in Maharashtra, the state govt has decided to buy 100 vehicle-mounted robotic sewer-cleaning machines for Rs 100 crore. The initiative aims to ...
IEEE

Image-Based Scene Recognition for Robot Navigation Considering Traversable Plants and Its Manual Annotation-Free Training

Abstract: This paper describes a method of estimating the traversability of plant parts covering a path and navigating through them for mobile robots operating in plant-rich environments. Conventional ...
IEEE

MPC Design of a Continuum Robot for Pulmonary Interventional Surgery Using Koopman Operators

Abstract: This letter focuses on the flexible tube of a bronchoscope robot used in pulmonary intervention surgery, which is considered as a continuum robot. The dynamics model is proposed based on the ...