Tagged: Robot

NASA’s plans to explore the ice moons of the Solar System are getting more detail as the space agency is developing a robot that would use steam to power itself in deep space. In a post to its website, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory notes researchers...

Building robots is hard. It’s easiest if the robot has a dedicated function and environment. In those cases, you can create a design that works best within the robot’s surroundings and is the most efficient use of energy. But as a robot’s purpose and surroundings...

There are some things a robot can’t do, but catching a flying object is no longer one of them. With its four-fingered, three-jointed hand, a new robot can catch a ball, a bottle or a tennis racket thrown in its direction in less than five-hundredths...

A big deal is made of the poor parents quarantined during a pandemic with toddlers, or roommates stuck together in an apartment they can’t escape, but what about the lonely people who have nobody to talk to? As common as feelings of loneliness and isolation...