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LG Unveils Indoor-outdoor Delivery Robot
LG today unveiled a new delivery robot that can serve both indoor and outdoor environments as LG tries to expand its competitiveness in the robotics sector. LG unveiled its indoor-outdoor delivery robot at the 18th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots in Gangneung. The four-wheel robot boasts enhanced mobility as it can self-adapt to terrain changes.…
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Samsung announces world’s first robot vacuum cleaner equipped with a 3D active stereo-type sensor and Intel AI solution
Samsung today announced the global launch of its new robot vacuum cleaner, Jet Bot AI+, first unveiled at CES 2021. Samsung Jet Bot AI+ is the world’s first robot vacuum that comes with an active stereo-type 3D sensor, which accurately scans a wide area to avoid small, hard-to-detect objects on the floor. Its 3D depth…
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LG to Unveil New Autonomous UV Robot with Disinfecting UV Light at Digital CES 2021
LG today announced that it will unveil a new Autonomous robot with disinfecting UV light for various B2B applications at Digital CES 2021. LG’s new robot is expected to enable a new standard of hygiene by helping to disinfect high-touch, high-traffic areas. Because of its autonomous design, the robot will be able to move easily…
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ANA Opens World’s 1st Store Where Customers can Shop Remotely through an Avatar Robot in Tokyo
ANA partnered with Mitsui Fudosan and Isetan Mitsukoshi opened today the world’s first store equipped with avatar robot across the dynamic Tokyo neighborhood of Nihonbashi. ANA HD avatars will be featured in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi district, starting with the limited pop-up “avatar-in store” which will be open from December 5 to December 24.
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China’s first robot police start working in the city of Handa
China’s first batch of traffic robot police started working in Handan, North China’s Hebei Province. The Handan Public Security Bureau announced the use of three types of traffic robot police in a ceremony on Wednesday. Equipped with intelligent cameras, the robots can spot traffic violations, give offenders verbal warnings, and take photos of incidents. The…
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An AI Powered Palm Sized Robot that swims real fish
+ Style Japan today announced the launch of an AI powered palm-sized robot fish MIRO-5. The robot fish MIRO-5 is equipped with 4 laser sensors and an automatic swimming algorithm. The 4 laser sensors help the robot fish to detect and avoid obstacles in the front, left, right, and lower four directions. Android app allows…
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DoCoMo and Toyota Conduct Successful Remote Control of T-HR3 Humanoid Robot Using 5G
NTT DoCoMo and Toyota have successfully controlled the Toyota-developed T-HR31 humanoid robot in trials using fifth-generation mobile communications2 (5G) under a test environment with control from a remote location (a distance of approximately 10 kilometers) using 5G in an area between two points. The trials confirmed that the T-HR3 is capable of performing tasks that…
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Hong Kong man builds creepy $50k Scarlet Johanssen robot
Remember the movie ‘Her’? We did have one simulation of Scarlet Johanssen there but it was all but a voice and that voice was enough to titillate many. Now a Hong Kong developer has surprised many by creating a robotic rendition of the Black Widow, without exclusively confessing about the same. The robot is the…
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The world’s first farm with robot farmers to open in Japan
Japan has a workforce that is ageing and getting to do physically challenging tasks is getting increasingly harder. Japanese firm, Spread, plans to resolve this problem with technology. Primarily vegetable producers, the company plans to launch the world’s first robot-run farm. The vast indoor farm will be set up in Kyoto, Japan and farming should…
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Table Tennis robot could give Forrest Gump stiff competition
The Omron Table Tennis Robot has come a long way. The CEATEC creation once just returned a ball, much to everyone’s amazement. But now it can do so much more. It comes to pass that the robot has explored a backhand shot as well. The idea of a robot returning shots is something that gives…
