What technologies do we take for granted today that were first developed for lunar missions? How do people feel about climbing aboard hypothetical spaceships piloted by robots?
This Saturday, July 20, marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo lunar land…
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As many folks continue to look skyward in expectation of drone delivery services, they’re missing the development of an increasingly popular delivery technology back on terra firma.
Wheel-based delivery robots may not be quite as …
This could be a love or hate thing.
Screenshot by ZDNetI always thought that the most precious thing in retail was space.
Every last square inch has to be utilized to its fullest, so that when the data analysts descend you can justify the monetary ret…
It wasn’t long ago that using robots in warehouse distribution and fulfillment centers seemed fanciful. Then Amazon came along and bought Kiva, the robotics pioneer that went on to give Bezos an edge in fast delivery, and now robots are ubiquitous in f…
Enlarge / A Tribot leaps ahead of its peers.
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Robots have traditionally been roughly humanoid in form, which has some obvious advantages, in that the robots are better able to integrate into a human-designed environment. But there are lots of envir…
