Real robots have more and more in common with science fiction robots every day. Not enough that you need to worry about them rising up against humans, but you should maybe consider being nicer to your smartphone...
Real robots have more and more in common with science fiction robots every day. Not enough that you need to worry about them rising up against humans, but you should maybe consider being nicer to your smartphone...
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[Truth or Fail]
Plesiosaur Swimming
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/odd-swimming-style-plesiosaurs-decoded-robot
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2017.0951
RangerBot
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/rangerbot-programmed-to-kill/
https://www.sciencealert.com/rangerbot-great-barrier-reef-conservation-crown-of-thorns-starfish
https://www.qut.edu.au/news?id=137688
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zjKTvj0lB4
Firefighting Robot
https://www.theverge.com/2015/2/5/7986345/firefighting-robot-saffir-prototype-us-navy
Lifeguard Robot
https://mentitude.com/ocean-alpha-dolphin-1-unmanned-usrv/
[Fact Off]
Clothing robot
http://www.news.gatech.edu/2018/05/14/robot-teaches-itself-how-dress-people
https://futurism.com/pr2-ai-robot-dressing-gown
https://robots.ieee.org/robots/pr2/
Video of the dressing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYj7gHQ_fwY
Parasitic turtle robots
https://phys.org/news/2017-05-parasitic-robot-waypoint-turtle.html
[Ask the Science Couch]
Synthetic skin
https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=85&contentid=P01336
https://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/4/32/eaax2198
https://www.tum.de/nc/en/about-tum/news/press-releases/details/35732/
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8812712
OmniSkin
https://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/3/22/eaat1853
https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/24/17895328/robotic-skin-flexible-soft-robotics-yale-nasa-space
[Butt One More Thing]
https://www.sciencealert.com/this-robotic-rectum-lets-doctors-get-a-feel-for-prostate-exams