Scientists Give Robots Skin With Pain Sensations And Human-Like Reflexes

Robot skin that senses touch and pain — and triggers instant reflexes — makes robots more like humans. It probably also makes ...
AFCEA

Processing Technologies Give Robots The Upper Hand

For example, mobile robots in 1970 could move at a speed of only 6 meters per hour. This would involve movement in 1-meter increments separated by 10-minute processing breaks, and after a while many ...
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Robot 'skin' from China lets humanoids feel pain and react fast

Humanoid robots are starting to gain something that once belonged firmly in the realm of science fiction: a sense of pain.

Robots can feel pain soon? New electronic skin brings human-like reflexes closer to reality

Scientists in Hong Kong have created an advanced electronic skin that enables robots to sense touch and respond to pain in a ...
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New robotic skin lets humanoid robots sense pain and react instantly

If you accidentally put your hand on a hot object, you'll naturally pull it away fast, before you have to think about it.
Business Wire

Acceleration Robotics Announce and Open Sources ROBOTCORE®, the First Robotic Processing Unit – Specialized in ROS Computations

ROBOTCORE® is a processing unit for the robotics architect that maps robotics computations efficiently to its CPUs, GPU and FPGA to obtain faster robots and with additional real-time capabilities.
Computerworld

Robots to get more processing power with Intel’s Xeon D chips

Intel’s Xeon server chips dominate hardware in data centers, and now they could also end up powering robots on factory floors. The new line of Xeon D chips, announced Monday, are designed primarily ...
ZDNet

Swinburne University researchers develop blood donation processing robot

Researchers from Swinburne University of Technology have developed a robotic prototype designed to help staff automate the processing of blood donation packs. Currently, processing blood donation is a ...