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    The End of Lines Forever? Sensei's Bold Retail Moonshot

    Feb. 21, 2025
    After Walmart's clunky scan-as-you-go and Amazon's abandoned 'Just Walk Out' technology, Sensei's AI-powered supermarket might finally deliver the frictionless grocery shopping...
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    The Future of Home Robotics Is... A Desk Lamp? Apple's ELEGNT Vision
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    The Future of Home Robotics Is... A Desk Lamp? Apple's ELEGNT Vision

    Feb. 14, 2025
    In its boldest move yet, Apple is developing an expressive robotic desk lamp that channels Pixar's beloved mascot—and it might just change how we think about home robotics.
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    "Inside the Factory": The Manufacturing Show You Didn't Know You Needed

    Jan. 31, 2025
    Missing "How It's Made"? The BBC's show delivers hour-long deep dives into production lines, with a fascinating historical twist.
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    Eliza: The $420k AI Companion Robot Bringing AI to Life

    Jan. 24, 2025
    Eliza Wakes Up is a project that's creating a new generation of humanoid robots with AI in a very human-like form to be assistants, conversationalists, and companions.
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    A 3D-rendering of an automated robot bee pollinating a blue orchid.
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    Vertical Farming 2.0: MIT's Robotic Pollinators Could Take Agriculture to New Heights

    Jan. 17, 2025
    MIT researchers are working on creating robotic pollinators to help farmers increase yields while reducing the environmental harm of agriculture.
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    There's a New Type of 3D Printing in Town and It Uses Lasers

    July 12, 2024
    FMAP combines 3D printing and lasers to create multimaterial, multilayered sensors and circuit boards, even going as far as printing sensors embedded within a structure.
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    Robot Beats Guinness World Record of Fastest in the World to Solve Puzzle Cube

    July 5, 2024
    A Guinness World Record has been awarded to an engineering team from Mitsubishi Electric Corporation for creating a robot that can solve a puzzle cube in just 0.3 seconds— demonstrating...
    Fun Innovations Friday: Robot Can Be Your Body-Double With Just 40 Hours of Learning
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    Fun Innovations Friday: Robot Can Be Your Body-Double With Just 40 Hours of Learning

    June 28, 2024
    Researchers from Stanford University have created a robot that can essentially be your clone by learning and mimicking your movements.
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    Running on Wine Corks: The Company Replacing Petroleum-Based Foams in Footwear

    June 14, 2024
    ReCORK and SOLE have created a carbon-negative alternative to fossil fuel foams made completely from recycled wine corks.