#robotics

8:53pm, 18th April, 2019

How Squishy Robotics created a robot that can be safely dropped out of a helicopter

If you want to build a robot that can fall hundreds of feet and be no worse the wear, legs are pretty much out of the question. The obvious answer, then, is a complex web of cable-actuated rods. Obvious to anyway, whose robots look delicate but are i...

Talk all things robotics and AI with TechCrunch writers

2:58pm, 15th April, 2019

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Talk all things robotics and AI with TechCrunch writers

This Thursday, we’ll be hosting our third annual at . The day is packed start-to-finish with intimate discussions on the state of robotics and deep learning with key founders, investors, researchers and technologists. The event will dig into recent d...

Amazon buys warehouse robotics startup Canvas Technology

6:37pm, 10th April, 2019

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Amazon buys warehouse robotics startup Canvas Technology

Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday said it had acquired Canvas Technology, a robotics startup in Boulder, Colorado, that has built autonomous carts that can move goods around warehouses.

Daimler buys Torc Robotics stake for self-driving trucks

10:55am, 29th March, 2019

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Daimler buys Torc Robotics stake for self-driving trucks

Daimler Trucks has agreed to buy a majority stake in self-driving truck software maker Torc Robotics as part of a broader push to develop autonomous vehicles.

Daimler buys Torc Robotics stake in self-driving trucks push

8:49am, 29th March, 2019

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Daimler buys Torc Robotics stake in self-driving trucks push

Daimler Trucks has agreed to buy a majority stake in autonomous truck software maker Torc Robotics as part of a broader push to develop self-driving vehicles.

This robotics museum in Korea will construct itself (in theory)

9:03pm, 20th February, 2019

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This robotics museum in Korea will construct itself (in theory)

The planned Robot Science Museum in Seoul will have a humdinger of a first exhibition: its own robotic construction. It’s very much a publicity stunt, though a fun one — but who knows? Perhaps robots putting buildings together won’t be so uncommon in...

Johnson & Johnson to buy private robotics firm Auris for $3.4 billion

9:45am, 13th February, 2019

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Johnson & Johnson to buy private robotics firm Auris for $3.4 billion

Johnson & Johnson is buying privately held surgical robotics company Auris Health Inc for about $3.4 billion in cash, the healthcare conglomerate said on Wednesday, as it continues its push into robotics.

Elon Musk takes us inside Boring Companys tunnel | What The Future

1:34pm, 7th November, 2018

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Elon Musk takes us inside Boring Companys tunnel | What The Future

In this week's What The Future, Elon Musk walks through the Boring Company's new LA tunnel. We also look at a robot that changes its shape to get where it ...

11:33pm, 2nd October, 2018

Space

NanoRacks names its space outpost team, including Stratolaunch and Olis Robotics

An artist’s conception shows a Centaur upper-stage booster that’s been outfitted to become an orbital outpost. (NanoRacks Illustration) It takes a village to raise an space outpost, and NanoRacks’ array of villagers includes as well as , the startup...

11:10am, 7th September, 2018

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The Ocean Cleanup is about to launch

The Ocean Cleanup is getting set to head for the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Also, the world's first adult cam-bot, and a car made out of LEGOs you can ...