Unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, have been central to the war in Ukraine. Some analysts claim that drones have reshaped war, yielding not just tactical-level effects, but shaping operational and strategic outcomes as well.
The stock of operational robots around the globe hit a new record of about 3.9 million units. This demand is driven by a number of exciting technological innovations. The International Federation of Robotics reports about the top 5 automation trends in 2024:
The model delivers dramatically enhanced performance, with a breakthrough in long-context understanding across modalities.
The model delivers dramatically enhanced performance, with a breakthrough in long-context understanding across modalities.
The model delivers dramatically enhanced performance, with a breakthrough in long-context understanding across modalities.
The model delivers dramatically enhanced performance, with a breakthrough in long-context understanding across modalities.
The model delivers dramatically enhanced performance, with a breakthrough in long-context understanding across modalities.
The model delivers dramatically enhanced performance, with a breakthrough in long-context understanding across modalities.
The model delivers dramatically enhanced performance, with a breakthrough in long-context understanding across modalities.
The model delivers dramatically enhanced performance, with a breakthrough in long-context understanding across modalities.
Hardware businesses are notoriously challenging in the vast, dynamic world of startups. There are over 72,500 startups in the U.S. alone, yet only half have a survival rate beyond five years. In hardware startups, the stats are even worse.
Scientists have been trying to build snakelike, limbless robots for decades. These robots could come in handy in search-and-rescue situations, where they could navigate collapsed buildings to find and assist survivors.
"This successful demo underscored two important mission enablers--the ability to deploy Reliable’s control station wherever the Air Force needs and convert existing aircraft using our aircraft-agnostic autonomous flight system." —Reliable’s Dr. David O’Brien
Cotton is one of the most valuable crops grown in the U.S., with a harvest value of some US$7 billion yearly. It is cultivated across a crescent of 17 states stretching from Virginia to California and is used in virtually every type of clothing, as well as in medical supplies and home goods such as upholstery.
With a brief squeeze, you know whether an avocado, peach or tomato is ripe. This is what a soft robot hand also does, for example, during automated harvesting. However, up until now, such a gripper needed sensors in its 'fingers' to determine whether the fruit was ripe enough.