Meet Stevie II - Ireland's first AI robot designed to help care for older people
The technology behind the new robot has been tested with Irish seniors, and was unveiled to the media today.
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The technology behind the new robot has been tested with Irish seniors, and was unveiled to the media today.
The simulator is used by RCSI medical students to prepare them for the real-life labour ward.
The Taoiseach has said “almost anyone in employment at all levels” could be affected.
The ‘robot’ was shown dancing and singing on Russia’s main TV news channel.
A team of researchers at Trinity have been given funding by Enterprise Ireland to develop a robot to assist with the elderly.
The robot insisted that “we will never replace people, but we can be your friends and helpers.”
The snooker legend has suggested he will no longer give frank or in-depth interviews to the media.
The robot is the first of its kind and could lead to future soft robots that could perform tasks traditional robots can’t access.
“Why? Why was I programmed to feel pain?”
The tiny robot can patch wounds, retrieve foreign objects or deliver medicine inside the stomach.
Whether you think it looks like her is another story entirely.
Part transport device, part robot helper.
VertiGo uses two propellers to lift itself up and create traction, allowing it to drive on walls.
The makers say the autonomous robot will carry out local deliveries and do so in the space of 5 – 30 minutes.
It’s the size of a paperclip.
We now have fewer places to hide.
It’s able to exert force of up to 16 times its own body weight without breaking the water.
Independent robot that don’t need no man.
It could make bricklayers a thing of the past.
The first 1,000 units of Pepper sold out in its native Japan and more are being planned.
Tiny, tiny robots. Tiny!
The little robot thought it was doing its job and the woman escaped serious injury.
The robot probe managed to transfer all of the data it collected to its mother ship before it took its eternal nap.
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The soft robot arm is made out of rubber and is designed to move in confined spaces.
It does have a creepy stare, though.
It’s a system called JEROS, or “jellyfish elimination robotic swarm”.
If you happen to be in Düsseldorf airport, that is.
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Pepper, a robot that can understand human emotions and learn from human interactions, will go on sale in Japan for €1,420.
The OutRunner can reach speeds of up to 32km/h and can run on various terrain like gravel, grass and downhill without losing its balance.
Robin allows elderly people to connect with friends, family and medical professionals and can also watch for falls and monitor blood pressure.
The US President is currently on a four-day tour of Asia.
However, the six-man crew is not currently in danger, officials have said.
Gonna take pollution down to zero…
Put it down on your calendar.
How would you feel about a robot looking after you?
The prototype was unveiled at Trinity College Dublin earlier this afternoon.