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Boston Dynamics’ Spot Robot Crosses the Last Fifty Feet to Your Door

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14
jul

Boston Dynamics just gave its yellow four-legged Spot robot a new assignment that still stumps most machines. Spot now hauls packages from a delivery van and sets them carefully on doorsteps, closing the short but costly stretch that carriers call the porch gap. Spot emerges from the back of a delivery van. A driver places […]

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MIT’s New Flapping Robot Flies, Swims, and Launches From Water Like a Puffin

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14
jul

Photo credit: Raphael Zufferey / John FreidahEngineers at MIT have built a compact machine that flaps its wings to travel through air and water with equal capability. The device tips the scales at 250 grams and reaches flight speeds near 6 meters per second while managing almost 1 meter per second when submerged. It also […]

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