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Choosing the right shape will be vital for a robot’s ability to traverse a particular terrain. And it’s impossible to build and test every potential form. But now an MIT-developed system makes it possible to simulate them and determine which design works best.

Warming waters and oxygen depletion in the Red Sea could slow the flow of organic carbon from the surface into the deep ocean where it can be stored, out of reach of the atmosphere. A team of the King Abdullah University of Science & Technology has used an underwater robot to investigate the little-studied mesopelagic, or “twilight,” zone, at depths of between 100 and 1000 meters.

The sexrobot industry should include older adults with disabilities in the design and marketing of its products, to support their emotional health and wellbeing and help counter ageism and stereotyping, argues Dr Nancy Jecker in the Journal of Medical Ethics.

Pudo Robotics announced today the release of Puductor2, an anti-pandemic robot. This intelligent robot has two disinfection modes of ultra-dry mist and UV-C ultraviolet ray, featuring large domain of walk, long detection distance, high positioning accuracy, and stronger environmental adaptability. Puductor2 further expands its scope of application to include such locations as government halls, schools, medical institutions, waiting rooms, airports, subways, banks and other public places.

Percepto, provider of autonomous inspection by industrial robotics, announced a strategic investment of $45 million led by Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT) to launch a solution for remote, fully autonomous, asset monitoring, inspection and compliance of industrial sites. This includes the partnering of autonomous robots with drones.

As our working lives have changed, we have also seen the increased use of Robotic Process Automation (RPA) across every sector of the economy. It has made the difference between organizations being able to continue operating and falling apart. A new report delves into the way in which RPA has turned a corner and is now one of the most important technologies available to us as we continue to deal with the crisis.

Rising integration of IoT in robots for cost-efficient predictive maintenance is one of the drivers for the Smart Robot Market, which is expected to grow rapidly the coming years. According to a report by Research and Markets  the global Smart Robots Market is expected to grow from USD 6.1 Billion in 2020 to USD 23.0 Billion by 2025.

Northwestern University researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (A.I.) platform that detects COVID-19 by analyzing X-ray images of the lungs.

The MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future, a multi-disciplinary initiative examining how emerging technologies are changing the nature of work, has released three research briefs focused on manufacturing. The briefs examine the adoption of new technologies by U.S. manufacturers as well as the development of new transformative manufacturing technologies: additive manufacturing (AM) and industrial robotics.

Cognite, vendor of  Global industrial AI software-as-a-service (SaaS), has partnered with exploration and production company Aker BP to deploy Spot, the quadruped robotic dog, to pioneer the remote controlled offshore mission on the Skarv installation, 210 kilometers offshore in the North Sea.