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    Roomba’s new $275 Combo Essential may be the budget robot vacuum to beat in 2024

    iRobot iRobot today announced a new, affordable robot vacuum and mop to replace the budget-friendly Roomba 600 Series<!–>. The new Roomba Combo Essential–> surpasses the best-selling 600 Series by adding a mopping feature, 20 times more suction power, up to 120-minute battery life, and 25% better hard floor dirt pickup — all for just $275. […] More

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    Apple reportedly exploring AI-powered home robots, including these two products

    Jason Hiner/ZDNETApple has made several major shifts in its product roadmap within the past year, including putting an end to its electric car project and focusing on developing its presence in the AI space. Apple’s next pivot may be into home robotics. Also: The 15 best robots and AI tech we saw at CES On Wednesday, Apple analyst Mark Gurman — citing insider sources — reported that Apple is exploring developing personal robots. The possible products so far include a mobile robot assistant that follows users around their homes and an advanced tabletop device with a moving display powered by robotics.The robotics development is reportedly happening under John Giannandrea, Apple’s senior vice president of machine learning and AI strategy, who previously led machine intelligence, research, and search teams at Google. Additionally, Matt Costello and Brian Lynch, two Apple executives in the hardware group, have overseen the hardware development of the robots, according to the report.  More

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    Watch a robot excavator controlled like a videogame

    SRI Okay, I admit it, I never outgrew the Tonka toys and the sandbox. With the dawning of a new age of construction robots, that fascination has merely transferred to the high-tech descendants of those big yellow construction machines.  For example, I could watch this robot excavator dig all day. The truth is, you’re going […] More

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    Uber is eating up the market for autonomous delivery

    Uber Autonomous delivery company Nuro and Uber announced a new 10-year partnership to use Nuro’s autonomous, electric delivery vehicles for food deliveries in the United States. This partnership is the result of growing potential — and demand — for last-mile autonomous delivery of goods and services and opens up autonomous delivery technology to Uber Eats merchants/restaurants of […] More

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    Robots have rushed in to fill jobs people don't want. What happens if recession hits?

    <figure uuid="337efd12-02a0-4e47-9a2a-98f5e413990f" size="original" float="none" image-caption=" Amazon will soon deploy the Proteus robot in fulfillment and sorting centers. ” image-credit=”Amazon” image-alt-text=”Amazon automation in action.” image-filename=”assets-aboutamazon.png” image-date-created=”2022/06/23″ image-width=”1320″ image-height=”743″ image-do-not-crop=”false” image-do-not-resize=”false” image-watermark=”false” lightbox=”false” preload=”true” class=”c-shortcodeImage u-clearfix c-shortcodeImage-large c-shortcodeImage-hasCaption”> Amazon will soon deploy the Proteus robot in fulfillment and sorting centers. AmazonWhat’s the state of retail and e-commerce? […] More

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    Drone company gets unlimited commercial approval from FAA

    <figure uuid="dda38d8e-662d-4703-a0ed-8ca5922c5903" size="original" float="none" image-caption=" American Robotics Scout drone ready for deployment. ” image-credit=”American Robotics” image-alt-text=”A drone on a launching pad in a field.” image-filename=”ar-scout.jpg” image-date-created=”2022/01/23″ image-width=”3500″ image-height=”1975″ image-do-not-crop=”false” image-do-not-resize=”false” image-watermark=”false” lightbox=”false” class=”c-shortcodeImage u-clearfix c-shortcodeImage-large c-shortcodeImage-hasCaption”> American Robotics Scout drone ready for deployment. American RoboticsThe age of the commercial drone is upon us. If regulation […] More