Articles about Robotics – Page 5 of 6

Robotics expert moves entire team to University of Washington, including famous Oreo-cracking robot

Researchers inside the University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering in Seattle are developing innovative… Read More

Geek of the Week: With ambitious head start, Zane Young heads to WSU to learn more about robotics

Zane Young loves to build things, and as an incoming freshman at Washington State University, he’s going to build on… Read More

‘Alexa, I’m ready to walk’: Robotics company using Amazon’s AI to help control exoskeleton

It’s one thing to be wowed by Amazon’s Alexa and her ability to turn off Katy Perry, or turn on… Read More

Amazon revs up its robotics challenge at RoboCup, with $250,000 in prizes at stake

Teams from around the world are competing to help create more efficient robots for Amazon — robots that can pick… Read More

Cute robots are taking over as guides at Sea-Tac airport (but don’t worry, humans)

I, for one, welcome our cute new robot overlords at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport – as long as they don’t boss… Read More

‘Amazonians for the day’: Tech giant hosting summer camp to turn students on to STEM

As it continues to hire thousands of new employees in Seattle and across the country, Amazon is also giving school… Read More

Seattle high school robotics team brings home world championship by beating 400 other groups

A robotics team from Seattle’s Ballard High School accomplished what no program from the Pacific Northwest has ever done. The Viking… Read More

By age 6, kids already think boys are better than girls in programming and robotics

There’s a lot of effort to attract women to the computer sciences at universities and the workforce. But to shift… Read More

Delivery robots and robo-farms: Here’s what’s headlining Amazon’s MARS meet-up

Walking robots that could potentially delivery your Amazon Prime package … robotic bees and robo-farms … a cheetah robot controlled… Read More

Gundam? Alien? It’s Jeff Bezos, piloting a giant robot at Amazon’s MARS conference

If you’re one of Amazon’s competitors, be afraid. Be very afraid. Jeff Bezos, the Seattle-based online giant’s billionaire founder, has… Read More

Geek of the Week: Binnur Al-Kazily turns tech into teaching as a high school robotics mentor

Five years ago, the Bainbridge Island, Wa., School District didn’t have a robotics team and the high school had one… Read More

It’s a bat! It’s a plane! It’s Bat Bot, a soft-winged drone that’ll give you the creeps

Holy drone, Batman! Scientists have created a robotic drone with soft, flapping wings that looks and flies like a ghostly… Read More

Geek on the Street: Seattle coffee lovers and makers not buzzing over high-tech robotic barista

Coffee news is big news in a city like Seattle. But the story on Monday originated further down the coast,… Read More

Obama: Amazon is ‘killing traditional retail,’ and ‘relentless’ automation is the real threat to jobs

New U.S. President Donald Trump is focused on expanding the U.S. economy through tougher trade deals with countries including Mexico and… Read More

LEGO gives playtime a Boost with robotics kit that will let kids bring their toys to life

Because little geeks are the future big geeks who will make more cool stuff for all of us, it’s nice… Read More

Otto Robotics raises $1.5 million for its stealthy robo-restaurant venture

Otto Robotics, a stealthy startup that’s working on automated systems to make and deliver food, has raised $1.5 million in… Read More

Chart: Amazon robots on the rise, gaining slowly but steadily on human workforce

Amazon’s workforce has exploded in recent years, more than doubling since the end of 2014, when it employed 154,000 people. As… Read More

Seattle makes history with first Special Olympics robotics championship

Seattle’s Pacific Science Center is busy on your average weekend, but this past Saturday it was bursting. Between the life-sized… Read More

DARPA group will promote best practices for using robots to make satellite repairs in space

Getting a satellite into orbit may be a challenging enough endeavor on its own, but the idea of repairing one… Read More

Donald Trump’s victory brings the jobs vs. automation issue into the spotlight

Six months ago, computer scientist Moshe Vardi felt as if he was a voice crying in the wilderness when it… Read More

Brain implant provides sense of touch with robotic hand – and that’s just the start

A dozen years ago, an auto accident left Nathan Copeland paralyzed, without any feeling in his fingers. Now that feeling is… Read More

Sarcos Robotics raises $10.5M from Microsoft, Caterpillar and GE for heavy-duty robotics technology

Sarcos Robotics, a maker of industrial robots, has secured $10.5 million in funding from investors including Microsoft, Caterpillar Ventures, and… Read More

Neither Trump nor Clinton is addressing the biggest challenge to jobs: automation

Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are both promising to bring good-paying jobs back to America, but analysts say neither… Read More

Pick a winner: Dutch robot rises to Amazon Challenge by grabbing and stowing items the best

Amazon warehouse workers got a glimpse of a potential future co-worker over the holiday weekend when a new champion was crowned… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Solstice Social Good, Future of Robotics, Rails for Women Workshop

Community organizers will kick off a new initiative, Solstice Social Good, in conjunction with Seattle’s annual Fremont Solstice festival, on… Read More

How to train your robot: Treat it like a dog

To figure out the best way for a robot to move, designers have turned to snakes, cheetahs, fish and even… Read More

UW team creates robotic hand that learns to become more dexterous than yours

Pianists, surgeons, typists, gamers and baton-twirlers all learn to use their hands more skillfully as they ply their trade, but what… Read More

This robot surgeon does a superhuman job on sutures – but there’s a catch

Researchers have programmed a robot to sew up intestines autonomously, with more precision than the typical human surgeon achieves. Right now,… Read More

Why your robotic surgeon will have a human overlord looking over its shoulder

A surgeon peers into a high-definition monitor, studies the ragged edge of a heart valve, and twiddles her fingers in a… Read More

BluHaptics wins $747,000 grant to create 3-D piloting system for underwater robots

BluHaptics has received a $747,197 grant from the National Science Foundation to work on a virtual-reality robotic control system that… Read More