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- 1GTA 5 mod turns Thomas into a giant robot to fight Diesel 10●SAVING THOMAS and UPGRADE to Giant ROBOT THOMAS to Fight DIESEL 10 in GTA5!
Players are sharing a GTA 5 mod scenario in which Thomas the Tank Engine is rescued and upgraded into a giant robot to battle the villain Diesel 10. The clip has drawn over 640,000 likes, with viewers enjoying the absurd mashup of the children's railway character and over-the-top video game action.
- 2Rice-grain-sized robots team up to treat heart infection▼🤖 NEWS: Engineers at # JohnsHopkins built two rice-grain-sized # robots that cooperate to treat infective # endocarditis
Engineers at Johns Hopkins University have developed two microscopic robots, each about the size of a grain of rice, that work together to treat infective endocarditis, a serious infection of the heart's inner lining. The miniature machines cooperate to target the infection, offering a potential minimally invasive alternative for a condition that normally requires strong antibiotics or surgery.
- 3Hobbyist builds robot arm that can play chess●My current project! Hit a milestone yesterday: I can actually play a game of chess against my robot arm! # chess # robot
A developer has reached a personal milestone in a home robotics project: their robot arm can now play a full game of chess against a human opponent. The setup appears to use the Stockfish chess engine and a Raspberry Pi to drive the arm's moves. The announcement drew a small wave of attention from the maker and robotics community.
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ADI, the chipmaker Analog Devices, is working with robotics startups to help them scale their businesses. According to The Robot Report, the company supports early-stage robotics companies as they move from prototypes to production, providing hardware components and engineering expertise that help startups overcome common manufacturing and integration challenges in the fast-growing robotics sector.
- 5Roboticist spends days fixing timestamp consistency across software stack●I've been deep-down in the software stack since yesterday making sure that time stamps are consistent and monotonic acro
A developer working in robotics reports spending over a day deep in the software stack ensuring that time stamps are consistent and monotonic across the whole system. They describe the work as tedious and unglamorous, producing no cool videos, but say it is the kind of unsexy engineering that makes everything else function properly, a sentiment many engineers share.
- 6UCSB Engineer Builds Autonomous Soft Robot for Stroke Surgery▼UCSB Engineer Develops Autonomous Soft Robot to Expand Lifesaving Stroke Surgery Access
An engineer at the University of California, Santa Barbara has developed an autonomous soft robot aimed at expanding access to lifesaving stroke surgery. The device is designed to help perform procedures that remove blood clots, potentially bringing treatment to hospitals and regions that lack specialist surgeons. Coverage so far focuses on the technology's promise for widening availability of time-critical stroke care.
- 7Robotics students challenged to make robots roll straight●Tomorrow my fledgling roboticists face a challenge of epic proportions: Make an actual # robot roll in a straight line a
An instructor says their beginner robotics students will take on a deceptively simple test tomorrow: getting a robot to roll in a straight line without colliding with anything. The challenge, described with the tagline 'Physics is a harsh mistress,' highlights how even basic navigation tasks demand real engineering from newcomers.
- 8Why a robot's hand is harder to build than its brain▼‘The physics of grasping’: Why a robot's hand can be harder to build than its brain
Engineers say one of robotics' toughest problems is not artificial intelligence but the physical act of grasping. A human hand's dexterity, touch sensitivity and ability to adjust grip in real time are extremely difficult to replicate mechanically, making manipulation a bigger hurdle than cognition in many robotics projects.
- 9Snake robot inspects sealed nuclear hot cell in Scotland●A 27-foot robot snake no wider than a quarter went into a sealed nuclear hot cell in Scotland carrying a 2.5-ounce radiation sensor and a camera, steered from the back by cables like a puppet, and two balloons inflate to prop it up and hold it still once it gets the
A 27-foot robot snake, thin as a quarter, was sent into a sealed nuclear hot cell in Scotland carrying a 2.5-ounce radiation sensor and a camera. It is steered from behind by cables like a puppet, and once inside, two small balloons inflate to prop it upright and hold it steady. The demonstration shows how slender, cable-driven robots could inspect hazardous radioactive sites humans cannot safely enter.
- 10UCSB Engineer Elliot Hawkes Builds Autonomous Stroke Surgery Robot●UCSB Engineer Elliot Hawkes Develops Autonomous Stroke Surgery Robot
Elliot Hawkes, an engineer at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has developed a robot capable of performing stroke surgery autonomously. The system is designed to carry out procedures without direct human control, a significant step for medical robotics. Details about testing, regulatory approval, and clinical availability have not yet been reported, but the announcement is drawing attention to the growing role of autonomous machines in operating rooms.