This Jammer Wants to Block Always-Listening AI Wearables. It Probably Won’t Work

Deveillance’s Spectre I, developed by a recent Harvard grad, wants to give people control over the always-on wearables surrounding their lives. The problem? Physics.

DJI will pay $30K to the man who accidentally hacked 7,000 Romo robovacs

DJI would also not tell us which discovery it’s paying him for, but says it has already addressed the extra vulnerability ...

Will humans and animals ever be able to converse? Here’s what science says.

In the movie Hoppers, scientists “hop” human consciousness into animal-like robots to talk to other species. We asked the ...
CNX Software

WiFi and Bluetooth LE can now be used simultaneously on Arduino boards with NINA-W102 (ESP32) module

Today I learned that WiFi and Bluetooth LE could NOT be used simultaneously on Arduino boards featuring the ESP32-based u-blox NINA-W102 wireless module, ...
Will Cogley on MSN

DIY animatronic 3D printed mouth using Arduino and Python

Here's the assembly instructions for my 3D printed Arduino / Python controlled animatronic mouth! #animatronics #arduino #3dprinting #python #robotics #makerproject #diyrobot #mechanism #engineeringpr ...
Will Cogley on MSN

3D printed Arduino animatronic eye controller build

Here is the controller I designed for my 3D printed animatronic eye mechanisms. The main advantage it has over a traditional gaming controller is the ability to fine-tune a value (such as the openness ...

Wiim Sound review: This smart speaker is so close to fully replacing my Sonos

The Wiim Sound speaker both lacks features compared to competitors, but also offers up some of its own. Unlike Sonos and Apple, Wiim has a small touchscreen display. Unlike Amazon ...
Interesting Engineering

Commercial 5G powers first haptic robot teleoperation, boosts feedback 40%

A 5G slicing method reduced wireless delay, improving robot force feedback by 40 percent. NTT DOCOMO and Keio University have ...

Meet As2, a robot dog that runs on batteries not belly rubs

If you’re looking to get a dog but have reservations about all the poop, pee, and chewed shoes that you’ll have to deal with, then how about getting a robot one instead? Unitree has brought the idea a ...
Interesting Engineering

China’s firm launches first full-size humanoid robot with touch motion control

Chinese robotics firm X-Humanoid has launched Embodied TienKung 3.0, its next-gen general-purpose robot platform, on Tuesday. Designed to be “more open and easier to use”, the platform leverages the ...
IEEE

Safe Autonomous Environmental Contact for Soft Robots Using Control Barrier Functions

Abstract: Robots built from soft materials will inherently apply lower environmental forces than their rigid counterparts, and therefore may be more suitable in sensitive settings with unintended ...
IEEE

Data-Driven Methods for Sensing, Modeling and Control of Soft Continuum Robot: A Review

Abstract: Inspired by soft-bodied animals, soft continuum robots provide inherently safe and adaptive solutions in robotics, especially suited for applications requiring gentle interactions. However, ...