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- Engineers teach a robot to imagine itself, become self-aware https://www.inceptivemind.com/engineers-teach-robot-imagine-itself-become-self-aware/25431/ 2 comments
- Nanofiber membrane makes seawater drinkable in minutes https://www.inceptivemind.com/nanofiber-membrane-makes-seawater-drinkable-minutes/19959/ 12 comments
- Powerpaste, a high-density, safe, and easily transportable hydrogen energy fuel https://www.inceptivemind.com/powerpaste-high-density-safe-easily-transportable-hydrogen-energy-fuel/17468/ 4 comments
- LimX Dynamics' humanoid robot achieves real-time perceptive stair-climbing https://www.inceptivemind.com/limx-dynamics-humanoid-robot-achieves-real-time-perceptive-stair-climbing/36288/?amp=1 16 comments technology
- LimX Dynamics joins a crowded field and shows off the humanoid robot it's developing. https://www.inceptivemind.com/limx-dynamics-humanoid-robot-achieves-real-time-perceptive-stair-climbing/36288/ 8 comments futurology
- Google DeepMind's ALOHA (A Low-cost Open-source Hardware System for Bimanual Teleoperation) for humanoid robots, suggests robots might become widespread sooner than we think. https://www.inceptivemind.com/meet-mobile-aloha-your-housekeeping-robot/36176/ 34 comments futurology
- Unitree's new $100,000 industrial robot gives us an insight into the near future of robots in the workplace. https://www.inceptivemind.com/unitree-b2-fastest-running-industrial-grade-quadruped-robot/36050/ 65 comments futurology
- Korean researchers have invented robot grippers that weigh just 130 grams (4.5oz) - but that can lift weights of 100 kg (220lbs). https://www.inceptivemind.com/new-lightweight-soft-robotic-gripper-lift-100-kg/34829/ 41 comments futurology
- New AI models are training cheap robot dogs costing only hundreds of dollars, to succeed on tough Parkour obstacle course challenges. https://www.inceptivemind.com/new-ai-approach-yields-athletically-intelligent-robotic-dog/34740/ 141 comments futurology
- A British startup called Droneliner wants to build a new type of cargo airliner - 12,000 km range, electric powered, uncrewed & redesigned to carry up to 80 conventional shipping containers. https://www.inceptivemind.com/uncrewed-droneliner-aircraft-carry-350-tons-cargo/34617/ 105 comments futurology
- Builders of the 151-meter-(495 feet)-long Solar Airship One say it will be able to continuously travel and stay afloat using only solar power. https://www.inceptivemind.com/solar-airship-one-fly-non-stop-around-world-20-days/34597/ 11 comments futurology
- Unitree's new Go2 robodog seems as good as Boston Dynamics, but its prices start at just $1,600. They have the ability to generate their own code via GPT on the fly, and can come with optional robotic arms. https://www.inceptivemind.com/unitree-go2-gpt-ai-powered-four-legged-robodog/ 55 comments futurology
- A West Virginia researcher has built a large six-legged insectoid robot modeled on a fruit fly. https://www.inceptivemind.com/researchers-build-big-robot-bugs-walk-like-real-insects/ 31 comments futurology
- The Mk-II Aurora Space Plane takes first flight under rocket power. The NZ-based company wants to launch rockets from 100 km altitude, launching 250 kg payloads into LEO via an expendable second-stage rocket. https://www.inceptivemind.com/mk-ii-aurora-spaceplane-takes-first-flight-under-rocket-power/30220/ 10 comments futurology
- A new type of floating wind turbine off the coast of the Canary Islands is demonstrating tech that could dramatically extend the range of offshore wind turbines https://www.inceptivemind.com/x1-winds-floating-wind-prototype-generates-first-power-offshore/29907/ 20 comments futurology
- China has developed the world's fastest hydrogen-powered train that travels at 160 km/h with a 500 km range. As they may be much cheaper to run than electric trains, they may expand the use case for new train projects worldwide. https://www.inceptivemind.com/china-launches-first-hydrogen-powered-passenger-train/29353/ 140 comments futurology
- Integrated, net-negative system captures carbon and converts it to ethylene https://www.inceptivemind.com/integrated-net-negative-system-captures-carbon-converts-ethylene/28905/ 2 comments economy
- US researchers have created metamaterials that move in response to ultrasound. They say it could provide a mechanism for movement in robots that would not require them to have an onboard power source. https://www.inceptivemind.com/using-ultrasound-waves-move-objects-hands-free/28678/ 23 comments futurology
- Airobotics, Solar Drone to develop new drone for solar panels cleaning https://www.inceptivemind.com/airobotics-solar-drone-develop-new-drone-solar-panels-cleaning/22384/ 4 comments futurology
- Company testing 2MW motor for electric/hydrogen aircraft; ~2,700 horsepower; ~10 kW/kg; scalable 500kW-4 MW. Unit is a 2x improvement vs megawatt-scale engines being demonstrated in the industry currently. 10 engines equal to A320 Airbus output; two-motors can power a 50-seat ATR-42. https://www.inceptivemind.com/wright-electric-tests-2mw-aviation-grade-motor-passenger-planes/21052 2 comments futurology
- Nybble: The world's cutest open source robotic kitten - Inceptive Mind https://www.inceptivemind.com/nybble-worlds-cutest-open-source-robotic-kitten/3498/ 5 comments robotics
- New robotic 'trees' can turn CO2 into concrete https://www.inceptivemind.com/new-robotic-trees-turn-co2-into-concrete/2829/ 7 comments worldnews