If I learned anything walking the show floor at CES 2017 earlier this month, it’s that drones are anything but dead. The section that usually has drones in the South Hall at the Las Vegas Convention Center was easily 10-times as large as it was the previous year, with several more vendors showing off new …
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A friendly neighborhood robot might soon deliver your takeout. Small, six wheeled robots from Starship Technologies will start taking orders in Redwood City, California, and Washington DC, the company said in a release Wednesday. Starship is partnering with food delivery services DoorDash and Postmates for the pilot programs, its first in the US. Starship already has a number of delivery …
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A Vive ($479 at Amazon) headset was lowered over my face, and a rifle placed in my hands. The cleared-out room space around me was ready for me to take on a few waves of attackers. All around me, I saw enemies coming. I ducked, I aimed, I ran towards a wall and tried to hide. And it was pretty …
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Google’s high-flying drone dreams may be dashed for now. Its parent company, Alphabet, has reportedly cut the Titan program, which Google first acquired in 2014. Buying Titan Aerospace gave Google (in its pre-Alphabet days) access to high-altitude, solar-powered craft capable of beaming internet service to the developing world. The drones, which could fly at a height of 12 miles, were …
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Tall, small, dancing, singing, cleaning, sassy, silly, cute and scary — CES 2017 was awash with robots. While there are the obvious ones like the humanoid “Pepper,” exhibits at the colossal electronics show stretched the definition of a robot to include Amazon Echo-like hubs that featured glowing eyes or that bobbed to music. You can thank Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant …
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It’s being compared to the arrival of electricity. That’s a big call but Qualcomm has its eyes on a 5G future. And it’s not just thinking about speed. At a CES that has given us intelligent robots, autonomous drones and wallpaper TVs, the next generation of wireless technology might not seem like that big of a deal. But Qualcomm says …
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GoPro’s stalled first attempt to break into the camera drone market is moving forward once again. Last November, GoPro recalled the approximately 2,500 Karma drones sold to consumers since they became available on October 23 following the discovery that, in a small number of cases, the quadcopters lost power during operation. Those who returned the drone were given full refunds …
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Robotics company PowerVision grabbed headlines last year with its PowerEgg, which, true to its name is a quadcopter shaped like an egg. Its latest robot doesn’t fly, though: It swims. Designed for fishing hobbyists, the PowerRay can dive 30 meters (98 feet) underwater for up to four hours to give you a view from its integrated 4K UHD camera using …
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