Growing up, shows like the Jetsons and Wall-E promised kids around the world a future of robot-enabled leisure, with our time being spent on relaxation, space travel, and star gazing. A new personal delivery robot from Starship Technologies seeks to shake up food delivery with its good looks and speedy delivery capability on the road towards that dreamy sci-fi future.
Drones and robots are being used more regularly to help build and maintain solar installations. SunPower is one of the leaders in using this new technology. It is about to begin construction of its new “Oasis” power plants in North America and China.
As far as electric vehicles go, some of the top Japanese auto manufacturers out there — Toyota, Honda, etc. — can be a bit mystifying. They seem to be either oblivious to the changes coming to the auto industry over the coming decades, actively working to delay them, or just … [continued]
Editor’s Note: In this episode of Cleantech Talk, Matthew and I chat about Tesla’s unique 18650 batteries, Tesla manufacturing and manufacturing in general, robots, Volkswagen’s gigafactory plans, and more. Enjoy! –Zach Shahan Welcome, everyone, to a belated set of show notes for this Cleantech Talk episode! While we strive for … [continued]
A new graphene driven industrial revolution is about to dawn according to researchers at the University of Exeter, thanks partly to graphene skinned robots.
Researchers at Iowa State University are experimenting with the use of solar-powered robots in work situations that would be unsafe for humans.
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Science fiction has suggested artificial limbs stronger than biological counterparts. We are beginning to see this reality in present day research. Carbon-nanotube muscles can be 100 times stronger than the biological variety. Now they have been shown to twist 1000 times more than other materials and suggest a potential as strong as a commercial electric motor.
Sustainable tech is becoming a green job-creating engine for people, and it’s creating new green jobs for robots, too. If the latest research out of the University of Michigan and University of Pennsylvania is any indicator, some of those new robots may be able to bend, twist, and reform in … [continued]
Green jobs for robots are becoming an important factor in pushing sustainable new technologies into commercialization, and a couple of recent developments underscore the key role our mechano-minded friends are playing. First, emerging solar giant Dow Corning Corp. has just announced an alliance with robot master Reis Robotics to promote … [continued]
