Blue Ocean Robotics Acknowledged with Robot Product Leadership Award 2020 for Virus-Killing UVD Robots

ODENSE, Denmark–(BUSINESS WIRE[1])–Today, Blue Ocean Robotics[2] announced that it has been selected by Frost & Sullivan[3] for its Best Practice “2020 European Professional Service Robots Product Leadership” Award. The recognition was earned primarily based on the company’s work with subsidiary UVD Robots[4], which combines autonomous robot technology with ultraviolet light to disinfect against viruses like COVID-19. A subsidiary of Blue...

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New Species Discovered During Exploration of Abyssal Deep-Sea Canyons off Ningaloo

Unique fauna of the Cape Range and Cloates Canyons off of Ningaloo have been documented at unexplored depths by researchers from the Western Australian Museum aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor. Seemingly the longest animal ever recorded, glass sponges, and octopus squid are among species seen for the first time in Western Australia. PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA – An estimated 150-foot...

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Robot folds itself up and walks away

BOSTON — A team of engineers used little more than paper and Shrinky dinks — the classic children’s toy that shrinks when heated — to build a robot that assembles itself into a complex shape in four minutes flat, and crawls away without any human intervention. The advance, described in Science, demonstrates the potential to quickly and cheaply build sophisticated...

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