Now engineers at MIT have designed an autonomous robot with “socially aware navigation,” that can keep pace with...

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Now engineers at MIT have designed an autonomous robot with “socially aware navigation,” that can keep pace with foot traffic while observing these general codes of pedestrian conduct.

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http://news.mit.edu/2017/new-robot-rolls-rules-pedestrian-conduct-0830

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http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/11/technology/mit-robot-labor/

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MIT has made a new, versatile robotic hand, Drayson Technologies figured out how to harvest radio waves for generating electricity, crime prediction via machine learning, and more, all in the links below!

• Energy from Radio Waves
http://m.phys.org/news/2015-09-radio-frequency-harvesting-tech-unveiled.html

• Wearable Medical Skin Patches
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150929112030.htm

• MIT's Robotic Hand
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/09/30/mits-new-robot-has-a-squishy-but-steady-grip/

• Real Time Translation
http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/1/9431119/skype-now-has-real-time-translation-built-in

• Crime Prediction
http://qz.com/513125/hitachi-says-it-can-predict-crimes-before-they-happen/

• 3D-printed Microneedles
http://m.phys.org/news/2015-09-scientists-d-printed-drug-micro-needles.html

• Chinese Self-driving Bus
http://futurism.com/videos/self-driving-bus-now-a-reality-in-china/

• 3D-printed Martian Ice House
http://www.cnet.com/news/3d-printable-ice-house-could-be-our-home-on-mars/

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With a quadcopter that can travel 100 miles, robots that efficiently work together on-the-fly, and a diode made from a single molecule, we are truly pushing the limits of modern technology.
Check it all out in the links below!

• Top Flight Technologies' hybrid drone
http://nextbigfuture.com/2015/03/hybrid-gas-electric-drone-has-13-times.html

• MIT's autonomous, team robots
http://scitechdaily.com/new-algorithm-lets-robots-autonomously-plan-for-tasks/

• Boeing's building-targeting EMP
http://www.digitaljournal.com/technology/boeing-debuts-powerful-electromagnetic-pulse-weapon/article/434207

• Emerging Implant Technologies' 3D-printed spinal implant
http://3dprint.com/68388/german-patient-first-to-receive-3d-printed-titanium-spinal-fusion-implant/

• Columbia Engineering's single molecule diode
http://mashable.com/2015/05/18/beamsplitter-computers-light-speed/

• USC researchers and Facebook's Oculus Division map your facial expressions onto a virtual avatar
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/537566/oculus-rift-hack-transfers-your-facial-expressions-onto-your-avatar/

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