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Microsoft uses ChatGPT AI to control flying drones and robot arms

Microsoft has used ChatGPT to create code for robotic arms and quadcopter drones from simple text commands given by humans, but experts warn that putting AI in control of such devices is a risky path

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A flying drone can now be controlled via ChatGPT

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Solar panel cleaning robot can be dropped off and picked up by drone

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Pleco, the world?s lightest autonomous waterless solar panel cleaning robot. The robot is specifically designed to handle the unique safety and efficiency challenges involved in cleaning C&I installations.

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Metal robot can melt its way out of tight spaces to escape

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A white robot shaped like a person stands in front of the bars of a cage, preparing to start the process of liquifying to escape by flowing through the bars.
Slime robot inside a model of the stomach

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This Venom-like magnetic slime robot was a big hit in 2022

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Flying robot with claws ready

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Watch this robot bird use a talon-like claw to land safely on a perch

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TOKA robot checking a missile silo

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Crawling robots will survey ageing US nuclear missile silos

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image of the steerable needle robot showing the robotic actuation unit and bronchoscope. Note that the steerable needle is not shown

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Robot guides needle into lungs more accurately than human doctors

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The robot and a scalpel

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Self-healing robot recovers from being stabbed then walks off

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A small device shaped like Pac-Man can move on the surface of water and around obstacles without a motor. It could lead to the development of small robots for environmental monitoring of lakes and rivers.

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Plastic 'Pac-Man' moves using water ripples

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Having AIs train robot dogs to balance makes them a lot cheaper

An AI has been used to train robot dogs to toss cups into a garbage can or wipe a whiteboard with an eraser while cutting out hand-coding, which makes them one-tenth the usual cost

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Having AIs train robot dogs to balance makes them a lot cheaper

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Robotic pill that delivers drugs to gut could end insulin injections

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Robot navigates indoors by tracking anomalies in magnetic fields

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Liquid robot can split into tiny droplets and reform into a blob

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Living robots made from human cells may induce neuron healing

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