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Link View, Google Assistant with smart display

JBL’s Google-powered smart display, link view, launches in September 2108. Other manufacturers, such as Sony, Lenovo, JBL (from Samsung) and LG, have already launched smart speakers with screen based on Google's Smart Display platform.

iRobot’s latest Roomba i7 empties itself

The newest Roomba i7+, unveiled today, has two key changes: the robot now remembers your home’s floor plan, and it empties itself. The auto-emptying feature is probably the most useful. The i7+ doesn’t actually fling dirt into your garbage after each clean; instead, it uses a hopper attached to its charging station as an intermediary. Each time it returns to the base, dirt in the robot is sucked up into the hopper, which stores up to 30 bins.

Humanoid robot Sophia visiting the Netherlands

De hoofdgast op Bright Day op 24 en 25 november 2018 is de sociale humanoid Sophia van Hanson Robotics.

In China, children are taught their lesson by Keeko

In China, children in kindergarten are taught not only by a teacher, but also by a small robot called Keeko. The device is only 60 centimetres in size. Furthermore, the device has a round, white, chubby body. Keeko tells children stories, but also challenges them with problems they have to solve. The robot is completely autonomous and drives around on small wheels. Inside there are cameras, which act as navigation sensors and record video diaries. The robot is now used in 600 kindergartens all over China.

Mayfield Robotics, the maker of the Kuri robot, closes its doors

Unfortunately, the company behind the Kuri robot, a smart device for your smarthome, has had to close its doors. Mayfield Robotics had previously announced that production of the robot had been halted. In the meantime, the company has not been able to attract investors.

LG comes with mechanical exoskeleton

Focused on becoming a leading developer of service robots in the next decade, LG Electronics (LG) will unveil to the public at IFA 2018 its first “human-centric” wearable robot. What it does is support and enhance a user’s legs to allow for more mobility and lower limb strength.

Receptionist Assistant Robot

We already knew that it is difficult for a robot to bring a drink. Nevertheless, Microsoft sees strategic opportunities to develop an assistant robot that can support people at work in collecting a drink.

Samsung announces smart speaker Galaxy Home

Samsung showed the Galaxy Home at the Unpacked event. With the relatively large smart speaker, the company wants to combine good audio quality with its Bixby assistant. The Galaxy Home rests on three legs and is about one and a half times the size of Apples Homepod. Samsung's smart speaker includes six built-in speakers and a subwoofer. Audio reception is via eight microphones.

Adorable robot Vector is cute

Vector can detect your face, answer questions, and play games. You can ask it questions, play games with it, and even pet it to elicit a chirpy little purr. But developer Anki doesn’t want you to focus on Vector’s functionality. The company has been putting a lot of effort into its personality.

Lynx a small humanoid robot with speech recognition

Lynx is a small humanoid robot from Ubtech equipped with the Amazon's Alexa speech recognition software. Chinese robot maker Ubtech wants to create a robot size for the home with Lynx.

Will Amazon bring a robot to your home?

According to Bloomberg technology, Amazon is working on a robot, codenamed De Vesta, for the home. Little is known yet about what the robot could do. According to some, it should make sure that Amazon's clever assistant, Alexa, gets to follow you when you go to a room without a smart speaker.

The use of robots in the fight against ebola

Robot helps in the fight against ebola. "In the state of Texas, a robot is being used to kill all kinds of bacteria with ultraviolet radiation. The robot is currently used to clean rooms in more than 250 hospitals in the United States. The robot does the preliminary work, after which an employee of the hospital can safely carry out the other cleaning. The development and use of robots is currently the subject of much debate. A few examples where the usefulness of robots is clear.

Cleaning solar panels with a robot

With lots of sunshine you want an optimal efficiency of your solar panels. In order to achieve this, regular cleaning is necessary. This is a dangerous job that better can be done by a robot.

Municipality deploys robot for hospitality

The municipality of Leidschendam-Voorburg will be deploying a robot in the next five months to welcome visitors to the Service Centre.

Drones build bridge; they look like Dutch people!

We are known here in the Netherlands as good bridge builders. But the competition is now coming from an unexpected angle. Drones who, together with all of them, are completely autonomous and build a bridge that can carry a weight of 1,300 kg.

Desktop robot Jibo is one of the 25 best inventions of 2017 according to Time Magazine

In America, many households already have smart voice assistants such as the Amazon Echo or the Google Home. Recently there has been an attractive newcomer; the desktop robot Jibo, which is for sale for about 900 US dollars. Time Magazine has put Jibo prominently on the cover and even calls Jibo one of the 25 best inventions of 2017.

ALPHA 2, cheap copy of NAO

On indiegogo, the Alpha 2 humanoid robot is currently offered as a kickstarter project. The robot is positioned as a house friend and administrator. The project has already raised more than USD 1 million in total

Telepresence robot in Museum of the Future

From now on, people with a physical disability will be able to view the exhibitions in the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven. A telepresence robot makes it possible to experience the museum and art from their own environment.

Robot Sophia during an interview

Sophia is made by David Hansen, of Hanson Robotics shows her feminine side. This human robot has quite realistic skin and a face that moves. At certain points you even see subtle human traits such as a quick grin or the blinking of the eyes.

PowerEgg (drone) Design Challenge

The PowerEgg drone has a unique shape. The drone is built to be easy to transport, see our previous description of this product

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