Fun Innovations Friday

Highlights

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RoboCake Is the Superfood of the Future and It Wiggles
April 25, 2025
Forget kale—meet RoboCake, the world’s first edible robot dessert. Developed by culinary scientists and robotics engineers, this smart, wiggly “superfood” could one day deliver...
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Robot hand holding up smart pill with DNA inside.
April 18, 2025
Check out the latest in medical inventions with a look at the PillSafe smart bottle, XoMotion exoskeleton, and WeWALK AI cane, designed to improve daily life and show the future...
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Meet Disney's Real-Life Wall-E: An Autonomous Robot That Learns Social Cues
April 11, 2025
Disney is bringing the idea of a real-life Wall-E closer to reality with its new robot that learns social skills using AI mimicry instead of just programming.
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Hypershell X Series PowerSuit exoskeleton for outdoor adventures being worn by a man hiking in the mountains.
April 4, 2025
AI-powered exoskeletons are moving beyond industrial applications, with the Hypershell X bringing robotic assistance to outdoor adventurers.
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March 28, 2025
Headphone-free private listening may be possible thanks to Penn State's 'audible enclaves,' which precisely target sound using ultrasonic technology.
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CarStation
July 19, 2024
ProovStation has found a use for AI in the car rental industry, making a frustrating process more transparent and worry-free.
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July 12, 2024
FMAP combines 3D printing and lasers to create multimaterial, multilayered sensors and circuit boards, even going as far as printing sensors embedded within a structure.
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TOKUFASTbot solving a Rubix cube
July 5, 2024
A Guinness World Record has been awarded to an engineering team from Mitsubishi Electric Corporation for creating a robot that can solve a puzzle cube in just 0.3 seconds— demonstrating...
Fun Innovations Friday: Robot Can Be Your Body-Double With Just 40 Hours of Learning
June 28, 2024
Researchers from Stanford University have created a robot that can essentially be your clone by learning and mimicking your movements.