Can a heavily tuned Toyota GR Yaris take down a Ferrari 812 Superfast in one of the most unusual drag races you’ll see this year? Power for the Italian supercar comes in the form of a naturally-aspirated 6.5L F140 GA V12 engine making 789 hp and 530 lb-ft of torque, mated to a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox.
While not as fast as the SR-71 Blackbird, this bird-shaped drone developed by EPFL researchers does fly just like its real-life animal counterpart. Called LisRaptor, this raptor-inspired feathered drone features morphing wings and a twisting tail to help it zip through the air.
The 15.6″ ASUS ZenScreen 1080p Portable USB Monitor (MB166C) aims to improve your productivity, and it’s being offered for just $89 shipped, originally $149.99. It can automatically sense its orientation and switch the monitor between landscape or portrait modes automatically via DisplayWidget software. Product page.
Researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute used their robotic explorer ROV SuBastian to capture a bizarre bristle-like sea creature in the Chile Margin. This polychaete has several body segment, with each sporting a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia covered in bristles called chaetae.
Thanks to human-scale hands, six RGB cameras, and perception AI models trained with synthetic data generated in Isaac Sim, Figure 02 is still working hard at the BMW Factory Group Spartanburg.
Cobot’s Proxie is an innovative collaborative robot designed for the real world with Glide 360 technology, which enables it to navigate complex environments with ease, moving naturally around people as well as other bots.
