Source: OpenAI's DALL·E 2 with prompt "a hyperrealistic picture of a robot reading the news on a laptop at a coffee shop" Welcome to the inaugural edition of Robo-Insight, a biweekly robotics news update! In this post, we are thrilled to present a range of remarkable advancements in the field, highlighting robotics progress in terrain traversability, shape morphing, object avoidance, mechanical memory, physics-based AI techniques, and new home robotics kits. Recently, researchers from the University of California San Diego have given four-legged robots forward-facing depth cameras to enable them to clearly analyze the environment around and below them. This data can also be compared with past images to estimate possible 3D transformation. Furthermore, their system is also self-checking, as it fuses information to give it a sort of short-term memory. Although the model does not guide the robot to a specific location, it enables the robot to traverse challenging terrain.

Nala Robotics, the AI tech company fueling restaurant cooking automation, is now tackling one of the food industry's toughest and hardest jobs to fill with the introduction of Spotless by Nala, a robotic dishwasher that can easily be added to professional kitchens with minimal changes to existing layouts. Currently being deployed in restaurants, senior living centers and other commercial venues, Spotless uses high-performance camera systems and machine learning to provide a complete dishwashing solution, from scrubbing to storage. This highly intelligent robot will remove leftovers, rinse and clean cookware, cutlery, dishware and glassware, as well as dry, stack and store hundreds of varieties of utensils and kitchenware. "Our revolutionary patented dishwashing system allows operators to overcome staffing challenges and never miss a smudge," says Ajay Sunkara, CEO of Nala Robotics. "We've heard countless stories from managers and owners who had to pull double duty because the dish washer didn't show up for work. By installing our robot, they'll never have to worry about turnaround time and every dish will be spotless."

Nala Robotics introduced the launch of Pizzaiola, a totally autonomous pizzeria robotic that may prep salads and prepare dinner pizzas, burgers, wings and pasta. The 7-axis robotic chef operates in a 12′ by 12′ area. Pizzaiola makes use of synthetic intelligence (AI) and machine studying to exactly replicate pizzeria-style meals. The robotic is ready to prepare dinner as much as 50 pizzas an hour, with 35 completely different decisions of toppings and cheeses, 5 dough sorts and 4 completely different sauces. The system is provided with pure language processing options, so it may possibly reply to voice menu orders.