<p>As part of a $2 million National Science Foundation Grant, robots from KUKA Robotics are helping the University of Michigan (U of M) advance research that could result in robots working side-by-side with humans on building construction sites.</p>
The research involves three KUKA KR QUANTEC robots along with the company’s robot sensor interface (RSI) software, all of which will allow human workers to use interactive task learning technology to teach the robots to perform construction tasks.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A motorcyclist from Colorado was killed after running into a sheep in the road south of Shiprock on Monday.
Robert Curt Wolf, 57, of Arvada, Colorado, was traveling south on N.M. 491 near mile post 107 on his Harley-Davidson when the crash occurred around 1 p.m., according to a New Mexico State Police news release.
“Wolf was ejected from the motorcycle and transported by emergency medical personnel to an area hospital,” where he died, State Police said.
The agency said the crash remains under investigation.