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Picture a typical playground. It's a sunny day and kids are playing tag, smacking tetherballs around and hanging off the monkey bars. Now imagine this: There's not a single parent or adult in sight, ...

In order for household robots to be truly useful, it would be great if they could go and get items for you, without having to be shown where those things are. Thanks to research being carried out at ...

Mobile robots could be much more useful in homes, if they could locate people, places and objects. Today's robots usually see the world with cameras and lasers, which have difficulty reliably ...

As Tesco clothing shoppers rifle through the chain’s apparel assortment, they’ll be sharing the aisles with six-foot-tall RFID robots, rolling up and down scanning clothing tags for inventory.

“Embedded RFID reader modules are providing vendors, solution developers and end users with the inside track to RFID-enabling a host of applications and devices,” said Michael Liard, vice president of ...

For starters, you need a pre-wired NFC RFID module as the key hardware. NFC and RFID projects have become a huge trend, but many modules are pricey for electronics hobbyists and need a complex setup.

Picture a typical playground. It's a sunny day and kids are playing tag, smacking tetherballs around and hanging off the monkey bars. Now imagine this: There's not a single parent or adult in sight, ...