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Japanese electronics company Murata Manufacturing has unveiled a squad of robotic cheerleaders. The ten ball-mounted robots use advanced ultrasonics, infrared, and group control technology to perform synchronized dance routines with perfect stability.

The tyranny of streaking, chattering windshield wipers may be at an end, with McLaren Automotive's disclosure that the performance motoring company is investigating the use of military jet "ultrasonic force fields" to replace windshield wipers in automobiles.

With its Budgee Bot robot, Five Elements Robotics has created a machine that embodies Karel Čapek's original artificial automaton. Though Budgee Bot is not designed for a life confined to a factory, it is designed to obediently follow you around, carrying your stuff.

Targeted at the African market, LG's "Anti-Mosquito" air conditioner emits inaudible ultrasonic waves to repel malaria-transmitting mosquitoes.

A newly-developed ultrasonic nozzle allows ordinary water to do a better job at cleaning.

The De Dietrich Onis dishwasher uses ultrasound for environmentally-friendly cleaning