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On Thursday evening, just before nightfall, a revolution was afoot at MIT. The battleground was set, the munitions were stocked, the targets were marked, and the soldiers were... robots.
May 7th, 2016
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Scientists have created a computer model of how bees avoid hitting walls - which could be a breakthrough in the development of autonomous robots.
May 5th, 2016
Read moreIn a newly published scan of the literature, an expert concludes that the time is ripe for human factors researchers to contribute scientific insights that can tackle the many challenges of human-robot interaction.
Apr 26th, 2016
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Control algorithm for teams of robots factors in moving obstacles.
Apr 21st, 2016
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A collaborative research team has found humanoid robotics and computer avatars could help rehabilitate people suffering from social disorders such as schizophrenia or social phobia. It is thanks to the theory of similarity, which suggests that it is easier to interact socially with someone who looks, behaves or moves like us.
Apr 11th, 2016
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The neurorobotics platform gives scientists the chance to apply brain models to various different robots and thus conduct their own experiments.
Mar 30th, 2016
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Imagine an aircraft that could alter its wing shape in midflight and, like a pelican, dive into the water before morphing into a submarine.
Mar 21st, 2016
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A new wall-climbing drone can approach any type of structure by flying and sticking to the target and utitlizing a pose change and perching mechanism.
Mar 15th, 2016
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An amputee was able to feel smoothness and roughness in real-time with an artificial fingertip that was surgically connected to nerves in his upper arm. Moreover, the nerves of non-amputees can also be stimulated to feel roughness, without the need of surgery, meaning that prosthetic touch for amputees can now be developed and safely tested on intact individuals.
Mar 8th, 2016
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New research enables the efficient planning of the activities of systems of mobile robots for socially beneficial services including border patrol, search and rescue, and security escort.
Mar 7th, 2016
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Imagine a health care robot that could display the patient's temperature and pulse, and even reacts to a patient's mood.
Mar 3rd, 2016
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Now programming robots is not just for those with years of coding knowledge, it's for anyone who wants to experience what it's like to simply wave at a robot and have it wave back.
Mar 1st, 2016
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In emergencies, people may trust robots too much for their own safety, a new study suggests.
Feb 29th, 2016
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Researchers have applied a novel method of automatically programming and controlling a swarm of up to 600 robots to complete a specified set of tasks simultaneously.
Feb 25th, 2016
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Artificial intelligence technique Quixote teaches 'value alignment' to robots by training them to read stories, learn acceptable sequences of events and understand successful ways to behave in human societies.
Feb 13th, 2016
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Scientists have created the first robotically driven experimentation system to determine the effects of a large number of drugs on many proteins, reducing the number of necessary experiments by 70%.
Feb 9th, 2016
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Cockroaches' ability to squeeze through the tiniest cracks has inspired a robot that can rapidly squeeze through cracks - a new capability for search-and-rescue in rubble resulting from tornados, earthquakes and explosions.
Feb 9th, 2016
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Scientists have invented a new soft gripper that uses electroadhesion: flexible electrode flaps that act like a thumb-index duo. It can pick up fragile objects of arbitrary shape and stiffness, like an egg, a water balloon or paper.
Feb 1st, 2016
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