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A robot's role in a shared task could be continuously adjusted during the activity, thanks to a new adaptive robot control system that can sense whether a human operator wants to lead or follow.
Posted: Dec 16th, 2015
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New mathematical models can give us better and cheaper robotic systems.
Posted: Dec 14th, 2015
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A collaboration between University of Washington developmental psychologists and computer scientists has demonstrated that robots can 'learn' much like kids - by amassing data through exploration, watching a human perform a task and determining how best to carry out that task on its own.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2015
Read moreAn innovative, effective and low-cost system which replicates in robots the pheromone-based communication of insect swarms is now being made available to robotics and artificial intelligence researchers after an important breakthrough.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2015
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A robotic bartender has to do something unusual for a machine: It has to learn to ignore some data and focus on social signals. Researchers investigated how a robotic bartender can understand human communication and serve drinks socially appropriately.
Posted: Nov 25th, 2015
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A new learning rule could help robots to acquire new movements and explain how people develop sensorimotor intelligence.
Posted: Nov 24th, 2015
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Taking inspiration from water beetles and other swimming insects, researchers have developed the Row-bot, a robot that thrives in dirty water. The Row-bot mimics the way that the water boatman moves and the way that it feeds on rich organic matter in the dirty water it swims in.
Posted: Nov 23rd, 2015
Read moreTrips and stumbles too often lead to falls for amputees using leg prosthetics, but a robotic leg prosthesis being developed now promises to help users recover their balance by using techniques based on the way human legs are controlled.
Posted: Nov 18th, 2015
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Technology for fast and efficient detection of hand poses could lead to enhanced human-computer interactions.
Posted: Nov 4th, 2015
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Researchers have developed a robot whose gait comes closer than ever before to that of humans. The results of their study could also be used to develop better prostheses.
Posted: Oct 27th, 2015
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The flying insects, designed for agriculture and disaster relief, will rely on technology used by driverless cars.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2015
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When it's time to design new robots, sometimes the best inspiration can come from Mother Nature. Take, for example, her creepy, but incredibly athletic spider crickets.
Posted: Oct 20th, 2015
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Scientists report a way to make elastic material for soft robots that changes color when it stretches. They say this process opens the door to robot camouflage, new ways to deliver medicines and other applications.
Posted: Oct 14th, 2015
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Most robotic parts used to today are rigid, have a limited range of motion and don't really look lifelike. Inspired by nature and biology, a scientist has designed a novel robotic finger using shape memory alloy, a 3-D CAD model of a human finger, a 3-D printer and a unique thermal training technique. This bio-inspired robotic finger could ultimately be adapted to use as a prosthetic device, like a prosthetic hand.
Posted: Oct 8th, 2015
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A computer algorithm that copies the navigation functionality of humans and animals helps robots navigate unfamiliar spaces.
Posted: Oct 7th, 2015
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Researchers have developed a three-fingered soft robotic hand with multiple embedded fiber optic sensors. They also have created a new type of stretchable optical sensor.
Posted: Sep 28th, 2015
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