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There are currently few concepts for robotic assistance in tasks, which involve close proximity to humans, like housekeeping and care. A new approach uses innovative switchable stiffnesses in robots to combine the required strength with the necessary safety.
Mar 16th, 2022
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A challenge to adopting augmented reality (AR) in wider applications is working with dynamic objects, owing to a delay between their movement and the projection of light onto their new position. But, scientists may have a workaround. They have developed a method that uses multiple projectors while reducing delay time.
Mar 16th, 2022
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Researchers demonstrate real-time remote control of a factory with a 5G wired/wireless network. Two-way communication within 3ms inside the factory and 10 ms between remote sites.
Mar 16th, 2022
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Physicists have discovered a new way to coat soft robots in materials that allow them to move and function in a more purposeful way.
Mar 11th, 2022
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Thanks to new research, we are now on the way to a better understanding of the complex physics surrounding wings, bringing us one step closer to robotic birds, that take off, fly and land like real birds.
Mar 11th, 2022
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When we think of having our own handy multi-purpose robots, we tend to picture something out of Star Wars or The Jetsons - but the useful technology of the 'future' may not be as far off as we think. Researchers show how robots can become our best allies.
Mar 10th, 2022
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A reimagined robot hand combines strength with flexibility and resilience, sidestepping problems with existing designs.
Mar 8th, 2022
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Researchers have designed a malleable robotic arm that can be guided into shape by a person using augmented reality (AR) goggles.
Mar 4th, 2022
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Engineers have created tiny bug-inspired robots that can carry out tasks in hard-to-reach spaces and inhospitable environments.
Mar 4th, 2022
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Researchers have created a robotic hand that can fully rotate various objects even as its grippers occasionally break contact with the object.
Mar 3rd, 2022
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AutoPhoto is a robotic system that can automatically roam an interior space and capture aesthetically pleasing photographs.
Mar 3rd, 2022
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Striving to improve touch sensing in robotics, scientists developed a thumb-shaped sensor with a camera hidden inside and trained a deep neural network to infer its haptic contact information.
Feb 24th, 2022
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Researchers have developed self-healing, biodegradable, 3D-printed materials that could be used in the development of realistic artificial hands and other soft robotics applications.
Feb 19th, 2022
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Researchers have made an android child named Nikola that successfully conveys six basic emotions - happiness, sadness, fear, anger, surprise, and disgust - which were generated by moving 'muscles' in Nikola's face. This is the first time that the quality of android-expressed emotion has been tested and verified for these six emotions.
Feb 16th, 2022
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Imagine a small autonomous vehicle that could drive over land, stop, and flatten itself into a quadcopter. The rotors start spinning, and the vehicle flies away.
Feb 9th, 2022
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Researchers design a transducer powered by electrochemical reactions for operating fluid pumps without cumbersome parts in soft robots.
Feb 8th, 2022
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A new drive system for flapping wing autonomous robots has been developed, using a new method of electromechanical zipping that does away with the need for conventional motors and gears.
Feb 2nd, 2022
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Engineers have demonstrated a new type of flexible, robotic grippers that are able to lift delicate egg yolks without breaking them, and that are precise enough to lift a human hair. The work has applications for both soft robotics and biomedical technologies.
Jan 26th, 2022
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