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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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To navigate difficult terrain, humans and animals quite automatically combine the visual perception of their environment with the proprioception of their legs and hands. This allows them to easily handle slippery or soft ground and move around with confidence, even when visibility is low.
Jan 24th, 2022
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Researchers have developed an algorithm to help robots avoid colliding with humans and other moving obstacles in their path.
Jan 10th, 2022
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Inspired by the natural dexterity of the human hand, a team of engineers has created a reconfigurable hybrid robotics system that is able to grip a variety of objects: from the small, soft and delicate to the large, heavy and bulky.
Dec 28th, 2021
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Flexible tentaclelike manipulators driven by air pressure can be designed to grasp, manipulate soft objects.
Dec 21st, 2021
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A new fabrication technique produces low-voltage, power-dense artificial muscles that improve the performance of flying microrobots.
Dec 17th, 2021
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Two research groups have developed a computer program that can control a robot using electrical signals emitted by a patient's brain. No voice control or touch function is needed; patients can move the robot simply with their thoughts.
Dec 17th, 2021
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It's been known for some time that organic neuromorphic robots can learn. Now they can move too. Autonomously.
Dec 13th, 2021
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There's an Internet of Things, but also an 'Internet of Threat'. Since everything is now connected, that means everything is hackable. Better technologies create a great opportunity for hackers, and open a great future for cyber criminals.
Dec 10th, 2021
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Research could enable monitoring of our oceans or exploration of alien ocean worlds.
Dec 9th, 2021
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By removing electricity from equation, discovery overcomes yearslong hurdle in robotics.
Dec 8th, 2021
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Impressions of a robot's personality can be influenced by the way it looks, sounds, and feels. But now, researchers have found specific causal relationships between impressions of robot personality and body texture.
Dec 6th, 2021
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A floating, robotic film could be trained to hoover oil spills at sea or remove contaminants from drinking water.
Dec 2nd, 2021
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With feet and legs like a peregrine falcon, engineers have created a robot that can perch and carry objects like a bird.
Dec 2nd, 2021
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