Brittle Stars inspire new generation robots able to adapt to physical damage
Researchers have succeeded in developing a robot capable of immediately adapting to unexpected physical damage.
Dec 14th, 2017
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Micro-grippers may be able to navigate unstructured environments
Micro-grippers less than 1mm long steered through Pacman-like virtual maze.
Dec 13th, 2017
Read moreNew robots can see into their future (w/video)
Researchers have developed a robotic learning technology that enables robots to imagine the future of their actions so they can figure out how to manipulate objects they have never encountered before.
Dec 5th, 2017
Read moreWith 'material robotics', intelligent products won't even look like robots
A researcher argues against looking at robotics as a 'dichotomy of brain versus body'.
Nov 29th, 2017
Read moreRobotic device tracks plant growth at the cellular level
A new open-source device allows scientists to identify treatments and conditions that affect the mechanical properties of plant cells.
Nov 20th, 2017
Read moreSpeedy collision detector could make robots better human assistants
Electrical engineers have developed a faster collision detection algorithm that uses machine learning to help robots avoid moving objects and weave through complex, rapidly changing environments in real time.
Nov 14th, 2017
Read moreBioengineered robotic hand with its own nervous system will sense touch
An interdisciplinary team of scientists are developing a first-of-its-kind bioengineered robotic hand that will grow and adapt to its environment.
Nov 14th, 2017
Read moreNew technology makes artificial intelligence more private and portable
New technology is paving the way for artificial intelligence (AI) to break free of the internet and cloud computing.
Nov 14th, 2017
Read moreManta Ray robot swims faster and operates up to 10 hours (w/video)
The nature-inspired robot could one day substitute traditional autonomous underwater vehicles.
Nov 8th, 2017
Read moreFuture robots won't resemble humans - we're too inefficient
The robots of the near future won't be going about on two legs like the shuffling C3PO. And they'll be much more efficient than us bipeds.
Nov 7th, 2017
Read moreInnovative, touch-sensitive avatar-robotic arm based on real-time haptics
Researchers have developed a 'real-time-avatar-robotic arm' that transmits sound, vision, and highly sensitive feelings of touch to remotely located users. This innovative touch sensitive robotic technology is expected to find applications in areas such as industrial manufacturing, harvesting farm produce, and nursing care.
Nov 7th, 2017
Read moreNew RoboBee flies, dives, swims and explodes out the of water (w/video)
Hybrid robot could perform search and rescue missions, research studies, environmental monitoring.
Oct 25th, 2017
Read morePhysics boosts artificial intelligence methods
Researchers report the first application of quantum computing to a physics problem. By employing quantum-compatible machine learning techniques, they developed a method of extracting a rare Higgs boson signal from copious noise data.
Oct 19th, 2017
Read moreFlexible 'skin' can help robots, prosthetics perform everyday tasks by sensing shear force
Engineers have developed a flexible sensor 'skin' that can be stretched over any part of a robot's body or prosthetic to accurately convey information about shear forces and vibration that are critical to successfully grasping and manipulating objects.
Oct 17th, 2017
Read moreThis soft robotic gripper can screw in your light bulbs for you
Engineers have designed and built a gripper that can pick up and manipulate objects without needing to see them and needing to be trained.
Oct 10th, 2017
Read moreCould we build a Blade Runner-style replicant?
Will our own technology ever come close to matching the replicants of Blade Runner 2049?
Oct 5th, 2017
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