Bake your own self-assembling robot (w/video)
New algorithms and electronic components could enable printable robots that self-assemble when heated.
May 30th, 2014
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Think fast, robot
Algorithm that harnesses data from a new sensor could make autonomous robots more nimble.
May 29th, 2014
Read moreRobot warriors pose ethical dilemna
With the increasing use of drones in military operations, it is perhaps only a matter of time before robots replace soldiers. Whether fully automated war is on the immediate horizon, one researcher says it's not too early to start examining the ethical issues that robot armies raise.
May 26th, 2014
Read moreResearchers demonstrate that brain controlled flight is possible
Pilots of the future could be able to control their aircraft by merely thinking commands. Scientists have now demonstrated the feasibility of flying via brain control - with astonishing accuracy.
May 26th, 2014
Read moreNature inspires drones of the future
Researchers have been taking tips from nature to build the next generation of flying robots.
May 23rd, 2014
Read moreRoombots - robots transform into furniture (w/video)
EPFL scientists from the Biorobotics Laboratory (BIOROB) have developed small robotic modules that can change their shape to create reconfigurable furniture.
May 21st, 2014
Read moreBiomechanics behind amazing ant strength could lead to advancements in robotic engineering
A recent study into the biomechanics of the necks of ants - a common insect that can amazingly lift objects many times heavier than its own body - might unlock one of nature?s little mysteries and, quite possibly, open the door to advancements in robotic engineering.
May 20th, 2014
Read moreFactories of the future: assembly-line machines do their own 'thinking'
By designing assembly-line machines so they can perform on command - not unlike robots that can follow verbal instructions - factories can meet the rapidly changing needs of consumers and industrial customers, while developing high-quality products at lower costs.
May 20th, 2014
Read moreRobot suit helps paraplegic patients (w/video)
For most paraplegic patients, being able to walk again remains a dream. The HAL robot suit can help them regain a certain degree of mobility and activity.
May 19th, 2014
Read moreOctopus arm movements could aid bio-inspired robot design
Researchers have discovered how octopuses avoid getting tangled up in themselves. The scientists hope their findings will lead to new classes of robots and control systems.
May 19th, 2014
Read moreWith imprecise chips to the artificial brain
Constructions that use not only digital but also analog compact and imprecise circuits are more suitable for building artificial nervous systems, rather than arrangements with only digital or precise but power-demanding analog electronic circuits.
May 16th, 2014
Read moreA new World Wide Web strictly for robots
To date, each robot constructed needs to be programmed, or go through its own learning process from scratch. New robots are like newborn babies who need the humans creating them to teach them everything, or learn gradually themselves. However, this could all change. Thanks to ROBOEARTH, robots will soon be able to share knowledge with their peers almost instantly instead of 'living' in a bubble.
May 13th, 2014
Read moreBuilding a robot to mimic plants
Many of us probably picture robots as roughly human-shaped or perhaps as little more than mobile computers. But one EU-funded project is taking inspiration from the smart, efficient strategies of plants in order to develop a new generation of robots and ICT technologies, such as sensing or distributed adaptive intelligence.
May 13th, 2014
Read moreRevolutionizing Prosthetics program delivers on goal of providing advanced prosthetic upper limb
DARPA launched the Revolutionizing Prosthetics program with a radical goal: gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for an advanced electromechanical prosthetic upper limb with near-natural control that enhances independence and improves quality of life for amputees. Today, less than eight years after the effort was launched, that dream is a reality; the FDA approved the DEKA Arm System.
May 13th, 2014
Read moreUltra-fast bionic arm can catch objects on the fly (w/video)
Robot developed by EPFL researchers is capable of reacting on the spot and grasping objects with complex shapes and trajectories in less than five-hundredths of a second.
May 12th, 2014
Read moreRobots on the slopes (w/video)
Simulated ski run challenges mechanical engineering students to produce a wide array of robots.
May 12th, 2014
Read moreTeaching robots right from wrong
Researchers launch multi-year project to develop robots that can make moral decisions.
May 9th, 2014
Read moreThe touchy-feely robot coming soon
To date, no robotics scientist has been able to create ultra-flexible tactile skin. Either the sensor has been too big or the electronics not sufficiently flexible. Now, however, researchers believe they have found a way of incorporating electronics and sensors on bendable silicon-based surfaces that will be 50 micrometers thick.
May 6th, 2014
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