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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.

December 13, 2017 Read more

New 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.

December 5, 2017 Read more

With 'material robotics', intelligent products won't even look like robots

A researcher argues against looking at robotics as a 'dichotomy of brain versus body'.

November 29, 2017 Read more

Robotic 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.

November 20, 2017 Read more

Speedy 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.

November 14, 2017 Read more

Bioengineered 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.

November 14, 2017 Read more

New 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.

November 14, 2017 Read more

Manta Ray robot swims faster and operates up to 10 hours (w/video)

The nature-inspired robot could one day substitute traditional autonomous underwater vehicles.

November 8, 2017 Read more

Future 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.

November 7, 2017 Read more

Innovative, 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.

November 7, 2017 Read more

New RoboBee flies, dives, swims and explodes out the of water (w/video)

Hybrid robot could perform search and rescue missions, research studies, environmental monitoring.

October 25, 2017 Read more

Physics 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.

October 19, 2017 Read more

Flexible '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.

October 17, 2017 Read more