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Robot designed to improve attention in people with acquired brain injury (w/video)

Improving the autonomy and care of dependent people with acquired brain injury is the scientific and technological challenge of a new research project.

June 28, 2017 Read more

The advent of intelligent robots and their role in society

Engineers to develop integrative studies course focusing on the interdisciplinary nature of robots and ethics.

June 22, 2017 Read more

Astronauts to get help from snake robots

Researchers are looking into how a snake robot might carry out maintenance work on the International Space Station (ISS), study comets, and explore the possibility of living and working in lava tunnels on the Moon.

June 21, 2017 Read more

Research project to explore how artificial intelligence impacts behavioural change

The 'Smart Robots for Health Communication' project is a joint research initiative designed to introduce social robotics and artificial intelligence into clinical health care.

June 20, 2017 Read more

Robot uses deep learning and big data to write and play its own music (w/video)

A marimba-playing robot with four arms and eight sticks is writing and playing its own compositions. The pieces are generated using artificial intelligence and deep learning.

June 14, 2017 Read more

Self-learning robot hands

Researchers present new system that learns how to grasp objects.

June 8, 2017 Read more

Giving robots a sense of touch (w/video)

GelSight technology lets robots gauge objects' hardness and manipulate small tools.

June 5, 2017 Read more

Meet the most nimble-fingered robot ever built (w/video)

Researchers have a built a robot that can pick up and move unfamiliar, real-world objects with a 99 percent success rate.

June 2, 2017 Read more

A glove powered by soft robotics to interact with virtual reality environments

Engineers are using soft robotics technology to make light, flexible gloves that allow users to feel tactile feedback when they interact with virtual reality environments. The researchers used the gloves to realistically simulate the tactile feeling of playing a virtual piano keyboard.

May 30, 2017 Read more

Building a better 'bot': Artificial intelligence helps human groups

Artificial intelligence doesn't have to be super-sophisticated to make a difference in people's lives, according to a new study. Even 'dumb AI' can help human groups.

May 17, 2017 Read more

3-D-printed, soft, four legged robot can walk on sand and stone (w/video)

Engineers have developed the first soft robot that is capable of walking on rough surfaces, such as sand and pebbles. The 3D-printed, four-legged robot can climb over obstacles and walk on different terrains.

May 16, 2017 Read more

Virtual top hats allow swarming robots to fly in tight formation (w/video)

Researchers have created a team of free-flying robots that obeys the two rules of the air: don't collide or undercut each other.

May 15, 2017 Read more

Live interactions with robots increase their perceived human likeness

Robots presented in virtual reality also scored high in human likeness.

May 10, 2017 Read more

Bio-inspired robotic fish for environmental monitoring

Researchers are developing a bio-inspired robot equipped with special chemical sensors able to detect the pH of water.

May 10, 2017 Read more

How will robots handle life or death decisions?

A lecture series dealt with what life will be like when robots and artificial intelligences become common. We may be allowing machines to make life and death decisions, so it makes sense to think about what values we program into them.

May 9, 2017 Read more

Robot radiology: Low cost A.I. could screen for cervical cancer better than humans

An artificial intelligence image detection method has the potential to outperform PAP and HPV tests in screening for cervical cancer; Low-cost technique could be used in less-developed countries, where 80 percent of cervical cancer deaths occur.

April 24, 2017 Read more

Be careful what you tell your robot to do, expert warns

AIs won't wake up and want to kill us but they might hurt us by accident.

April 11, 2017 Read more

Researchers control soft robots using magnetic fields

A team of engineering researchers has made a fundamental advance in controlling so-called soft robots, using magnetic fields to remotely manipulate microparticle chains embedded in soft robotic devices.

March 29, 2017 Read more