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Virtual robots for the simulated brain
The neurorobotics platform gives scientists the chance to apply brain models to various different robots and thus conduct their own experiments.
Posted: Mar 30th, 2016
Read moreMetal-foam hybrid has potential in soft robotics, aeronautics (w/video)
Imagine an aircraft that could alter its wing shape in midflight and, like a pelican, dive into the water before morphing into a submarine.
Posted: Mar 21st, 2016
Read moreDevelopment of a wall-climbing drone
A new wall-climbing drone can approach any type of structure by flying and sticking to the target and utitlizing a pose change and perching mechanism.
Posted: Mar 15th, 2016
Read moreAmputee feels texture with a bionic fingertip
An amputee was able to feel smoothness and roughness in real-time with an artificial fingertip that was surgically connected to nerves in his upper arm. Moreover, the nerves of non-amputees can also be stimulated to feel roughness, without the need of surgery, meaning that prosthetic touch for amputees can now be developed and safely tested on intact individuals.
Posted: Mar 8th, 2016
Read moreOrchestration of systems of mobile robots for border protection, search and rescue, and personal security
New research enables the efficient planning of the activities of systems of mobile robots for socially beneficial services including border patrol, search and rescue, and security escort.
Posted: Mar 7th, 2016
Read moreSuper elastic electroluminescent skin will soon create mood robots
Imagine a health care robot that could display the patient's temperature and pulse, and even reacts to a patient's mood.
Posted: Mar 3rd, 2016
Read moreHow to tame your robot
Now programming robots is not just for those with years of coding knowledge, it's for anyone who wants to experience what it's like to simply wave at a robot and have it wave back.
Posted: Mar 1st, 2016
Read moreIn emergencies, should you trust a robot? (w/video)
In emergencies, people may trust robots too much for their own safety, a new study suggests.
Posted: Feb 29th, 2016
Read moreAutomatic programming makes swarm robots safer and more reliable
Researchers have applied a novel method of automatically programming and controlling a swarm of up to 600 robots to complete a specified set of tasks simultaneously.
Posted: Feb 25th, 2016
Read moreUsing stories to teach human values to artificial agents
Artificial intelligence technique Quixote teaches 'value alignment' to robots by training them to read stories, learn acceptable sequences of events and understand successful ways to behave in human societies.
Posted: Feb 13th, 2016
Read moreRobotically driven system could reduce cost of discovering drug and target interactions
Scientists have created the first robotically driven experimentation system to determine the effects of a large number of drugs on many proteins, reducing the number of necessary experiments by 70%.
Posted: Feb 9th, 2016
Read moreCockroach inspires robot that squeezes through cracks (w/video)
Cockroaches' ability to squeeze through the tiniest cracks has inspired a robot that can rapidly squeeze through cracks - a new capability for search-and-rescue in rubble resulting from tornados, earthquakes and explosions.
Posted: Feb 9th, 2016
Read moreRobotic fingers with a gentle touch
Scientists have invented a new soft gripper that uses electroadhesion: flexible electrode flaps that act like a thumb-index duo. It can pick up fragile objects of arbitrary shape and stiffness, like an egg, a water balloon or paper.
Posted: Feb 1st, 2016
Read moreHalf million dollar Robotic Art Grand Challenge seeks technologists to build a classical artist
In the tradition of recent Technological Grand Challenges, RobotArt has pledged over half a million dollars in prizes over 5 years to competitors in a new Robotic Grand Challenge. This Grand Challenge is simple to describe but difficult to master, create a robot that paints with a brush like a classical master. The more skilled and creative the robot, the better.
Posted: Jan 27th, 2016
Read moreNIST launches national competition to make robots more agile
Manufacturers, robot suppliers and researchers, here's your chance to get in on the ground floor of an upcoming national competition intended to help make robots handier and nimbler performers on the factory floor.
Posted: Jan 21st, 2016
Read moreMicrobots individually controlled using 'mini force fields'
Researchers are using a technology likened to 'mini force fields' to independently control individual microrobots operating within groups, an advance aimed at using the tiny machines in areas including manufacturing and medicine.
Posted: Jan 12th, 2016
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