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.
Nov 8th, 2017
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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.
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
Read more'Superhero' robot wears different outfits for different tasks (w/video)
Shape-shifting device from CSAIL can walk, roll, sail, and glide using recyclable exoskeletons.
Sep 27th, 2017
Read moreSoft, flexible origami-inspired robot with applications in manufacturing, medicine and space
A researcher has turned the origami she enjoyed as a child into a patent-pending soft robot that may one day be used on an assembly line, in surgery or even outer space.
Sep 27th, 2017
Read moreArtificial intelligence for obtaining chemical fingerprints
Neural networks carry out chemical simulations in record time.
Sep 26th, 2017
Read moreClick beetles inspire design of self-righting robots
A team of mechanical engineers and entomologists are looking to click beetles, who can right themselves without the use of their legs, to solve a robotics challenge.
Sep 25th, 2017
Read moreOne step closer to lifelike robots
A self-contained soft actuator three times stronger than natural muscle, without the need of externals, signals a breakthrough in soft robotics.
Sep 19th, 2017
Read moreSelf-reconfiguring modular robots that can merge, split and even self-heal
Researchers have developed self-reconfiguring modular robots that can merge, split and even self-heal while retaining full sensorimotor control. The work may take us closer to producing robots that can autonomously change their size, shape and function.
Sep 12th, 2017
Read more'Seeing' robot learns tricky technique for studying brain cells in mammals
Scientists have successfully taught robots to perform a challenging brain technique only previously mastered by a handful of humans.
Aug 31st, 2017
Read moreNew robot rolls with the rules of pedestrian conduct
Approach may enable robots to move around hospitals, malls, and other areas with heavy foot traffic.
Aug 30th, 2017
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