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Swarming robots avoid collisions, traffic jams

Researchers have developed the first decentralized algorithm with a collision-free, deadlock-free guarantee and validated it on a swarm of 100 autonomous robots in the lab.

Feb 24th, 2020

Watch 2 robots work together to make a hot dog (w/video)

An advance in machine learning allows two robots, named Jaco and Baxter, to make a hot dog.

Feb 20th, 2020

Slithering snakes on a 2-D plane (w/video)

By studying how snakes move, engineers have created a snake robot that can nimbly and stably climb large steps.

Feb 19th, 2020

New method proposed to achieve better robot self-learning

Researchers have proposed a new framework of incremental learning method based on Q-Learning and adaptive kernel linear (AKL) model. The framework allows robot to learn new behaviors without forgetting the previous ones.

Feb 18th, 2020

Sensorized skin helps soft robots find their bearings

Flexible sensors and an artificial intelligence model tell deformable robots how their bodies are positioned in a 3D environment.

Feb 13th, 2020

Robot sweat regulates temperature, key for extreme conditions

Just when it seemed like robots couldn't get any cooler, researchers have created a soft robot muscle that can regulate its temperature through sweating.

Jan 30th, 2020

Spider-Man-style robotic graspers defy gravity

Scientists have developed a suction unit that can be used on rough surfaces, no matter how textured, and that has applications in the development of climbing robots and robotic arms with grasping capabilities.

Jan 17th, 2020

Robotic gripping mechanism mimics how sea anemones catch prey

The doughnut-shaped, plastic rubber device crimps its skin to latch onto anything from cloth to beakers filled with liquid.

Jan 14th, 2020

Can sea star movement inspire better robots?

What researchers uncovered about sea star locomotion could help scientists design simpler, decentralized systems in robotics and beyond.

Jan 8th, 2020

A soft robotic insect that survives being flattened by a fly swatter (w/video)

Researchers have developed an ultra-light robotic insect that uses its soft artificial muscles to move at 3 cm per second across different types of terrain. It can be folded or crushed and yet continue to move.

Dec 18th, 2019

A robot and software make it easier to create advanced materials

A team of engineers has developed an automated way to produce polymers, making it much easier to create advanced materials aimed at improving human health.

Dec 5th, 2019

Researchers create new metallic material for flexible soft robots (w/video)

Researchers have created a material that is half as light as paper and highly flexible but also shows enhanced characteristics for electrical conductivity, heat generation, fire-resistance, strain-sensing and is inherently capable of wireless communications.

Nov 25th, 2019

How to design and control robots with stretchy, flexible bodies

Optimizing soft robots to perform specific tasks is a huge computational problem, but a new model can help.

Nov 21st, 2019

Soft skin-like robots you can put in your pocket

Stretchable skin-like robots that can be rolled up and put in your pocket have been developed by researchers using a new way of embedding artificial muscles and electrical adhesion into soft materials.

Nov 20th, 2019

A better understanding of soft artificial muscles

Artificial muscles will power the soft robots and wearable devices of the future. But more needs to be understood about the underlying mechanics of these powerful structures in order to design and build new devices. Now, researchers have uncovered some of the fundamental physical properties of artificial muscle fibers.

Nov 16th, 2019