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Researchers have been developing a class of walking 'bio-bots' powered by muscle cells and controlled with electrical and optical pulses. Now, they are sharing the recipe for the current generation of bio-bots.
Feb 13th, 2017
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Made from hydrogel, robots may one day assist in surgical operations, evade underwater detection.
Feb 1st, 2017
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A team of engineers and scientists have developed an artificial skin capable of detecting temperature changes using a mechanism similar to the one used by the organ that allows pit vipers to sense their prey.
Jan 30th, 2017
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Researchers have coated normal fabric with an electroactive material, and in this way given it the ability to actuate in the same way as muscle fibres.
Jan 26th, 2017
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Underwater robots offer scientists an extraordinary new tool to study ocean currents and the tiny creatures they transport. Swarms of these underwater robots helped answer some basic questions about the most abundant life forms in the ocean - plankton.
Jan 24th, 2017
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Researchers have developed a new computational model that performs at human levels on a standard intelligence test. This work is an important step toward making artificial intelligence systems that see and understand the world as humans do.
Jan 19th, 2017
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Fund establishes a global initiative to advance artificial intelligence research for the public good.
Jan 10th, 2017
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Observer-based adaptive optimal control for unknown singularly perturbed nonlinear systems with input constraints.
Jan 10th, 2017
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A ground-breaking research reveals new findings in the emerging field of a multi-robot cooperative system design from its experimental side.
Dec 22nd, 2016
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Designing a soft robot to move organically - to bend like a finger or twist like a wrist - has always been a process of trial and error. Now, researchers have developed a method to automatically design soft actuators based on the desired movement.
Dec 20th, 2016
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Researchers have combined hair-like wires with electronic skin to make a more versatile sensor for robots, prosthetics and other applications.
Dec 14th, 2016
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Most robots achieve grasping and tactile sensing through motorized means, which can be excessively bulky and rigid. A group of researchers has devised a way for a soft robot to feel its surroundings internally, in much the same way humans do.
Dec 8th, 2016
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The 2015 earthquake in Nepal is just one example of a recent natural disaster that required search and rescue operations. A European security research project has developed new robotic tools for such operations with great success. Some of its developments are already commercially available and ready to be deployed in order to save lives.
Nov 25th, 2016
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Two engineering graduates have developed QuadBot, a 3D printable walking robotics platform. Their aim is to help as many people as possible to learn about robotics.
Nov 21st, 2016
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A new machine learning training method enables neural networks to learn directly from human-defined rules, opening new possibilities for artificial intelligence in fields from medical diagnostics to self-driving cars.
Nov 16th, 2016
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The public needs to better understanding the forces that can lead to development of autonomous weapons and how being a human is at the core of their impact.
Nov 15th, 2016
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