A helping hand for robotic manipulator design (w/video)
With modular components and an easy-to-use 3D interface, this interactive design pipeline enables anyone to create their own customized robotic hand.
May 26th, 2022
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Tiny robotic crab is smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot (w/video)
Smaller than a flea, robot can walk, bend, twist, turn and jump.
May 26th, 2022
Read moreResearchers develop algorithm to divvy up tasks for human-robot teams
As robots increasingly join people on the factory floor, in warehouses and elsewhere on the job, dividing up who will do which tasks grows in complexity and importance. People are better suited for some tasks, robots for others. And in some cases, it is advantageous to spend time teaching a robot to do a task now and reap the benefits later.
May 24th, 2022
Read moreResearchers demonstrate significant energy savings using neuromorphic hardware
Research illustrates neuromorphic technology is up to sixteen times more energy-efficient for large deep learning networks than other AI systems.
May 24th, 2022
Read moreTwisted soft robots navigate mazes without human or computer guidance (w/video)
These soft robots demonstrate a concept called 'physical intelligence', meaning that structural design and smart materials are what allow the soft robot to navigate various situations, as opposed to computational intelligence.
May 24th, 2022
Read moreUsing everyday WiFi to help robots see and navigate better indoors (w/video)
Engineers have developed a low cost, low power technology to help robots accurately map their way indoors, even in poor lighting and without recognizable landmarks or features.
May 19th, 2022
Read moreA drone for ultrafast transitions between air and water (w/video)
A new robot is capable of switching from an underwater drone to an aerial vehicle in less than one second. The robot also features a suction disc inspired by the remora fish, which enables it to hitchhike on wet or dry moving objects to significantly reduce its power consumption.
May 19th, 2022
Read moreCharting a safe course for autonomous robots through a highly uncertain environment
A new technique can safely guide an autonomous robot without knowledge of its environmental conditions or the size, shape, or location of obstacles it might encounter.
May 19th, 2022
Read moreAccelerating the pace of machine learning
Researchers want to bring efficiency to distributed learning techniques emerging as crucial to modern artificial intelligence and machine learning.
May 19th, 2022
Read moreArtificial muscles help robot vacuum manipulators get a grip
The system can adapt almost instantaneously to changes in form, switching seamlessly between differently shaped parts. The articulated gripper is driven electrically, is lightweight and accelerates rapidly and is even able to tell whether it is holding the object securely enough.
May 16th, 2022
Read moreAI traffic light system could make traffic jams a distant memory
New artificial intelligence system reads live camera footage and adapts the lights to compensate. In testing, the system significantly outperformed all other methods.
May 11th, 2022
Read moreSoft assistive robotic wearables get a boost from rapid design tool (w/video)
Scientists have created a design and fabrication tool for soft pneumatic actuators for integrated sensing, which can power personalized health care, smart homes, and gaming.
May 4th, 2022
Read moreTaste of the future: Robot chef learns to 'taste as you go' (w/video)
A robot 'chef' has been trained to taste food at different stages of the chewing process to assess whether it's sufficiently seasoned.
May 4th, 2022
Read moreNew device achieves the tallest height of any known jumper, engineered or biological
A mechanical jumper is capable of achieving the tallest height - roughly 30 meters - of any jumper to date, engineered or biological. The feat represents a fresh approach to the design of jumping devices and advances the understanding of jumping as a form of locomotion.
Apr 27th, 2022
Read moreAn easier way to teach robots new skills
Researchers have developed a technique that enables a robot to learn a new pick-and-place task with only a handful of human demonstrations.
Apr 25th, 2022
Read moreRobots that can learn to safely navigate warehouses
Advances in chips, sensors, and AI algorithms are enabling robots to continuously learn how to plan routes, avoid obstructions, and operate safely in large dynamic warehouse environments.
Apr 23rd, 2022
Read moreNew method allows robot vision to identify occluded objects
Much like human vision, the method allows for the detection of visible, partially occluded, and unseen objects in a single framework.
Apr 19th, 2022
Read moreConcerned your smartphone is spying on you?
Computer scientists have built an algorithm that blocks a rogue microphone from correctly hearing your words - in English so far - 80% of the time.
Apr 19th, 2022
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