A robot to zap 'Darwin's nightmare', the invasive lionfish (w/video)
A lionfish harvester robot would use a robot arm with two metal electrodes on the end to electrocute invasive lionfish.
Posted: Aug 30th, 2016
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Researchers discover machines can learn by simply observing
It is now possible for machines to learn how natural or artificial systems work by simply observing them, without being told what to look for, according to new research.
Posted: Aug 30th, 2016
Read moreThe first autonomous, entirely soft robot
Powered by a chemical reaction controlled by microfluidics, the 3D-printed 'octobot' has no electronics.
Posted: Aug 24th, 2016
Read moreThe robots are coming - and they are here to help
A new European network effort has put robot-assisted neurorehabilitation on the map.
Posted: Aug 24th, 2016
Read moreNatural scale caterpillar soft robot is powered and controlled with light
Researchers using the liquid crystal elastomer technology, demonstrated a bioinspired micro-robot capable of mimicking caterpillar gaits in natural scale. The 15-millimeter long soft robot harvests energy from green light and is controlled by spatially modulated laser beam.
Posted: Aug 18th, 2016
Read moreBiohybrid robots built from living tissue start to take shape (w/video)
By combining robotics with tissue engineering, researchers are starting to build robots powered by living muscle tissue or cells. These devices can be stimulated electrically or with light to make the cells contract to bend their skeletons, causing the robot to swim or crawl.
Posted: Aug 10th, 2016
Read moreRobot companions are coming into our homes - so how human should they be?
Some see robots as a hypothetical future replacement for human carers. But a question roboticists are asking is: how human should these future robot companions be?
Posted: Aug 9th, 2016
Read moreDot-drawing with drones (w/video)
Flying robots could someday help artists create outdoor murals.
Posted: Aug 4th, 2016
Read moreFirst wave-propelled robot swims, crawls and climbs using a single, small motor (w/video)
The 3D-printed robot can move forward or backward in a wave-like motion, moving much like a worm would in a perpendicular wave.
Posted: Aug 1st, 2016
Read moreHey robot, shimmy like a centipede
New robotic devices mimic creature's surprising unstable advantage.
Posted: Jul 22nd, 2016
Read moreArtificial muscle for soft robotics: low voltage, high hopes
Researchers have developed a dielectric elastomer with a broad range of motion that requires relatively low voltage and no rigid components.This type of actuator could be used in everything from wearable devices to soft grippers, laparoscopic surgical tools, entirely soft robots or artificial muscles in more complex robotics.
Posted: Jul 21st, 2016
Read moreResearchers build a crawling robot from sea slug parts and a 3-D printed body
Researchers have combined tissues from a sea slug with flexible 3-D printed components to build 'biohybrid' robots to manage different tasks than an animal or purely manmade robot could.
Posted: Jul 19th, 2016
Read moreEngineers to use cyborg insects as biorobotic sensing machines
A team of engineers is looking to capitalize on the sense of smell in locusts to create new biorobotic sensing systems that could be used in homeland security applications.
Posted: Jun 28th, 2016
Read more'Squishy' motors and wheels give soft robots a new ride
Engineers, in a breakthrough, create a soft motor that could power versatile soft robots.
Posted: Jun 28th, 2016
Read moreRobotic motion planning in real-time (w/video)
Engineers and computer scientists develop a new computer processor specially designed for robotic motion planning.
Posted: Jun 20th, 2016
Read moreFlight of the RoboBee
One of the more unexpected robotics applications in recent years comes from the RoboBees project, which aims to create autonomous robotic insects capable of sustained, independent flight.
Posted: Jun 7th, 2016
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