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Microbots individually controlled using 'mini force fields'
Researchers are using a technology likened to 'mini force fields' to independently control individual microrobots operating within groups, an advance aimed at using the tiny machines in areas including manufacturing and medicine.
Posted: Jan 12th, 2016
Read moreRobot scientists discuss European research road maps
From 12 to 15 January, about 100 leaders from science and industry come to University of Twente's campus to discuss public-private partnerships in robotics. At the end of the week, there will be the kick-off of an innovative project, led by UT, about robots that will improve biopsy for cancer diagnostics.
Posted: Jan 11th, 2016
Read moreRobots learn by watching how-to videos
Researchers are teaching robots to watch instructional videos and derive a series of step-by-step instructions to perform a task. You won't even have to turn on the DVD player; the robot can look up what it needs on YouTube.
Posted: Dec 18th, 2015
Read moreContinuous adaptation makes for more natural interactions between robots and humans in shared tasks
A robot's role in a shared task could be continuously adjusted during the activity, thanks to a new adaptive robot control system that can sense whether a human operator wants to lead or follow.
Posted: Dec 16th, 2015
Read moreImproved robotic testing systems
New mathematical models can give us better and cheaper robotic systems.
Posted: Dec 14th, 2015
Read moreRoboticists learn to teach robots from babies
A collaboration between University of Washington developmental psychologists and computer scientists has demonstrated that robots can 'learn' much like kids - by amassing data through exploration, watching a human perform a task and determining how best to carry out that task on its own.
Posted: Dec 1st, 2015
Read moreComputer scientists achieve breakthrough in pheromone-based swarm communications in robots (w/video)
An innovative, effective and low-cost system which replicates in robots the pheromone-based communication of insect swarms is now being made available to robotics and artificial intelligence researchers after an important breakthrough.
Posted: Nov 26th, 2015
Read moreResearch into pub communication with robot James
A robotic bartender has to do something unusual for a machine: It has to learn to ignore some data and focus on social signals. Researchers investigated how a robotic bartender can understand human communication and serve drinks socially appropriately.
Posted: Nov 25th, 2015
Read moreRobots: the curiosity of the body
A new learning rule could help robots to acquire new movements and explain how people develop sensorimotor intelligence.
Posted: Nov 24th, 2015
Read moreA row-bot that loves dirty water
Taking inspiration from water beetles and other swimming insects, researchers have developed the Row-bot, a robot that thrives in dirty water. The Row-bot mimics the way that the water boatman moves and the way that it feeds on rich organic matter in the dirty water it swims in.
Posted: Nov 23rd, 2015
Read moreStrategy based on human reflexes may keep legged robots from tripping
Trips and stumbles too often lead to falls for amputees using leg prosthetics, but a robotic leg prosthesis being developed now promises to help users recover their balance by using techniques based on the way human legs are controlled.
Posted: Nov 18th, 2015
Read moreReading the signs
Technology for fast and efficient detection of hand poses could lead to enhanced human-computer interactions.
Posted: Nov 4th, 2015
Read moreRobots learn to walk (w/video)
Researchers have developed a robot whose gait comes closer than ever before to that of humans. The results of their study could also be used to develop better prostheses.
Posted: Oct 27th, 2015
Read moreRobot bees fly and swim, soon they'll have laser eyes
The flying insects, designed for agriculture and disaster relief, will rely on technology used by driverless cars.
Posted: Oct 21st, 2015
Read moreTiny dancers: Can ballet bugs help us build better robots? (w/video)
When it's time to design new robots, sometimes the best inspiration can come from Mother Nature. Take, for example, her creepy, but incredibly athletic spider crickets.
Posted: Oct 20th, 2015
Read moreSoft robot changes color as it grips and walks (w/video)
Scientists report a way to make elastic material for soft robots that changes color when it stretches. They say this process opens the door to robot camouflage, new ways to deliver medicines and other applications.
Posted: Oct 14th, 2015
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