Shape-changing robots take on changing terrains
Robots can change directions, speeds and even their colors. But what about changing their shapes? With help from a sculptor's intuition, researchers are on it.
Apr 11th, 2019
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Robots can change directions, speeds and even their colors. But what about changing their shapes? With help from a sculptor's intuition, researchers are on it.
Apr 11th, 2019
Read moreSheet pile driving robot autonomously builds erosion barriers from interlocking metal sheets in natural terrain, and robot swarms could be developed to protect threatened areas.
Apr 8th, 2019
Read moreStudies on the collective behavior of a swarm of land robots showed that a specific number of interactions among units is required to produce an optimal collective response.
Apr 5th, 2019
Read moreUsing a new type of dual polymer material capable of responding dynamically to its environment, researchers have developed a set of modular hydrogel components that could be useful in a variety of soft robotic and biomedical applications.
Mar 21st, 2019
Read moreThrough an imaginative experiment, researchers were able to get two extremely different animal species located far apart to interact with each other and reach a shared decision with the help of robots.
Mar 21st, 2019
Read moreResearchers create new kind of robot composed of many simple particles with no centralized control or single point of failure.
Mar 20th, 2019
Read moreGripper device inspired by 'origami magic ball' can grasp wide array of delicate and heavy objects.
Mar 15th, 2019
Read moreNew AI algorithms could allow robots to learn to move by themselves, imitating animals.
Mar 11th, 2019
Read moreResearchers have found that when robots are beating humans in contests for cash prizes, people consider themselves less competent and expend slightly less effort -- and they tend to dislike the robots.
Mar 11th, 2019
Read moreFrilly surfaces that help slugs move may motivate future energy-efficient, soft-body robots.
Mar 7th, 2019
Read moreThe goal of this lab is to create small, lightweight robots that can reconfigure themselves in response to a need.
Mar 6th, 2019
Read moreAn ultra-low power hybrid chip inspired by the brain could help give palm-sized robots the ability to collaborate and learn from their experiences. Combined with new generations of low-power motors and sensors, the new application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) - which operates on milliwatts of power - could help intelligent swarm robots operate for hours instead of minutes.
Mar 6th, 2019
Read moreUnusual property of the ultrastrong material could be harnessed for twisting or pulling motions.
Mar 1st, 2019
Read moreDecoding of the human genome still poses puzzles that might be solved with the help of artificial intelligence. Technology assessment experts study which applications are realistic and which ethical issues they may entail.
Feb 27th, 2019
Read moreScientists have demonstrated how tiny robot swarms could be programmed like cells to form shapes together by relying on interactions with their neighbours.
Feb 25th, 2019
Read moreThe elegant movements of Euglena, unicellular organisms that adapt their body deformations according to the environment, could be a model for robots that have to move in complex situations, such as soils, debris or even the human body.
Feb 21st, 2019
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