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Magnapods: Autonomous Inspection Robots

Posted by Matthew Dahlitz | Aug 6, 2020 | Robotics, Video |

It looks like a giant mechanical spider, but with only 4 legs. It can clamber up a metal beam with...

Intelligent sensing for Robots

Posted by Admin | Jul 28, 2020 | Robotics |

Picking up a can of soft drink may be a simple task for humans, but this is a complex task for...

Soft robot actuators heal themselves

Posted by Admin | Jul 28, 2020 | Hardware |

Repeated activity wears on soft robotic actuators, but these machines’ moving parts...

Diet and weight loss With The Support of Social Robots

Posted by Admin | Jul 10, 2020 | Robotics |

Diet and weight loss: Using social robots to support human health and wellbeing Dr Nicole Robinson...

First Real-Time Physics Engine for Soft Robotics

Posted by Age of Robots | May 24, 2020 | Robotics |

Scientists have adapted sophisticated computer graphics technology, used to create hair and fabric in animated films, to simulate the movements of soft, limbed robots for the first time. The advance is a major step toward such robots that are autonomous.

A Futurist Examines The Future of Robots

Posted by Peter Bishop | May 14, 2020 | Foresight, Robotics |

FROM THE ARCHIVES A Futurist Examines The Future of Robots by Peter Bishop This new...

New Robot Rolls With the Rules of Pedestrian Conduct

Posted by Age of Robots | May 14, 2020 | Robotics |

FROM THE ARCHIVES New Robot Rolls With the Rules of Pedestrian Conduct by Jennifer...

Why Robots are Important

Posted by Age of Robots | May 14, 2020 | Robotics |

FROM THE ARCHIVES Why Robots are Important by Peter Corke

Soft Robotics

Posted by Age of Robots | May 14, 2020 | Hardware |

FROM THE ARCHIVES Soft Robotics

Texas A&M Researchers Help Give Robotic Arms A Steady Hand For Surgeries

Posted by Age of Robots | May 10, 2020 | Robotics |

Sending small electrical currents to the fingertips of someone operating a robotic arm can help surgeons during robot-assisted procedures, the researchers found.

Robots That ‘Eat’ Metal for Energy is Now Possible Through Penn Engineering’s New Scavenger Technology

Posted by Age of Robots | May 2, 2020 | Robotics |

The gap between batteries and energy harvesters like solar panels is bridged by new research. The best of both worlds is achieved by their ‘metal-air scavenger’.

Shape-changing, free-roaming soft robot created by Stanford engineers

Posted by Age of Robots | Mar 30, 2020 | Robotics |

A new type of robot combines traditional and soft robotics, making it safe but sturdy. Once inflated, it can change shape and move without being attached to a source of energy or air.

Google robot teaches itself to walk

Posted by Age of Robots | Mar 3, 2020 | Robotics |

For robots to adapt to new situations and environments, or solve unique problems, they need to be...

Xenobots – The first living robots

Posted by Admin | Jan 16, 2020 | Robotics |

A book is made of wood. But it is not a tree. The dead cells have been repurposed to serve another...

No Implant Required – Mind Controlled Robot Arms

Posted by Admin | Jun 23, 2019 | Human Augmentation, Medical Robotics |

What if you could integrate robotic parts with you’re own body. Well actually, you already can. In...

New AI algorithm can predict human movement

Posted by Jachin Dahlitz | Jun 19, 2019 | Robotics |

For many years automation has played a vital part in the manufacturing industry. From the moment...

Drones can detect protected nightjar nests

Posted by Age of Robots | Jan 14, 2019 | Hardware |

Thermal-sensing cameras mounted on drones may offer a safer and more cost-effective way to locate nests of the elusive European nightjar in forestry work and construction areas, according to new research presented at the British Ecological Society’s annual meeting in Birmingham today.

New Foldable Drone Flies through Narrow Holes in Rescue Missions

Posted by Age of Robots | Jan 11, 2019 | Robotics |

A research team from the University of Zurich has developed a new drone that can retract its propeller arms in flight and make itself small to fit through narrow gaps and holes. This is particularly useful when searching for victims of natural disasters.

No more Iron Man: submarines now have soft, robotic arms

Posted by Age of Robots | Nov 2, 2018 | Robotics |

A new, modular soft robotic arm gives deep-sea researchers better dexterity for embracing delicate sea life.

Artificial Intelligence Guides Rapid Data-Driven Exploration of Changing Underwater Habitats

Posted by Age of Robots | Sep 28, 2018 | Robotics |

Researchers aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor used autonomous underwater robots, along with the Institute’s remotely operated vehicle (ROV) SuBastian, to acquire 1.3 million high resolution images of the seafloor at Hydrate Ridge, composing them into the largest known high resolution color 3D model of the seafloor.

UTSA enters Guinness World Records with smallest medical robot

Posted by Age of Robots | Sep 21, 2018 | Medical Robotics, Nanorobotics |

It can’t be seen with a human eye. It doesn’t look anything like C-3PO or R2-D2, or even BB-8. But, nevertheless, it is a robot (all 120nm of it) and its now been deemed the Smallest Medical Robot.