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Taking their cues from plants and animals that have evolved to navigate subterranean spaces, researchers have developed a fast, controllable soft robot that can burrow through sand. The technology not only enables new applications for fast, precise and minimally invasive movement underground, but also lays mechanical foundations for new types of robots.
Jun 16th, 2021
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Goodbye, bulky components and connectors: A team of scientists has now found a new way to exploit the principles of spiders' joints to create lightweight robots.
Jun 16th, 2021
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A team of scientists has developed millimetre-sized robots that can be controlled using magnetic fields to perform highly manoeuvrable and dexterous manipulations. This could pave the way to possible future applications in biomedicine and manufacturing.
Jun 15th, 2021
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To capture the sophisticated mechanics of in-hand manipulation, a team of researchers designed a robotic system that relies on its ability to map out how it interacts with its environment to adapt and update its own internal model.
Jun 15th, 2021
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'Giant flexoelectricity' breakthrough in soft elastomers paves way for improved robots and self-powered pacemakers.
Jun 3rd, 2021
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A reimagined robot hand combines strength with resilience, sidestepping the problems that accompany existing designs.
May 28th, 2021
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What if a robot could organize your closet or chop your vegetables? A sous chef in every home could someday be a reality.
May 28th, 2021
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Researchers use AI to teach robots to make appropriate reactive human facial expressions, an ability that could build trust between humans and their robotic co-workers and care-givers.
May 27th, 2021
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The technology uses tactile sensing to identify objects underground, and might one day help disarm land mines or inspect cables.
May 26th, 2021
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A team of scientists aims to make Deep Learning more accountable and transparent by better understanding the decision making process behind the algorithms.
May 26th, 2021
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Engineers have developed a predictive control model that allows swarms of drones to fly in cluttered environments quickly and safely. It works by enabling individual drones to predict their own behavior and that of their neighbors in the swarm.
May 18th, 2021
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A spray-on magnetic coat turns any object into a robot controlled by a magnetic field. The biocompatible robots can walk, crawl and roll, and switch motions on demand.
May 13th, 2021
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Computational model precisely replicates eye and finger movements of touchscreen users - could lead to better auto-correct and keyboard usability for unique needs.
May 12th, 2021
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Scientists develop a 3D printing-compatible strategy to actuate millimeter-scale robots using genetically modified biomolecular machinery.
May 5th, 2021
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been described as one of the greatest threats to global health and food security. Surveillance is a core component of managing AMR, yet surveillance methods have changed very little since their conception and remain cost prohibitive and resource intense.
May 4th, 2021
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At issue is something called elastohydrodynamic lubrication friction, which is the friction that occurs when two solid surfaces come into contact with a thin layer of fluid between them.
Apr 29th, 2021
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A team of scientists has developed a system with which they can fabricate miniature robots building block by building block, which function exactly as required. As one would do with a Lego system, the scientists can randomly combine individual components.
Apr 29th, 2021
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Researchers propose a novel auditory perception based feature for extracting emotions from human speech using neural networks.
Apr 28th, 2021
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