Designing self-powered, soft and sensitive robotic fingers
Scientists make a big leap in development of soft robotic grippers by integrating sensing mechanisms into 3D printable fingers.
Dec 10th, 2020
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'Smellicopter' uses a live moth antenna to seek out scents
Researchers have developed an autonomous drone that uses a live antenna from a moth to navigate toward smells. Smellicopter can also sense and avoid obstacles as it travels through the air.
Dec 10th, 2020
Read moreShape-changing robots that adapt to their environments (w/video)
When danger approaches, the Moroccan flic-flac spider takes the shape of a ball and rolls away to safety. Just as the trick of shape-shifting to one's environment has proved invaluable for many creatures, researchers say it could be equally useful for robots.
Dec 1st, 2020
Read moreComputer-aided creativity in robot design
A new system optimizes the shape of robots for traversing various terrain types.
Nov 30th, 2020
Read moreNovel magnetic spray transforms objects into millirobots for biomedical applications
Researchers have developed an easy way to make millirobots by coating objects with a glue-like magnetic spray. Driven by the magnetic field, the coated objects can crawl, walk, or roll on different surfaces.
Nov 25th, 2020
Read moreCurved origami provides new range of stiffness-to-flexibility in robots
New research that employs curved origami structures has dramatic implications in the development of robotics going forward, providing tunable flexibility - the ability to adjust stiffness based on function - that historically has been difficult to achieve using simple design.
Nov 19th, 2020
Read morePhysics can assist with key challenges in artificial intelligence
A physical mechanism a priori reveals how many examples in deep learning are required to achieve a desired test accuracy. It surprisingly indicates that learning each example once is almost equivalent to learning examples repeatedly.
Nov 12th, 2020
Read moreRobotic AI learns to be spontaneous - Researchers use dynamical systems and machine learning to add spontaneity to AI
Researchers are exploring novel ways for exploiting the dynamics of high-dimensional chaos to implement humanlike cognitive functions.
Nov 12th, 2020
Read moreOn the way to lifelike robots
In order for robots to be able to achieve more than simple automated machines in the future, they must not only have their own 'brain'. Researchers postulate that artificial intelligence must be expanded to include the capabilities of a Physical Artificial Intelligence, PAI. This will redefine the field of robotics and the relationship between man and machine.
Nov 11th, 2020
Read moreNew 'robotic snake' device grips, picks up objects (w/video)
An invention similar to an elephant's trunk has potential benefits for many industries where handling delicate objects is essential.
Nov 9th, 2020
Read moreDog training methods help researchers teach robots to learn new tricks (w/video)
With a training technique commonly used to teach dogs to sit and stay, computer scientists showed a robot how to teach itself several new tricks, including stacking blocks. With the method, the robot, named Spot, was able to learn in days what typically takes a month.
Oct 26th, 2020
Read moreRobots that can transform their wheels into legs
A team of researchers is creating mobile robots that can determine, with or without human intervention, whether wheels or legs are more suitable to travel across terrains.
Oct 26th, 2020
Read moreScientists develop 'mini-brains' to help robots recognize pain and to self-repair
Using a brain-inspired approach, scientists have developed a way for robots to have the artificial intelligence (AI) to recognise pain and to self-repair when damaged.
Oct 15th, 2020
Read moreRobot swarms follow instructions to create art
Study shows that robot swarms can follow instructions to create paintings, suggesting that artists could incorporate such technology into their work.
Oct 14th, 2020
Read moreWhat is your attitude towards a humanoid robot? Your brain activity can tell us!
Scientists report that attitudes towards robot can be detected from neural activity.
Oct 1st, 2020
Read moreRobotic fabric: A breakthrough with many uses (w/video)
Researchers have developed a robotic fabric, a breakthrough that could lead to such innovations as adaptive clothing, self-deploying shelters, or lightweight shape-changing machinery.
Sep 30th, 2020
Read moreWhy human-like robots elicit uncanny feelings
Psychologists studied the cognitive mechanisms underlying this phenomenon.
Sep 16th, 2020
Read moreAquatic robots monitor how climate change impacts Venice's lagoon
Using a swarm of autonomous aquatic robots, researchers can now take multiple measurements at the same time and from different places, which will be hugely beneficial in the fight against climate change.
Sep 15th, 2020
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