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Controlling robots with brainwaves and hand gestures (w/video)

System enables people to correct robot mistakes on multi-choice problems.

Jun 20th, 2018

Intelligent maps will help robots navigate in your home

New research suggests methods for enabling robots to better understand and become more aware of their surroundings, so that they can efficiently adapt their movements in a complex work space.

Jun 19th, 2018

Researchers use machine learning to search science data

Researchers are developing innovative machine learning tools to pull contextual information from scientific datasets and automatically generate metadata tags for each file. Scientists can then search these files via a web-based search engine for scientific data.

Jun 19th, 2018

Robots learn by checking in on team members

Innovative drone designs and software enables a team of drones to work together in a coordinated approach.

Jun 11th, 2018

Future robots need no motors

Engineers invent world's first nickel-hydroxide actuating material that can be triggered by light, electricity, and other stimuli.

Jun 4th, 2018

Researchers developed electronic skins that wirelessly activate fully soft robots

The novel skin-like electronic system is soft, thin, lightweight and can wirelessly activate soft robots through a simple lamination process.

Jun 1st, 2018

Soft machines

Researchers develop a fast, low-voltage actuator for soft and wearable robotics.

May 21st, 2018

Albatross robot takes flight

Autonomous glider can fly like an albatross, cruise like a sailboat.

May 17th, 2018

No motor, no battery, no problem (w/video)

New robot concept uses responsive materials to swim through water.

May 15th, 2018

The first wireless flying robotic insect takes off (w/video)

Engineers have for the first time cut the cord and added a brain, allowing their RoboFly to take its first independent flaps. This might be one small flap for a robot, but it's one giant leap for robot-kind.

May 15th, 2018

First robotic system plays tic tac toe to improve task performance (w/video)

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time the feasibility of a robotic system that plays Tic Tac Toe with rehabilitation patients to improve real-life task performance.

May 4th, 2018

New AI to develop self-learning robots for nuclear sites

Researchers have secured funding to develop artificial intelligence systems to enable self-learning robots to be deployed in place of humans to hazardous nuclear sites.

May 4th, 2018

Researchers design 'soft' robots that can move on their own (w/video)

Using sensors, actuators and artificial muscle, robots could be used in medicine, rescue and defense.

Apr 18th, 2018

Invertebrates inspire first fully 3-D printed active materials for robots

To overcome the material rigidity and actuation limitations in current robotic systems, a research project sought inspiration from invertebrates.

Apr 17th, 2018

Gecko-inspired adhesives help soft robotic fingers to get a better grip

A team of researchers has developed a robotic gripper that combines the adhesive properties of gecko toes and the adaptability of air-powered soft robots to grasp a much wider variety of objects than the state of the art.

Apr 9th, 2018

Robotics takes mass spec to the third dimension for forensics, pharma applications

Scientists report that by combining a robotic arm and mass spectrometry, they can analyze the surface of irregularly shaped 3-D objects, potentially opening up new branches of forensics and pharmaceutics.

Apr 5th, 2018

Robot-mounted vacuum grippers flex their artificial muscles

The novel vacuum gripper enables robot arms to pick up objects and move them around freely in space.

Mar 23rd, 2018

Sherlock Drones - automated investigators tackle toxic crime scenes

Scientists are developing robot and remote-sensing technology to provide safe ways to assess crime or disaster scenes and begin gathering forensic evidence.

Mar 15th, 2018