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Innovation and breakthroughs in a variety of scientific disciplines will be essential, and experts representing these diverse fields participated in a lively and provocative Roundtable Discussion on the future promise and current challenges of soft robots.
Sep 24th, 2013
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The Ohio State University is part of a 10-school collaboration, led by Drexel University, working to advance robotics technology for disaster relief as part of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Robotics Challenge.
Sep 24th, 2013
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Robotics can offer the Australian agricultural industry the chance to regain its competitive edge in the global marketplace, according to Professor Salah Sukkarieh from the University of Sydney.
Sep 24th, 2013
Read moreA robotic arm developed by a team of European researchers goes some way towards giving severely paralysed people some independence. The arm can be controlled intuitively, meaning the person just has to think about using their arm for it to move.
Sep 23rd, 2013
Read moreFirst there was opera. Then there was rock opera. Now, two Temple faculty members are giving the world robot opera.
Sep 19th, 2013
Read moreWith the purpose of verifying onshore and offshore platforms such as Pemex's and detect cracks or corrosion, the Mexican Corporation of Material Research (COMIMSA) designed RoboPipe, a robot capable of inspecting the pipes in the chemical and petrochemical industry without risking personnel.
Sep 18th, 2013
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A conference on legal and policy issues relating to robotics.
Sep 18th, 2013
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The ESA wants its operations on other planets to have greater mobility and manoeuvrability. SINTEF researchers are looking into whether snake robots could be the answer.
Sep 16th, 2013
Read moreAn efficient and cost effective new method of studying the movement of proteins in the body has been developed through an EU-funded project. By taking advantage of the fact that proteins and robot arms both move in a similar way, the COMPMECH team has been able to adapt certain algorithms to simulate protein behaviour.
Sep 13th, 2013
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A massive coordinated ocean sampling effort is being undertaken to map oceanographic properties of the Atlantic shelf from Georgia to Nova Scotia.
Sep 12th, 2013
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Study suggests dogs react more readily to robots that show interactive social behavior.
Sep 12th, 2013
Read moreThe National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded more than $2 million to fund projects led by Georgia Tech robotics researchers. The principal investigators (PIs) and co-PIs for these projects represent three of the Institute's six colleges, illustrating the interdisciplinary collaboration that distinguishes Tech as a leader in the national initiative to accelerate the development and use of robots in the United States.
Sep 12th, 2013
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University of Miami physicist Neil Johnson discovered one reason for these 'flash freezes' may be the sudden emergence of mobs of ultrafast robots, which trade on the global markets and operate at speeds beyond human capability, thus overwhelming the system.
Sep 11th, 2013
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EU funded project to develop intelligent and wearable body exoskeleton.
Sep 10th, 2013
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The next experiment from Rice University's Multi-Robot Systems Laboratory (MRSL) could happen on your desktop. The lab's researchers are refining their control algorithms for robotic swarms based upon data from five free online games that anyone can play.
Sep 9th, 2013
Read moreA new interdisciplinary research center at MIT, funded by the National Science Foundation, aims at nothing less than unraveling the mystery of intelligence.
Sep 9th, 2013
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Dash Robotics, founded by UC Berkeley alumni and students, unveiled a new high performance, low-cost 'origami' robot that runs fast on six legs, weighs only half an ounce and can be easily built at home.
Sep 7th, 2013
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The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is developing advanced microscopy techniques to support research into the sense of touch in order to help improve interactions between humans and machines.
Sep 5th, 2013
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