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Future robots won't resemble humans - we're too inefficient

The robots of the near future won't be going about on two legs like the shuffling C3PO. And they'll be much more efficient than us bipeds.

November 7, 2017 Read more

Innovative, touch-sensitive avatar-robotic arm based on real-time haptics

Researchers have developed a 'real-time-avatar-robotic arm' that transmits sound, vision, and highly sensitive feelings of touch to remotely located users. This innovative touch sensitive robotic technology is expected to find applications in areas such as industrial manufacturing, harvesting farm produce, and nursing care.

November 7, 2017 Read more

New RoboBee flies, dives, swims and explodes out the of water (w/video)

Hybrid robot could perform search and rescue missions, research studies, environmental monitoring.

October 25, 2017 Read more

Physics boosts artificial intelligence methods

Researchers report the first application of quantum computing to a physics problem. By employing quantum-compatible machine learning techniques, they developed a method of extracting a rare Higgs boson signal from copious noise data.

October 19, 2017 Read more

Flexible 'skin' can help robots, prosthetics perform everyday tasks by sensing shear force

Engineers have developed a flexible sensor 'skin' that can be stretched over any part of a robot's body or prosthetic to accurately convey information about shear forces and vibration that are critical to successfully grasping and manipulating objects.

October 17, 2017 Read more

This soft robotic gripper can screw in your light bulbs for you

Engineers have designed and built a gripper that can pick up and manipulate objects without needing to see them and needing to be trained.

October 10, 2017 Read more

Could we build a Blade Runner-style replicant?

Will our own technology ever come close to matching the replicants of Blade Runner 2049?

October 5, 2017 Read more

'Superhero' robot wears different outfits for different tasks (w/video)

Shape-shifting device from CSAIL can walk, roll, sail, and glide using recyclable exoskeletons.

September 27, 2017 Read more

Soft, flexible origami-inspired robot with applications in manufacturing, medicine and space

A researcher has turned the origami she enjoyed as a child into a patent-pending soft robot that may one day be used on an assembly line, in surgery or even outer space.

September 27, 2017 Read more

Artificial intelligence for obtaining chemical fingerprints

Neural networks carry out chemical simulations in record time.

September 26, 2017 Read more

Click beetles inspire design of self-righting robots

A team of mechanical engineers and entomologists are looking to click beetles, who can right themselves without the use of their legs, to solve a robotics challenge.

September 25, 2017 Read more

One step closer to lifelike robots

A self-contained soft actuator three times stronger than natural muscle, without the need of externals, signals a breakthrough in soft robotics.

September 19, 2017 Read more

Self-reconfiguring modular robots that can merge, split and even self-heal

Researchers have developed self-reconfiguring modular robots that can merge, split and even self-heal while retaining full sensorimotor control. The work may take us closer to producing robots that can autonomously change their size, shape and function.

September 12, 2017 Read more

'Seeing' robot learns tricky technique for studying brain cells in mammals

Scientists have successfully taught robots to perform a challenging brain technique only previously mastered by a handful of humans.

August 31, 2017 Read more

New robot rolls with the rules of pedestrian conduct

Approach may enable robots to move around hospitals, malls, and other areas with heavy foot traffic.

August 30, 2017 Read more

Artificial intelligence helps with earlier detection of skin cancer

New technology being developed by researchers is using artificial intelligence (AI) to help detect melanoma skin cancer earlier.

August 23, 2017 Read more

Designing custom robots in a matter of minutes

'Interactive Robogami' that lets you design a robot in minutes, and then 3D-print and assemble it in as little as four hours.

August 22, 2017 Read more

Researchers use machine learning to spot counterfeit consumer products (w/video)

A team of researchers has developed a new mechanism that uses machine-learning algorithms to distinguish between genuine and counterfeit versions of the same product.

August 11, 2017 Read more