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AugLimb: A compact robotic limb to support humans during everyday activities
Researchers at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and University of Tokyo recently developed AugLimb, a compact robotic limb that could support humans as they complete a variety of tasks. This new limb, presented ...
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Soft components for the next generation of soft robotics
Soft robots driven by pressurized fluids could explore new frontiers and interact with delicate objects in ways that traditional rigid robots can't. But building entirely soft robots remains a challenge because many of the ...
Sep 09, 2021
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Drones will soon be transporting medical samples in Norway
The distance between the Norwegian towns of Røros and Trondheim is about 100 kilometers as the crow flies. Three entrepreneurs from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)want to use drones to transport ...
Sep 09, 2021
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Singapore is testing robots to patrol the streets for 'undesirable' behavior like smoking
Singapore is in the midst of a three-week trial for a pair of autonomous robots that patrol the public for "undesirable social behaviors" that include smoking in prohibited areas and violating COVID-19 gathering regulations.
Sep 08, 2021
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Super-stretchy wormlike robots capable of 'feeling' their surroundings
Super-stretchy wormlike robots capable of 'feeling' their surroundings could find applications in industry and prosthetics, scientists say.
Sep 06, 2021
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Artificial fiber spun from liquid crystal elastomer using electricity performs like human muscle fiber
A team of researchers at the University of California has developed a way to create an artificial fiber that performs very much like human muscle fibers. In their paper published in the journal Science Robotics, the researchers ...
Sep 02, 2021 report
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Soft perching robot validates the benefit of having a fifth leg
Geckos' impressive climbing abilities give them agility rarely surpassed in nature. With their highly specialized adhesive lamellae on their feet, geckos can climb up smooth vertical surfaces with ease and even move on a ...
Sep 02, 2021
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Los Angeles is about to get its first robotaxi test fleet
It's not uncommon in the Bay Area to spot a driverless test car sharing the highway, a whirling lidar array atop its roof. Not so much in Southern California, where little robot car testing has been conducted to date.
Sep 02, 2021
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DefGraspSim: A pipeline to evaluate robotic grasping of 3D deformable objects
Over the past few decades, roboticists and computer scientists have developed robots that can grasp and manipulate various objects in their surroundings. Most of these robots are primarily trained to grasp rigid objects or ...
Sep 01, 2021 feature
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Researchers develop bionic arm that restores natural behaviors in patients with upper limb amputations
Cleveland Clinic researchers have engineered a first-of-its-kind bionic arm for patients with upper-limb amputations that allows wearers to think, behave and function like a person without an amputation, according to new ...
Sep 01, 2021
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Grubhub testing delivery robots
Jeffrey McKee made a peculiar sighting on his way to work at Ohio State a few weeks ago. Rolling around campus was what appeared to be a food cooler with wheels and a camera perched on its roof.
Sep 01, 2021
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A policy to enable the use of general-purpose manipulators in high-speed robot air hockey
To perform well on highly dynamic tasks, robots should be able to move quickly and be highly reactive. As robots typically have physical constraints and hardware limitations, computer scientists should also develop planners ...
Aug 31, 2021 feature
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