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Meet the robotic 'finger' ready to check your pulse
Researchers at the University of Science and Technology of China have developed a soft robotic "finger" with a sophisticated sense of touch that can perform routine doctor's office examinations, including taking a patient's ...
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Soft robotics redefined: Meet the light-driven toroidal micro-robot that navigates viscous liquids autonomously
Researchers from Tampere University in Finland and Anhui Jianzhu University in China have made a significant breakthrough in soft robotics. Their study introduces the first toroidal, light-driven micro-robot that can move ...
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Psychosocial risks of collaborative robots: Emphasizing the need for worker engagement
The growing use of collaborative robots in the workplace may pose significant psychosocial risks to workers' mental health and their job security, but there are ways for organizations to smooth the transition, according to ...
Oct 7, 2024
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Engineers teach a quadruped robot to climb standard ladders
A team of robotics engineers at ETH Zurich, Robotics Systems Lab, has modified an ANYbotics ANYMal quadruped robot to allow it to easily and effectively climb a standard ladder. The group has written a paper describing their ...
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Meet Plantolin, the tree-planting robot pangolin built by student
A robot pangolin designed to plant trees is the winner of the 2023 Natural Robotics Contest, which rewards robot designs inspired by nature. As the winning entry, the pangolin—dubbed "Plantolin"—has been brought to life ...
Oct 3, 2024
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Biohybrid swimming robot uses motor neurons and cardiomyocytes to emulate muscle tissue
A combined team of bio researchers and roboticists from Brigham and Women's Hospital, in the U.S., and the iPrint Institute, in Switzerland, has developed a tiny swimming robot using human motor neurons and cardiomyocytes ...
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New method enables robots to map a scene, identify objects in order to complete a set of tasks
Imagine having to straighten up a messy kitchen, starting with a counter littered with sauce packets. If your goal is to wipe the counter clean, you might sweep up the packets as a group. If, however, you wanted to first ...
Sep 30, 2024
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Using Turing patterns to enhance soft pneumatic technology
According to a recent study in Scientific Reports, Turing patterns can be used to develop a new method for designing and producing fabric-based soft pneumatic actuators (FSPAs).
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LiDAR-based system allows unmanned aerial vehicle team to rapidly reconstruct environments
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have proved to be highly effective systems for monitoring and exploring environments. These autonomous flying robots could also be used to create detailed maps and ...
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ROSE: A gentle and versatile robotic gripper for efficient crop harvesting
Robotic grippers have become essential across many industries, including manufacturing, packaging, and logistics, mainly for pick-and-place tasks. Recently, the demand for robotic grippers has also expanded into agriculture, ...
Sep 26, 2024
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Researchers design platypus-inspired bionic multi-receptor skin
While engineers have developed increasingly advanced bio-inspired systems over the past decades, the sensing capabilities of these systems are typically far less advanced than those observed in humans and other animals.
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Neural Motion Planning approach helps robots navigate challenging obstacles in unfamiliar environments
Humans can grab a book from a shelf with little obvious thought. But it's a complex process for the brain that involves planning and navigating around obstacles, like other books or knickknacks. Robotics researchers have ...
Sep 24, 2024
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Q&A: Teaching robots to touch and interact like humans
Robots are widely used in the automotive industry and have started entering new application domains such as logistics in the last few years. However, current robots still face many limitations. They typically perform a single ...
Sep 24, 2024
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Google DeepMind unveils two new AI-based robot hand systems—ALOHA Unleashed and DemoStart
Engineers working on Google's DeepMind project have announced the development of two new AI-based robot systems. One called ALOHA Unleashed was developed to advance the science of bi-arm manipulation. The other, called DemoStart, ...
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Sky high—Europe's first drone cargo airline gets ready to take off
Drones can make air freight cheaper and remote areas more connected. But tracking them will be key.
Sep 23, 2024
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The future of delivery with transformative drones for low-altitude economy
The emerging low-altitude economy brings unconventional opportunities for urban and economic development, including revolutionizing parcel delivery. Researchers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) have utilized ...
Sep 23, 2024
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Computational approach could continually teach robots new skills via dialogue
While roboticists have introduced increasingly sophisticated robotic systems over the past decades, most of the solutions introduced so far are pre-programmed and trained to tackle specific tasks. The ability to continuously ...
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Team develops versatile knee exoskeletons for safer lifting
A set of knee exoskeletons, built with commercially available knee braces and drone motors at the University of Michigan, has been shown to help counteract fatigue in lifting and carrying tasks. They helped users maintain ...
Sep 18, 2024
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Combining soft artificial muscles with a rigid, magnetic exoskeleton to create building blocks for versatile robots
Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) have developed hexagon-shaped robotic components, called modules, that can be snapped together LEGO-style into high-speed robots that can be rearranged ...
Sep 18, 2024
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Task planning framework supports human-robot collaborative furniture assembly
Ensuring that robots can smoothly collaborate with humans in real-world environments is a crucial step towards their large-scale deployment. While some robotic systems are already engaging daily with human agents, for instance ...
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Magnetically driven soft robot achieves high-speed jumping
Many animal species, ranging from insects to amphibians and fish, use jumping as a means of moving within their surrounding environment. Jumping can be very advantageous for these animals, for instance, allowing them to reach ...
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Combining existing sensors with machine learning algorithms improves robots' intrinsic sense of touch
A team of roboticists at the German Aerospace Center's Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics finds that combining traditional internal force-torque sensors with machine-learning algorithms can give robots a new way to sense ...
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Stretching the possibilities of soft robots with flexible electronics
From search-and-rescue missions to orthopedic therapy and many other applications, soft robots and wearable electronic devices show great promise for many fields. However, designing them to be functional and practical to ...
Sep 12, 2024
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