Sweater-wrapped robots can feel and react to human touch
The qualities that make a knitted sweater comfortable and easy to wear are the same things that might allow robots to better interact with humans.
May 25, 2023
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How robots can help find the solar energy of the future
Solar energy is one of the most promising ways to power the world of the future. However, creating more efficient solar cells requires finding new and better materials.
Oct 27, 2023
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Machine learning guarantees robots' performance in unknown territory
A small drone takes a test flight through a space filled with randomly placed cardboard cylinders acting as stand-ins for trees, people or structures. The algorithm controlling the drone has been trained on a thousand simulated ...
Nov 17, 2020
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Team prints seaweed-based, biodegradable actuators
Traditionally, soft robots have been made using synthetic polymers, rubbers, and plastics. Such materials provide soft robots with long operational lives and stable structures, but may pose risks to the environment if lost ...
Jun 15, 2023
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Team develops robot hand capable of handling eggs and cutting paper with scissors
The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (President Chunhong Park; hereinafter "KIMM") developed a robot hand capable of handling various objects and tools in daily life, such as holding an egg and cutting paper with ...
Feb 10, 2020
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Deep-learning system explores materials' interiors from the outside
Maybe you can't tell a book from its cover, but according to researchers at MIT you may now be able to do the equivalent for materials of all sorts, from an airplane part to a medical implant. Their new approach allows engineers ...
Apr 28, 2023
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Engineers discover new process for synthetic material growth, enabling soft robots that grow like plants
An interdisciplinary team of University of Minnesota Twin Cities scientists and engineers has developed a first-of-its-kind, plant-inspired extrusion process that enables synthetic material growth. The new approach will allow ...
Sep 28, 2022
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A robot that controls highly flexible tools
How do you calculate the coordinated movements of two robot arms so they can accurately guide a highly flexible tool? ETH researchers have integrated all aspects of the optimisation calculations into an algorithm. A hot-wire ...
Sep 8, 2020
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Electricity-free circuit helps free up space for robots to 'think,' say scientists
Engineers have worked out how to give robots complex instructions without electricity for the first time, which could free up more space in the robotic 'brain' for them to 'think.'
Oct 8, 2024
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Chameleon's tongue strike inspires fast-acting robots
Chameleons, salamanders and many toads use stored elastic energy to launch their sticky tongues at unsuspecting insects located up to one-and-a-half body lengths away, catching them within a tenth of a second.
Oct 29, 2019
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