Fluidic circuits add analog options for controlling soft robots
Add analog and air-driven to the list of control system options for soft robots.
Sep 28, 2022
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Robotics
A humanoid robot gets ready for action
Mechanical engineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have developed a full-sized humanoid robot with first-of-its-kind technology.
Mar 13, 2023
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Engineering
Mystery solved: The case of the slipping finger
Haptics researchers have long known that applying ultrasonic vibrations to a flat, featureless glass plate makes it feel slippery. But they have also long debated why this occurs.
Aug 2, 2016
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Computer Sciences
Experts reduce search times for novel high-entropy alloys 13,000-fold using Cuckoo Search
A major roadblock to computational design of high-entropy alloys has been removed, according to scientists at Iowa State University and Lehigh University. Engineers from the Ames Lab and Lehigh University's Department of ...
Jan 14, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Study shows how to improve production at wind farms
What's good for one is not always best for all.
Jul 1, 2019
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Automotive
The tech refugees bringing Tesla software chops to every car
It's about the software, silly. For all of Tesla's battery wizardry, the company's equally impressive coup has been creating a vehicle that can be updated and improved from afar as easily as a smartphone. And while other ...
Dec 31, 2020
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Robotics
Powerful human-like hands create safer human-robotics interactions
Need a robot with a soft touch? A team of Michigan State University engineers has designed and developed a novel humanoid hand that may be able to help.
Jul 20, 2020
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Engineering
3D-printed revolving devices can sense how they are moving
Integrating sensors into rotational mechanisms could make it possible for engineers to build smart hinges that know when a door has been opened, or gears inside a motor that tell a mechanic how fast they are rotating. MIT ...
Mar 16, 2023
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Engineering
More predictable renewable energy could lower costs
Lower electricity costs for consumers and more reliable clean energy could be some of the benefits of a new study by the University of Adelaide researchers who have examined how predictable solar or wind energy generation ...
Mar 24, 2023
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Implantable device can monitor and treat heart disease
Pacemakers and other implantable cardiac devices used to monitor and treat arrhythmias and other heart problems have generally had one of two drawbacks—they are made with rigid materials that can't move to accommodate a ...
Nov 3, 2020
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