New AI navigation prevents crashes in space
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New haptic device communicates emotion with nearly 80% accuracy of human touch
With the spread of the omicron variant, not everyone can or is eager to travel for the winter break. But what if virtual touch could bring you assurance that you were not alone?
Dec 20, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
An energy-storage solution that flows like soft-serve ice cream
Batteries made from an electrically conductive mixture the consistency of molasses could help solve a critical piece of the decarbonization puzzle. An interdisciplinary team from MIT has found that an electrochemical technology ...
Nov 30, 2021
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Liquid metal sensors and AI could help prosthetic hands to 'feel'
Each fingertip has more than 3,000 touch receptors, which largely respond to pressure. Humans rely heavily on sensation in their fingertips when manipulating an object. The lack of this sensation presents a unique challenge ...
Jul 14, 2021
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Need help building IKEA furniture? This robot can lend a hand
As robots increasingly join forces to work with humans—from nursing care homes to warehouses to factories—they must be able to proactively offer support. But first, robots have to learn something we know instinctively: ...
Jun 30, 2021
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A highly dexterous robot hand with a caging mechanism
A team of researchers at Yale University's Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, has developed a robot hand that employs a caging mechanism. In their paper published in the journal Science Robotics, ...
Engineering
Theory and experiments to understand a contact between two filaments
Mechanical engineers and mathematicians at EPFL have joined forces to gain a better understanding of the geometry and mechanics of two filaments in contact—as in the cases of knots and woven fabrics.
Apr 26, 2021
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Underwater soft robot inspired by the brittle star
Soft robots are better suited to certain situations than traditional robots. When interacting with an environment, humans or other living things, the inherent softness built into the structure of a robot made of rubber, for ...
Feb 17, 2021
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Merging technologies with color to avoid design failures
Various software packages can be used to evaluate products and predict failure; however, these packages are extremely computationally intensive and take a significant amount of time to produce a solution. Quicker solutions ...
Jan 21, 2021
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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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