Engineering
(Tech Xplore)—One of the biggest challenges in the drive to miniaturize electronic devices is the difficulty in aligning and assembling the increasingly tiny electronic components with the necessary precision, which is ...
Automotive
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have already proved invaluable for tackling a wide range of real-world problems. For instance, they can assist humans with deliveries, environmental monitoring, film-making ...
Robotics
First, they walked. Then, they saw the light. Now, miniature biological robots have gained a new trick: remote control.
Jan 18, 2023
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Robotics
A new drive system for flapping wing autonomous robots has been developed by a University of Bristol team, using a new method of electromechanical zipping that does away with the need for conventional motors and gears.
Feb 2, 2022
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Engineering
A wireless, wearable monitor built with stretchable electronics could allow comfortable, long-term health monitoring of adults, babies and small children without concern for skin injury or allergic reactions caused by conventional ...
Jul 30, 2019
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Robotics
For environmental monitoring, precision agriculture, infrastructure maintenance and certain security applications, slow and energy efficient can be better than fast and always needing a recharge. That's where "SlothBot" comes ...
May 30, 2019
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Machine learning & AI
A team of researchers at the University of Memphis has recently developed a low-cost and portable traffic monitoring system (TMS) called DeepWiTraffic. This new system, presented in a paper pre-published on arXiv, combines ...
Engineering
Scientists have found a way to adapt a system often found in smartphones to create a super-sensitive detector capable of measuring minute changes in gravity.
Mar 31, 2016
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Engineering
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in South Korea has developed a stretchable memory device that can be applied to the skin and used as part of a heart rate monitor. In their paper published in the ...
Electronics & Semiconductors
A research team led by the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has addressed the long-standing challenge of creating artificial olfactory sensors with arrays of diverse high-performance ...
Mar 28, 2024
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