Biohybrid robots controlled by electrical impulses in mushrooms
Building a robot takes time, technical skill, the right materials—and sometimes, a little fungus.
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New two-finger robotic hand tackles everyday manipulation tasks in real-world experiments
To reliably assist humans with daily tasks in a broad range of real-world settings, robots should be able to effectively and dexterously manipulate different types of objects. The development of new cost-effective robotic ...
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The future of robotics: Brain-inspired navigation technologies paving the way
In the ever-evolving field of robotics, a groundbreaking approach has emerged, revolutionizing how robots perceive, navigate, and interact with their environments. This new frontier, known as brain-inspired navigation technology, ...
Aug 22, 2024
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DeepMind develops a robot that can play amateur level ping-pong
A team of engineers at Google's DeepMind Project has demonstrated a robot capable of playing amateur-level table tennis (ping-pong). The team has published a paper on the arXiv preprint server describing how they developed ...
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Picotaur—the unrivaled microrobot
Picture this: hundreds of ant-sized robots climb over rubble, under rocks and between debris to inspect the damage of a fallen building before human rescuers explore on-site.
Aug 9, 2024
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Using photos or videos, these AI systems can conjure simulations that train robots to function in physical spaces
Researchers working on large artificial intelligence models like ChatGPT have vast swaths of internet text, photos and videos to train systems. But roboticists training physical machines face barriers: Robot data is expensive, ...
Aug 7, 2024
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Robots, like animals, can adapt after injuries
Fish fins and insect wings are amazing pieces of natural engineering capable of efficiently moving their owners through water or air. People creating machines to swim or fly have long looked to animals as their models, designing ...
Jul 31, 2024
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Sea slug feeding structure model informs soft robot design
Carnegie Mellon University researchers at the Biohybrid and Organic Robotics Group (B.O.R.G.) led by Victoria Webster-Wood, in collaboration with researchers at Case Western Reserve University, are studying the sea slug feeding ...
Jul 24, 2024
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New learning-based method trains robots to reliably pick up and place objects
Most robotic systems developed to date can either tackle a specific task with high precision or complete a range of simpler tasks with low precision. For instance, some industrial robots can complete specific manufacturing ...
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Researchers use light to control ferrofluid droplet movements in water
A team of engineers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology has found that ferrofluidic drops in a tank of water can be ...
