Why soft skills could power the rise of robot leaders
What would the world look like if socially skilled robots stepped into the roles normally reserved for humans?
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This 'squidbot' jets around and takes pics of coral and fish
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have built a squid-like robot that can swim untethered, propelling itself by generating jets of water. The robot carries its own power source inside its body. It can also ...
Oct 07, 2020
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Researchers create fly-catching robots
An international team of Johannes Kepler University researchers is developing robots made from soft materials. A new article in the journal Communications Materials demonstrates how these kinds of soft machines react using ...
Sep 28, 2020
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Reprogrammable shape morphing of magnetic soft machines
Shape-morphing magnetic soft machines have diverse applications in minimally invasive medicine, wearable devices and soft robotics. However, most magnetic programming approaches are inherently coupled to the fabrication processes, ...
Sep 25, 2020 feature
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How to bounce back from stretched out stretchable sensors
Elastic can stretch too far, which could be problematic for wearable sensors. A team of researchers at Yokohama National University has proposed a fix to prevent too much stretching while improving the sensing ability of ...
Sep 25, 2020
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Researchers improving assistive technology for the visually impaired
For the 285 million visually impaired people worldwide, assistive technology has come a long way since the white cane was popularized in the 1920s. Yet high-tech solutions to help these individuals navigate the world around ...
Jul 30, 2020
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A transparent artificial muscle to enable camouflaging in soft robots
The ability to become transparent is a considerable evolutionary advantage, as it allows animals to blend in with their environment, avoid predators and mask their movements. Robots with similar capabilities could be of great ...
Jul 14, 2020 feature
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Artificial muscle made of sewing thread enables new motions for soft robots
To Jianguo Zhao, the octopus is one of nature's most elegant machines: nimble, shape-shifting and soft, squeezing through tight spaces with the quick contraction of a muscle.
Jul 13, 2020
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Jellyfish-inspired soft robots can outswim their natural counterparts
Engineering researchers at North Carolina State University and Temple University have developed soft robots inspired by jellyfish that can outswim their real-life counterparts. More practically, the new jellyfish-bots highlight ...
Jul 01, 2020
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A new approach to control the stiffness and position of inflatable robots
Robots that are made of flexible materials that can be inflated have a number of desirable properties, including their light weight and high levels of compliance (i.e. the ability to undergo elastic deformation). These qualities ...
Jun 10, 2020 feature
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