Robotics Research News
May 9, 2024
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May 9, 2024 Researchers have developed a robotic feeding system that uses computer vision, machine learning and multimodal sensing to safely feed people with severe mobility limitations, including those with spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy and multiple ...
May 9, 2024 Walking and running is notoriously difficult to recreate in robots. Now, a group of researchers has overcome some of these challenges by creating an innovative method that employs central pattern generators -- neural circuits located in the spinal ...
May 8, 2024 When old food packaging, discarded children's toys and other mismanaged plastic waste break down into microplastics, they become even harder to clean up from oceans and waterways. These tiny bits of ...
May 6, 2024 Engineers created a catapillar-shaped robot that splits into segments and reassembles, hauls cargo, and crawls through twisting ...
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May 3, 2024 A stretchy electronic skin could equip robots and other devices with the same softness and touch sensitivity as human skin, opening up new possibilities to perform tasks that require a great deal of ...
May 2, 2024 New algorithm encourages robots to move more randomly to collect more diverse data for learning. In tests, robots started with no knowledge and then learned and correctly performed tasks within a ...
Apr. 30, 2024 Common household products containing nanoparticles -- grains of engineered material so miniscule they are invisible to the eye -- could be contributing to a new form of indoor air pollution, ...
Apr. 30, 2024 A four-legged robot trained with machine learning has learned to avoid falls by spontaneously switching between walking, trotting, and pronking -- a milestone for roboticists as well as biologists ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Scientists have developed a smart, reusable adhesive more than ten times stronger than a gecko's feet adhesion, pointing the way for development of reusable superglue and grippers capable of holding ...
Apr. 25, 2024 For most human proteins, there are no small molecules known to bind them chemically (so called 'ligands'). Ligands frequently represent important starting points for drug development but this ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers have developed tiny, flexible devices that can wrap around individual nerve fibers without damaging them. The researchers combined flexible electronics and soft robotics techniques to ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Robotics engineers have worked for decades and invested many millions of research dollars in attempts to create a robot that can walk or run as well as an animal. And yet, it remains the case that ...
Apr. 18, 2024 Researchers are targeting the next generation of soft actuators and robots with an elastomer-based ink for 3D printing objects with locally changing mechanical properties, eliminating the need for ...
Apr. 18, 2024 A new robotic suction cup which can grasp rough, curved and heavy stone, has been developed by ...
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Apr. 17, 2024 Soft skin coverings and touch sensors have emerged as a promising feature for robots that are both safer and more intuitive for human interaction, but they are expensive and difficult to make. A ...
Apr. 17, 2024 More than five million central lines are placed in patients who need prolonged drug delivery, such as those undergoing cancer treatments, in the United States every year, yet the common procedure can ...
Apr. 11, 2024 Star Trek's Holodeck is no longer just science fiction. Using AI, engineers have created a tool that can generate 3D environments, prompted by everyday ...
Apr. 8, 2024 Engineers designed modular, spring-like devices to maximize the work of live muscle fibers so they can be harnessed to power biohybrid ...
Apr. 3, 2024 Researchers gave nanorobots a trait called adaptive time delay, which allows them to better work ...
Apr. 3, 2024 Researchers have developed a programmable meta-fluid with tunable springiness, optical properties, viscosity and even the ability to transition between a Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid. The ...
Apr. 2, 2024 There is room for just one small bottle in the world's first refrigerator that is cooled with artificial muscles made of nitinol, a nickel-titanium alloy. But the mini-prototype is ...
Mar. 28, 2024 A research team has addressed the long-standing challenge of creating artificial olfactory sensors with arrays of diverse high-performance gas sensors. Their newly developed biomimetic olfactory ...
Mar. 27, 2024 What would you do if you walked up to a robot with a human-like head and it smiled at you first? You'd likely smile back and perhaps feel the two of you were genuinely interacting. But how does ...
Mar. 25, 2024 Engineers aim to give robots a bit of common sense when faced with situations that push them off their trained path, so they can self-correct after missteps and carry on with their chores. The ...
Mar. 20, 2024 A team of researchers has developed a universal approach to controlling robotic exoskeletons that requires no training, no calibration, and no adjustments to complicated algorithms. Instead, users ...
Mar. 20, 2024 If it walks like a particle, and talks like a particle... it may still not be a particle. A topological soliton is a special type of wave or dislocation which behaves like a particle: it can move ...
Mar. 18, 2024 Performing a new task based solely on verbal or written instructions, and then describing it to others so that they can reproduce it, is a cornerstone of human communication that still resists ...
Mar. 18, 2024 Engineers propose a new quantitative framework to account for and predict the impact of temperature on the curing speed of platinum-catalyzed silicone elastomers. The findings could maximize ...
Mar. 14, 2024 Advanced killer robots are more likely to blamed for civilian deaths than military machines, new research has revealed. The study shows that high-tech bots will be held more responsible for ...
Mar. 13, 2024 The quadrupedal robot ANYmal went back to school and has learned a lot. Researchers used machine learning to teach it new skills: the robot can now climb over obstacles and successfully negotiate ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Recreating the action of opening doors in the virtual world requires engineering ways in which to provide the equivalent haptic feedback and steer users away from walls in the real world. A research ...
Mar. 13, 2024 A new tool will help orthodontists correctly fit braces onto teeth. Using artificial intelligence and virtual patients, the tool predicts how teeth will move, so as to ensure that braces are neither ...
Mar. 13, 2024 Is there a way to stick hard and soft materials together without any tape, glue or epoxy? A new study shows that applying a small voltage to certain objects forms chemical bonds that securely link ...
Mar. 11, 2024 Researchers have developed a haptic device capable of reproducing the softness of various materials, from a marshmallow to a beating heart, overcoming a deceptively complex challenge that has ...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- How 3D Printers Can Give Robots a Soft Touch
- Novel Robotic Training Program Reduces Physician Errors Placing Central Lines
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Monday, April 8, 2024
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Thursday, March 28, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Universal Controller Could Push Robotic Prostheses, Exoskeletons Into Real-World Use
- Robotic Metamaterial: An Endless Domino Effect
Monday, March 18, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Robot ANYmal Can Do Parkour and Walk Across Rubble
- Opening New Doors in the VR World, Literally
- Straightening Teeth? AI Can Help
- You Don't Need Glue to Hold These Materials Together -- Just Electricity
Monday, March 11, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Monday, March 4, 2024
- A Key to the Future of Robots Could Be Hiding in Liquid Crystals
- New Dressing Robot Can 'mimic' The Actions of Care-Workers
Friday, March 1, 2024
- AI Outperforms Humans in Standardized Tests of Creative Potential
- AI-Enabled Atomic Robotic Probe to Advance Quantum Material Manufacturing
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- First Metamaterial Developed to Enable Real-Time Shape and Property Control
- New AI Model Could Streamline Operations in a Robotic Warehouse
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Monday, February 12, 2024
- Why Insects Navigate More Efficiently Than Robots
- How Ancient Sea Creatures Can Inform Soft Robotics
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Monday, February 5, 2024
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
- Artificial Muscles -- Lighter, Safer, More Robust
- Sweat-Resistant Wearable Robot Sensor
- Researchers Propose AI-Guided System for Robotic Inspection of Buildings, Roads and Bridges
Monday, January 29, 2024
- Robot Trained to Read Braille at Twice the Speed of Humans
- Utilizing Active Microparticles for Artificial Intelligence
Friday, January 26, 2024
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
- 'Smart Glove' Can Boost Hand Mobility of Stroke Patients
- Squishy, Metal-Free Magnets to Power Robots and Guide Medical Implants
Thursday, January 11, 2024
- Artificial Muscle Device Produces Force 34 Times Its Weight
- Artificial Intelligence Helps Unlock Advances in Wireless Communications
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Monday, January 8, 2024
- New Soft Robots Roll Like Tires, Spin Like Tops and Orbit Like Moons
- Fastest Swimming Insect Could Inspire Uncrewed Boat Designs
Friday, January 5, 2024
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Monday, December 18, 2023
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Friday, December 8, 2023
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
- Artificial Intelligence Makes Gripping More Intuitive
- Exposure to Soft Robots Decreases Human Fears About Working With Them
Monday, December 4, 2023
- Underwater Vehicle AI Model Could Be Used in Other Adaptive Control Systems
- Snail-Inspired Robot Could Scoop Ocean Microplastics
Friday, December 1, 2023
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
- Nearly 400,000 New Compounds Added to Open-Access Materials Database
- Network of Robots Can Successfully Monitor Pipes Using Acoustic Wave Sensors
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
- How Do You Make a Robot Smarter? Program It to Know What It Doesn't Know
- Researchers Engineer a Material That Can Perform Different Tasks Depending on Temperature
Monday, November 27, 2023
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
- Autonomous Excavator Constructs a 6-Meter-High Dry-Stone Wall
- AI for Perovskite Solar Cells: Key to Better Manufacturing
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Monday, November 20, 2023
- AI Finds Formula on How to Predict Monster Waves
- Breakthrough in Tackling Increasing Demand by 'internet of Things' On Mobile Networks
Thursday, November 16, 2023
- Morphing Cones Under Compression: New Research Uncovers Surprises for Soft Robotic Actuators
- Use It or Lose It: New Robotic System Assesses Mobility After Stroke
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
- Printed Robots With Bones, Ligaments, and Tendons
- This 3D Printer Can Watch Itself Fabricate Objects
Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Thursday, November 9, 2023
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Monday, November 6, 2023
- Lightening the Load: Researchers Develop Autonomous Electrochemistry Robot
- 450-Million-Year-Old Organism Finds New Life in Softbotics
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
Monday, October 30, 2023
Friday, October 27, 2023
Thursday, October 26, 2023
- Energy-Saving AI Chip
- A New Era for Accurate, Rapid COVID-19 Testing
- Engineers Develop Breakthrough 'robot Skin'
Monday, October 23, 2023
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
- Robotic Prosthetic Ankles Improve 'natural' Movement, Stability
- Choosing Exoskeleton Settings Like a Radio Station