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Hopping Robots Could Conserve Energy
October 29, 2012 — A new study shows that jumping can be more complicated than it might seem. In research that could extend the range of future rescue and exploration robots, scientists have found that hopping robots ... > full story -
Robots in the Home: Will Older Adults Roll out the Welcome Mat?
October 25, 2012 — Robots have the potential to help older adults with daily activities that can become more challenging with age. But are people willing to use and accept the new technology? A new study indicates the ... > full story -
Brain Waves Reveal Video Game Aptitude
October 24, 2012 — Scientists report that they can predict who will improve most on an unfamiliar video game by looking at their brain ... > full story -
Voice Prostheses Can Help Patients Regain Their Lost Voice
October 24, 2012 — Help is on the way for people who suffer from vocal cord dysfunction. Researchers are developing methods that will contribute to manufacturing voice prostheses with improved affective features. For ... > full story -
Biology-Friendly Robot Programming Language: Training Your Robot the PaR-PaR Way
October 23, 2012 — PaR-PaR, a simple high-level, biology-friendly, robot-programming language uses an object-oriented approach to make it easier to integrate robotic equipment into biological laboratories. Effective ... > full story -
Assembly of Nano-Machines Mimics Human Muscle
October 23, 2012 — For the first time, an assembly of thousands of nano-machines capable of producing a coordinated contraction movement extending up to around ten micrometers, like the movements of muscular fibers, ... > full story -
How the Brain Forms Categories
October 19, 2012 — Neurobiologists have investigated how the brain is able to group external stimuli into stable categories. They found the answer in the discrete dynamics of neuronal ... > full story -
Robots That Perceive the World Like Humans
October 18, 2012 — Perceive first, act afterwards. The architecture of most of today’s robots is underpinned by this control strategy. The eSMCs project has set itself the aim of changing the paradigm and ... > full story -
Scientists to Research Robots of the Future
October 17, 2012 — Inspired by squishy, flexible creatures like the common caterpillar, researchers will develop soft-bodied robots that will be continuously deformable and capable of crumpling into small volumes. They ... > full story -
What You Hear Could Depend on What Your Hands Are Doing
October 14, 2012 — New research demonstrates that the two hemispheres specialize in different kinds of sounds (left: rapidly changing sounds, such as consonants; right: slowly changing sounds, such as syllables or ... > full story
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