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Noise Power on Adhesion: New Model May Help Robotic Fingers, Made of a Soft Surface, Manipulate Small Objects
December 17, 2012 — A new model could ultimately help robotic fingers, made of a soft surface, manipulate small objects. Imagine a solid ball rolling down a slightly inclined ramp. Scientists have studied the effect of ... > full story -
Woman With Quadriplegia Feeds Herself Chocolate Using Mind-Controlled Robot Arm
December 17, 2012 — Reaching out to "high five" someone, grasping and moving objects of different shapes and sizes, feeding herself dark chocolate. For Jan Scheuermann and a team of researchers, accomplishing these ... > full story -
Developing Power Sources for Flexible, Stretchable Electronics
December 14, 2012 — Electronic devices become smaller, lighter, faster and more powerful with each passing year. Currently, however, electronics such as cell phones, tablets, laptops, etc., are rigid. But what if they ... > full story -
'Liquid That Thinks:' Swarm of Ping-Pong-Ball-Sized Robots Created
December 14, 2012 — If one robot can accomplish a singular task, think how much more could be accomplished if you had hundreds of them. A research team has developed a basic robotic building block, which they hope to ... > full story -
New Technique for Minimally Invasive Robotic Kidney Cancer Surgery
December 13, 2012 — Urologists have developed a new technique that could make minimally invasive robotic partial nephrectomy procedures the norm, rather than the exception for kidney cancer patients. The technique ... > full story -
Student Engineers Cook Up Devices for Better Cooking
December 13, 2012 — Students in, of all things, a robotics class use engineering skills and advice from a chef to rig up devices to more accurately control cooking ... > full story -
Head-Mounted Cameras Could Help Robots Understand Social Interactions
December 13, 2012 — What is everyone looking at? It's a common question in social settings because the answer identifies something of interest, or helps delineate social groupings. Those insights someday will be ... > full story -
Mars Rover Curiosity Can Be Positioned With Eclipses
December 13, 2012 — Observations from NASA's Mars rover Curiosity when Mars' moon Phobos crosses in front of the sun, like in September, help us to understand exactly where the rover is on the red planet. Researchers in ... > full story -
Almost One in Three Pedestrians 'Distracted' by Mobile Devices While Crossing Street; Texting Most Dangerous Distraction
December 12, 2012 — Almost one in three pedestrians is distracted by mobile devices while crossing busy road junctions, an observational study ... > full story -
Micro Sensors Help Underwater Robots Swim Like Fish
December 12, 2012 — Scientists have invented a 'sense-ational' device, similar to a string of 'feelers' found on the bodies of the Blind Cave Fish, which enables the fish to sense their surrounding and so navigate ... > full story
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