Robotics News

December 9, 2023

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Engineers Design a Robotic Replica of the Heart's Right Chamber

Dec. 8, 2023 — Engineers developed a robotic replica of the heart's right ventricle, which mimics the beating and blood-pumping action of live hearts. The device could be used for studying right ventricle disorders and testing devices and therapies aimed at ...

Using AI to Find Microplastics

Dec. 5, 2023 — An interdisciplinary research team is using artificial intelligence (AI) to identify microplastics faster and more accurately than ever ...

Artificial Intelligence Makes Gripping More Intuitive

Dec. 5, 2023 — Artificial hands can be operated via app or with sensors placed in the muscles of the forearm. New research shows: a better understanding of muscle activity patterns in the forearm supports a more intuitive and natural control of artificial limbs. ...

Snail-Inspired Robot Could Scoop Ocean Microplastics

Dec. 4, 2023 — Inspired by a small and slow snail, scientists have developed a robot protype that may one day scoop up microplastics from the surfaces of oceans, seas and ...

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A Color-Based Sensor to Emulate Skin's Sensitivity

Dec. 1, 2023 — In a step toward more autonomous soft robots and wearable technologies, researchers have created a device that uses color to simultaneously sense multiple mechanical and temperature ...

Researchers Develop Novel Deep Learning-Based Detection System for Autonomous Vehicles

Nov. 30, 2023 — Autonomous vehicles require object detection systems to navigate traffic and avoid obstacles on the road. However, current detection methods often ...

Nearly 400,000 New Compounds Added to Open-Access Materials Database

Nov. 29, 2023 — New technology often calls for new materials -- and with supercomputers and simulations, researchers don't have to wade through inefficient guesswork to invent them from ...

Network of Robots Can Successfully Monitor Pipes Using Acoustic Wave Sensors

Nov. 29, 2023 — An inspection design method and procedure by which mobile robots can inspect large pipe structures has been demonstrated with the successful ...

How Do You Make a Robot Smarter? Program It to Know What It Doesn't Know

Nov. 28, 2023 — Engineers have come up with a new way to teach robots to know when they don't know. The technique involves quantifying the fuzziness of human language and using that measurement to tell robots when ...

Researchers Engineer a Material That Can Perform Different Tasks Depending on Temperature

Nov. 28, 2023 — Researchers report that they have developed a new composite material designed to change behaviors depending on temperature in order to perform ...

New Method Uses Crowdsourced Feedback to Help Train Robots

Nov. 27, 2023 — A new technique enables an AI agent to be guided by data crowdsourced asynchronously from nonexpert human users as it learns to complete a task through reinforcement learning. The method trains the ...

AI for Perovskite Solar Cells: Key to Better Manufacturing

Nov. 22, 2023 — Tandem solar cells based on perovskite semiconductors convert sunlight to electricity more efficiently than conventional silicon solar cells. In order to make this technology ready for the market, ...

Autonomous Excavator Constructs a 6-Meter-High Dry-Stone Wall

Nov. 22, 2023 — Researchers taught an autonomous excavator to construct dry stone walls itself using boulders weighing several tons and demolition ...

AI: Researchers Develop Automatic Text Recognition for Ancient Cuneiform Tablets

Nov. 20, 2023 — A new artificial intelligence (AI) software is now able to decipher difficult-to-read texts on cuneiform tablets. Instead of photos, the AI system ...

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Exposure to Soft Robots Decreases Human Fears About Working With Them

Dec. 5, 2023 — Seeing robots made with soft, flexible parts in action appears to lower people's anxiety about working with them or even being replaced by them. A study found that watching videos of a soft ...

Computer Simulation Suggests Mutant Strains of COVID-19 Emerged in Response to Human Behavior

Nov. 22, 2023 — Researchers used a simulator that incorporates AI technology to uncover the survival strategy of the coronavirus in response to human behavioral changes such as staying home and isolating infected ...

Personalized Cancer Medicine: Humans Make Better Treatment Decisions Than AI

Nov. 20, 2023 — Treating cancer is becoming increasingly complex, but also offers more and more possibilities. After all, the better a tumor's biology and genetic features are understood, the more treatment ...

People Watched Other People Shake Boxes for Science: Here's Why

Nov. 20, 2023 — When researchers asked hundreds of people to watch other people shake boxes, it took just seconds for almost all of them to figure out what the shaking was for. The deceptively simple work by ...

AI System Self-Organizes to Develop Features of Brains of Complex Organisms

Nov. 20, 2023 — Scientists have shown that placing physical constraints on an artificially-intelligent system -- in much the same way that the human brain has to develop and operate within physical and biological ...

Want Better AI? Get Input from a Real (Human) Expert

Nov. 20, 2023 — Input from humans helps when deciding whether to trust the recommendations and decisions of a machine-learning ...

Breakthrough in Tackling Increasing Demand by 'Internet of Things' on Mobile Networks

Nov. 20, 2023 — A novel technology to manage demands on mobile networks from multiple users using Terahertz frequencies has been developed by computer ...

Use It or Lose It: New Robotic System Assesses Mobility After Stroke

Nov. 16, 2023 — Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability worldwide. Each year more than 15 million people worldwide have strokes, and three-quarters of stroke survivors will experience impairment, weakness ...

Printed Robots With Bones, Ligaments, and Tendons

Nov. 15, 2023 — For the first time, researchers have succeeded in printing a robotic hand with bones, ligaments and tendons made of different polymers using a new laser scanning technique. The new technology makes ...

This 3D Printer Can Watch Itself Fabricate Objects

Nov. 15, 2023 — Engineers have developed a high-throughput, multimaterial 3D inkjet printer that uses computer vision to rapidly and automatically control the amount of material being deposited during the printing ...

Individual Back Training Machine Developed

Nov. 14, 2023 — 18 percent of reported sick leave relates to musculoskeletal ailments, in particular back-related disorders. The GyroTrainer is an intelligent training device that resembles a balance board. It uses ...

Engineers Are on a Failure-Finding Mission

Nov. 9, 2023 — Engineers developed a technique to quickly identify a range of potential failures in a system before they are deployed in the real ...

How Human Faces Can Teach Androids to Smile

Nov. 9, 2023 — A research team used 125 physical markers to understand the detailed mechanics of 44 different human facial motions. The aim was to better understand how to convey emotions with artificial faces. ...

AI Algorithm Developed to Measure Muscle Development, Provide Growth Chart for Children

Nov. 9, 2023 — An analysis of MRI scans using artificial intelligence resulted in the production of a reference growth standard and a fast, reproducible way to measure indicators of lean muscle mass in developing ...

Lightening the Load: Researchers Develop Autonomous Electrochemistry Robot

Nov. 6, 2023 — Researchers have developed an automated laboratory robot to run complex electrochemical experiments and analyze data. The Electrolab will be used to explore next-generation energy storage materials ...

450-Million-Year-Old Organism Finds New Life in Softbotics

Nov. 6, 2023 — Researchers have used fossil evidence to engineer a soft robotic replica of pleurocystitids, a marine organism that existed nearly 450 million years ago and is believed to be one of the first ...

AI Should Be Better Understood and Managed -- New Research Warns

Nov. 2, 2023 — Artificial Intelligence (AI) and algorithms can and are being used to radicalize, polarize, and spread racism and political instability, says an academic. An expert argues that AI and algorithms are ...

Injectable Tissue Prosthesis to Aid in Damaged Muscle/nerve Regeneration

Nov. 1, 2023 — Researchers have made significant strides in biomaterial technology and rehabilitation medicine. They've developed a novel approach to healing muscle injury by employing 'injectable tissue ...

Hey, Siri: Moderate AI Voice Speed Encourages Digital Assistant Use

Oct. 31, 2023 — Voice speed and interaction style may determine whether a user sees a digital assistant like Alexa or Siri as a helpful partner or something to control, according to researchers. The findings reveal ...

Robot Stand-in Mimics Movements in VR

Oct. 27, 2023 — Researchers have developed a souped-up telepresence robot that responds automatically and in real-time to a remote user's movements and gestures made in virtual ...

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