Smart elastomers are making the robots of the future more touchy-feely
Gianluca Rizzello with 'dielectric elastomers.' The Saarbrücken researchers are using this composite material to create artificial muscles and nerves ...
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Toyota announces new capabilities for domestic robots
Credit: Toyota Research Institute Toyota Research Institute (TRI) has announced on its press blog that engineers with the company ...
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How robots can be aquaculture’s next caretakers
Only 44 Young Research Talents in all of Norway were awarded FRIPRO scholarships. Senior Researcher Eleni Kelasidi of SINTEF ...
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Robots are now everywhere, from hotels to hospitals to salons
From sexual companions to COVID-19 nurses, robots are increasingly dominating the human experience. They’re rolling into our everyday lives ...
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Highly maneuverable miniature robots controlled by magnetic fields
The NTU millimetre-sized robots measure about the size of a grain of rice and can be controlled using magnetic ...
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SEAT employed tiny but mighty autonomous robots in its smart factory
As you imagine, car factories are filled with robots. Huge arms are moving car bodies around, welding, assembling and ...
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A system to benchmark the posture control and balance of humanoid robots
Credit: Lippi et al. In recent years, roboticists have developed a wide variety of robots with human-like capabilities. This ...
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Helping robots learn what they can and can’t do in new situations
A robot performs the difficult to model task of manipulating straps without tangling them around a mock car engine ...
Read moreMagnetically propelled cilia power climbing soft robots and microfluidic pumps
The rhythmic motions of hair-like cilia move liquids around cells or propel the cells themselves. In nature, cilia flap ...
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A theoretical model that describes molecular oblivious robots
A visual representation of some robots and a formed 'molecule'. Credit: Cicerone et al. Research focusing on swarm robotics ...
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