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NUS engineers bring a soft touch to commercial robotics
Jan 01, 2022 (SPX)
Led by Associate Professor Raye Yeow from the NUS Department of Biomedical Engineering and the NUS Advanced Robotics Centre, the hybrid robotic grippers use sof...
Food prep robot 'Alfred' joins kitchen staff at Travis Air Force Base
Dec 28, 2021 (UPI)
"Alfred," which uses hygienic robot arms to automate food preparation activities, was designed and created by Dexai Robotics, a Boston-based startup company, to...
Giving bug-like bots a boost
Dec 21, 2021 (SPX)
MIT researchers have demonstrated diminutive drones that can zip around with bug-like agility and resilience, which could eventually perform these tasks. The so...
Consciousness in humans, animals and artificial intelligence
Dec 21, 2021 (SPX)
Professor Armin Zlomuzica from the Behavioral and Clinical Neuroscience research group at RUB and Professor Ekrem Dere, formerly at Universite Paris-Sorbonne, n...
Mind-controlled robots now one step closer
Dec 17, 2021 (SPX)
"People with a spinal cord injury often experience permanent neurological deficits and severe motor disabilities that prevent them from performing even the simp...
Fugro's remote space operations complex to be located in Perth, Australia
Dec 17, 2021 (SPX)
The Australian Government committed $4.5 million AUD to the development of SpAARC as part of the Australian Space Agency's mission to triple the size of the loc...
Grip or slip; robots need a human sense of touch
Dec 10, 2021 (SPX)
Slippery 'Humans have the remarkable ability to robustly manipulate a large variety of objects regardless of how fragile, heavy or slippery they are. We lift gl...
Machines that see the world more like humans do
Dec 09, 2021 (SPX)
Move that computer vision system to a self-driving car and the stakes become much higher - for example, such systems have failed to detect emergency vehicles an...
These tiny liquid robots never run out of juice as long as they have food
Dec 09, 2021 (SPX)
But before a robot can get to work, it needs energy - typically from electricity or a battery. Yet even the most sophisticated robot can run out of juice. For m...
Lightweight space robot with precise control developed
Dec 06, 2021 (SPX)
Like robots on Earth, they can accomplish both dangerous and mundane jobs, from space walks to polishing a spacecraft's surface. With space missions increasing ...
Light-powered soft robots could suck up oil spills
Dec 03, 2021 (SPX)
"Our motivation was to make soft robots sustainable and able to adapt on their own to changes in the environment. If sunlight is used for power, this machine is...
COVID-19 mobile robot could detect and tackle social distancing breaches
Dec 03, 2021 (SPX)
Previous research has shown that staying at least two meters apart from others can reduce the spread of COVID-19. Technology-based methods-such as strategies us...
US proposes 'code of conduct' at UN for killer robots
Dec 02, 2021 (AFP)
Speaking at a meeting in Geneva focused on finding common ground on the use of such so-called lethal autonomous weapons, a US official balked at the idea of reg...
Stanford engineers create perching bird-like robot
Dec 02, 2021 (SPX)
"It's not easy to mimic how birds fly and perch," said William Roderick, PhD '20, who was a graduate student in both labs. "After millions of years of evolution...
New software allows industrial robots to achieve touch sensitivity and precision close to human hands
Dec 01, 2021 (SPX)
This proprietary force feedback technology developed by NTU scientists was previously demonstrated by the "Ikea Bot" which assembled an Ikea chair in just 20 mi...
Team builds first living robots that can reproduce
Dec 01, 2021 (SPX)
The same team that built the first living robots has discovered that these computer-designed and hand-assembled organisms can swim out into their tiny dish, fin...
First 'robotaxis' enter service in Beijing
Nov 26, 2021 (AFP)
Beijing this week approved its first autonomous taxis for commercial use, bringing dozens of the so-called "robotaxis" to the streets of the Chinese capital. Th...
New software, new drill target, and an existential question
Nov 24, 2021 (JPL)
Is it the ACE who sends the commands to the Deep Space Network (DSN) to be sent to the spacecraft? But they didn't write the commands. Then is it the science Pa...
Elbit Systems and Roboteam Introduce ROOK
Nov 18, 2021 (SPX)
The ROOK UGV was developed based on the operational experience accumulated through fielding of the 4x4 PROBOT UGV systems in several countries including the U.S...
Dexterous robotic hands manipulate thousands of objects with ease
Nov 18, 2021 (SPX)
Artificial intelligence firm OpenAI gave it a try with Dactyl (meaning "finger," from the Greek word "daktylos"), using their humanoid robot hand to solve a Rub...
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