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Optical fibers that can feel the materials around them
Aug 02, 2018 (SPX)
EPFL researchers have now come up with a new method that enables optical fibers to identify whether they are in contact with a liquid or a solid. This is achiev...
US Army selects Lockheed Martin as integrated systems developer for autonomous convoy program
Jul 31, 2018 (SPX)
In this role, Lockheed Martin will lead a three-year effort to develop, integrate and test unmanned prototype systems for supporting leader/follower convoy acti...
Cell-sized robots can sense their environment
Jul 25, 2018 (SPX)
Colloids, which insoluble particles or molecules anywhere from a billionth to a millionth of a meter across, are so small they can stay suspended indefinitely i...
If only AI had a brain
Jul 24, 2018 (SPX)
The human brain is a dense network of neurons. Each neuron is connected to tens of thousands of others, and they use synapses to fire information back and forth...
Army researchers teaching robots to be more reliable teammates for soldiers
Jul 24, 2018 (SPX)
The technique allows mobile robot platforms to navigate autonomously in environments while carrying out actions a human would expect of the robot in a given sit...
New creepy, crawly search and rescue robot developed at Ben-Gurion
Jul 23, 2018 (SPX)
The new Rising Sprawl-Tuned Autonomous Robot (RSTAR) utilizes adjustable sprawling wheel legs attached to a body that can move independently and reposition itse...
Russia Mulls Sending Two of Its FEDOR Humanoid Robots Into Space Next Year
Jul 23, 2018 (Sputnik)
A source in the Russian space and rocketry industry has told Sputnik that a team of two FEDOR (Russian acronym Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research)...
Microbots capable of sensing environs could explore intestines, pipelines
Jul 23, 2018 (UPI)
Scientists designed the tiny robots by coupling electric circuitry to colloids, a mixture feating insoluble particles so small they never settle in water or air...
Emotional robot lets you feel how it's 'feeling'
Jul 19, 2018 (SPX)
Assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering Guy Hoffman, who has given a TEDx talk on "Robots with 'soul'" said the inspiration for designing a ...
In China, yellow robots deliver snacks to your home
Jul 18, 2018 (AFP)
This "little yellow horse" is an autonomous delivery robot, ferrying daily essentials like drinks, fruit and snacks from the local store to the residents of the...
Training artificial intelligence with artificial X-rays
Jul 17, 2018 (SPX)
Identifying rare pathologies in medical images has presented a persistent challenge for researchers, because of the scarcity of images that can be used to train...
Reducing the Data Demands of Smart Machines
Jul 13, 2018 (SPX)
Beyond the challenges of amassing labeled data, most ML models are brittle and prone to breaking when there are small changes in their operating environment. If...
Illinois' crop-counting robot earns top recognition at leading robotics conference
Jul 06, 2018 (SPX)
A robot developed by the University of Illinois to find these proverbial needles in the haystack was recognized by the best systems paper award at Robotics: Sci...
MIT's Cheetah 3 robot avoids obstacles without the help of vision
Jul 05, 2018 (UPI)
Researchers have dubbed the robot's technological abilities "blind locomotion." Robots with similar maneuverability rely on cameras or some other kind of sensor...
Rough terrain? No problem for beaver-inspired autonomous robot
Jul 04, 2018 (SPX)
To help these machines overcome uneven terrain and other obstacles, University at Buffalo researchers have turned to beavers, termites and other animals that bu...
Next-generation robotic cockroach can explore under water environments
Jul 04, 2018 (SPX)
This next generation HAMR uses multifunctional foot pads that rely on surface tension and surface tension induced buoyancy when HAMR needs to swim but can also ...
'Flying brain' designed to follow German astronaut launches Friday
Jun 28, 2018 (AFP)
The basketball-sized device called CIMON -- shortened from Crew Interactive MObile CompanioN -- was described as a "flying brain" by Manfred Jaumann, head of mi...
Robotic Refueling Mission 3 completes crucial series of tests
Jun 26, 2018 (SPX)
With a renewed focus on exploration, NASA is developing new space technologies and capabilities that pave the way for missions back to the Moon and beyond. The ...
Activity simulator could eventually teach robots tasks like making coffee or setting the table
Jun 26, 2018 (SPX)
Recently, computer scientists have been working on teaching machines to do a wider range of tasks around the house. In a new paper spearheaded by MIT's Computer...
SNU researchers developed electronic skins that wirelessly activate fully soft robots
Jun 25, 2018 (SPX)
They developed an electronic skin (e-skin) pair as a two-part, wireless soft driving system based on a fully printable "stretchable hybrid electronics" approach...
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