Robotics Research News
June 7, 2024
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June 3, 2024 Scientists have employed artificial intelligence techniques to improve the design and production of nanofibers used in wearable nanofiber acoustic energy harvesters (NAEH). These acoustic devices ...
June 3, 2024 MIT researchers developed a technique to combine robotics training data across domains, modalities, and tasks using generative AI models. They create a combined strategy from several different datasets that enables a robot to learn to perform new ...
May 31, 2024 As more and more people drive electric cars, congestion and queues can occur when many people need to charge at the same time. A new study shows how AI-controlled charging stations, through smart algorithms, can offer electric vehicle users ...
May 29, 2024 Researchers have shown that members of the public have little trouble in learning very quickly how to use a third thumb -- a controllable, prosthetic extra thumb -- to pick up and manipulate objects. The team tested the robotic device on a diverse ...
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May 23, 2024 A research team developed an interactive multi-stage robotic positioner specifically designed for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided ...
May 24, 2024 Undergoing surgery is seldom a pleasant experience, and it can sometimes be highly invasive. Surgical procedures have evolved steadily over the ...
May 22, 2024 Researchers have used computational design methods to develop non-metal organic porous framework materials, with potential applications in areas such as catalysis, water capture or hydrogen ...
May 21, 2024 See how an autonomous robot created a shock-absorbing shape no human ever could -- and what it means for designing safer helmets, packaging, car bumpers, and ...
May 20, 2024 Using more robots to close labor gaps in the hospitality industry may backfire and cause more human workers to quit, according to a new study. The study, involving more than 620 lodging and food ...
May 17, 2024 Physicists revealed a microscopic phenomenon that could greatly improve the performance of soft devices, such as agile flexible robots or microscopic capsules for drug ...
May 16, 2024 What features does a robotic guide dog need? Ask the blind, say researchers. A new study identifies how to develop robot guide dogs with insights from guide dog users and ...
May 15, 2024 Scientists have discovered that colonies of gelatinous sea animals swim through the ocean in giant corkscrew shapes using coordinated jet propulsion, an unusual kind of locomotion that could inspire ...
May 15, 2024 SuperLimbs, a system of wearable robotic limbs, can physically support an astronaut and lift them back on their feet after a fall, helping them conserve energy for other essential ...
May 15, 2024 A team of researchers has developed a drone that flies autonomously using neuromorphic image processing and control based on the workings of animal brains. Animal brains use less data and energy ...
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May 15, 2024 Research could pave the way for a prosthetic hand and robot to be able to feel touch like a human hand. The technology could also be used to help restore lost functionality to patients after a ...
May 15, 2024 Researchers have leveraged deep learning techniques to enhance the image quality of a metalens camera. The new approach uses artificial intelligence to turn low-quality images into high-quality ones, ...
May 13, 2024 Would you trust a robot to look after your cat? New research suggests it takes more than a carefully designed robot to care for your cat, the environment in which they operate is also vital, as well ...
May 9, 2024 A new machine-learning technique can train and control a reconfigurable soft robot that can dynamically change its shape to complete a task. The researchers also built a simulator that can evaluate ...
May 9, 2024 Researchers have developed a robotic feeding system that uses computer vision, machine learning and multimodal sensing to safely feed people with severe mobility limitations, including those with ...
May 9, 2024 Walking and running is notoriously difficult to recreate in robots. Now, a group of researchers has overcome some of these challenges by creating an innovative method that employs central pattern ...
May 8, 2024 When old food packaging, discarded children's toys and other mismanaged plastic waste break down into microplastics, they become even harder to clean up from oceans and waterways. These tiny ...
May 6, 2024 Engineers created a catapillar-shaped robot that splits into segments and reassembles, hauls cargo, and crawls through twisting ...
May 3, 2024 A stretchy electronic skin could equip robots and other devices with the same softness and touch sensitivity as human skin, opening up new possibilities to perform tasks that require a great deal of ...
May 2, 2024 New algorithm encourages robots to move more randomly to collect more diverse data for learning. In tests, robots started with no knowledge and then learned and correctly performed tasks within a ...
Apr. 30, 2024 Common household products containing nanoparticles -- grains of engineered material so miniscule they are invisible to the eye -- could be contributing to a new form of indoor air pollution, ...
Apr. 30, 2024 A four-legged robot trained with machine learning has learned to avoid falls by spontaneously switching between walking, trotting, and pronking -- a milestone for roboticists as well as biologists ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Scientists have developed a smart, reusable adhesive more than ten times stronger than a gecko's feet adhesion, pointing the way for development of reusable superglue and grippers capable of ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Researchers have developed tiny, flexible devices that can wrap around individual nerve fibers without damaging them. The researchers combined flexible electronics and soft robotics techniques to ...
Apr. 26, 2024 Robotics engineers have worked for decades and invested many millions of research dollars in attempts to create a robot that can walk or run as well as an animal. And yet, it remains the case that ...
Apr. 25, 2024 For most human proteins, there are no small molecules known to bind them chemically (so called 'ligands'). Ligands frequently represent important starting points for drug development but ...
Apr. 18, 2024 A new robotic suction cup which can grasp rough, curved and heavy stone, has been developed by ...
Apr. 18, 2024 Researchers are targeting the next generation of soft actuators and robots with an elastomer-based ink for 3D printing objects with locally changing mechanical properties, eliminating the need for ...
Apr. 17, 2024 Soft skin coverings and touch sensors have emerged as a promising feature for robots that are both safer and more intuitive for human interaction, but they are expensive and difficult to make. A ...
Apr. 17, 2024 More than five million central lines are placed in patients who need prolonged drug delivery, such as those undergoing cancer treatments, in the United States every year, yet the common procedure can ...
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- Robots' And Prosthetic Hands' Sense of Touch Could Be as Fast as Humans
- Researchers Use Artificial Intelligence to Boost Image Quality of Metalens Camera
Monday, May 13, 2024
Thursday, May 9, 2024
- A Better Way to Control Shape-Shifting Soft Robots
- Robotic System Feeds People With Severe Mobility Limitations
- Generative AI That Imitates Human Motion
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Monday, May 6, 2024
Friday, May 3, 2024
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Activity in a Room Stirs Up Nanoparticles Left Over from Consumer Sprays
- Trotting Robots Reveal Emergence of Animal Gait Transitions
Monday, April 29, 2024
Friday, April 26, 2024
- Robotic Nerve 'cuffs' Could Help Treat a Range of Neurological Conditions
- Why Can't Robots Outrun Animals?
Thursday, April 25, 2024
Thursday, April 18, 2024
- Octopus Inspires New Suction Mechanism for Robots
- An Ink for 3D-Printing Flexible Devices Without Mechanical Joints
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- How 3D Printers Can Give Robots a Soft Touch
- Novel Robotic Training Program Reduces Physician Errors Placing Central Lines
Thursday, April 11, 2024
Monday, April 8, 2024
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Monday, March 25, 2024
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Universal Controller Could Push Robotic Prostheses, Exoskeletons Into Real-World Use
- Robotic Metamaterial: An Endless Domino Effect
Monday, March 18, 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Robot ANYmal Can Do Parkour and Walk Across Rubble
- Opening New Doors in the VR World, Literally
- Straightening Teeth? AI Can Help
- You Don't Need Glue to Hold These Materials Together -- Just Electricity
Monday, March 11, 2024
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Monday, March 4, 2024
- A Key to the Future of Robots Could Be Hiding in Liquid Crystals
- New Dressing Robot Can 'mimic' The Actions of Care-Workers
Friday, March 1, 2024
- AI Outperforms Humans in Standardized Tests of Creative Potential
- AI-Enabled Atomic Robotic Probe to Advance Quantum Material Manufacturing
Thursday, February 29, 2024
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- First Metamaterial Developed to Enable Real-Time Shape and Property Control
- New AI Model Could Streamline Operations in a Robotic Warehouse
Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Monday, February 12, 2024
- Why Insects Navigate More Efficiently Than Robots
- How Ancient Sea Creatures Can Inform Soft Robotics
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Monday, February 5, 2024
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
- Artificial Muscles -- Lighter, Safer, More Robust
- Sweat-Resistant Wearable Robot Sensor
- Researchers Propose AI-Guided System for Robotic Inspection of Buildings, Roads and Bridges
Monday, January 29, 2024
- Robot Trained to Read Braille at Twice the Speed of Humans
- Utilizing Active Microparticles for Artificial Intelligence
Friday, January 26, 2024
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
- 'Smart Glove' Can Boost Hand Mobility of Stroke Patients
- Squishy, Metal-Free Magnets to Power Robots and Guide Medical Implants
Thursday, January 11, 2024
- Artificial Muscle Device Produces Force 34 Times Its Weight
- Artificial Intelligence Helps Unlock Advances in Wireless Communications
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Monday, January 8, 2024
- New Soft Robots Roll Like Tires, Spin Like Tops and Orbit Like Moons
- Fastest Swimming Insect Could Inspire Uncrewed Boat Designs
Friday, January 5, 2024
Thursday, December 21, 2023
Monday, December 18, 2023
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Friday, December 8, 2023
Tuesday, December 5, 2023
- Artificial Intelligence Makes Gripping More Intuitive
- Exposure to Soft Robots Decreases Human Fears About Working With Them
Monday, December 4, 2023
- Underwater Vehicle AI Model Could Be Used in Other Adaptive Control Systems
- Snail-Inspired Robot Could Scoop Ocean Microplastics
Friday, December 1, 2023
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
- Nearly 400,000 New Compounds Added to Open-Access Materials Database
- Network of Robots Can Successfully Monitor Pipes Using Acoustic Wave Sensors
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
- How Do You Make a Robot Smarter? Program It to Know What It Doesn't Know
- Researchers Engineer a Material That Can Perform Different Tasks Depending on Temperature
Monday, November 27, 2023
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
- Autonomous Excavator Constructs a 6-Meter-High Dry-Stone Wall
- AI for Perovskite Solar Cells: Key to Better Manufacturing
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Monday, November 20, 2023
- AI Finds Formula on How to Predict Monster Waves
- Breakthrough in Tackling Increasing Demand by 'internet of Things' On Mobile Networks
Thursday, November 16, 2023
- Morphing Cones Under Compression: New Research Uncovers Surprises for Soft Robotic Actuators
- Use It or Lose It: New Robotic System Assesses Mobility After Stroke
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
- Printed Robots With Bones, Ligaments, and Tendons
- This 3D Printer Can Watch Itself Fabricate Objects