Propelled by chemical changes in surface tension, microrobots surfing across fluid interfaces lead researchers to new ideas.
Now a research team out of Yale University has taken the technology one step further with the invention of smart, robotic fabric that can change its shape and stiffness on the fly. The team, led by Dr. Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, spun epoxy into fibers that can vary their stiffness thanks to the part...
This prototype manipulator is just one of the cool robots that TRI has been working on
By Matt Wicks, Chief Robotics Solution Architect Today’s distribution center (DC) operations struggle to keep pace with the speed and complexity of modern e-commerce, with volume increasing at around 25 percent each year. DCs need to keep pace with rising customer expectations for order speed and ac...
As amazing as VR can be, nothing breaks the immersion like putting your hand right through a wall. While some teams are using haptics to simulate the sense of touch, a new study has a clever alternative – robots that move physical furniture around, so there’s a real chair or wall waiting for you.
Vanderbilt University researchers have determined that an exosuit for the lower back can reduce muscle fatigue with implications for workers.
Hyundai is actively working on vehicles like this Elevate concept, while it try to create "the world’s first transformer-class vehicle, also known as the Ultimate Mobility Vehicle."
Research papers come out far too rapidly for anyone to read them all, especially in the field of machine learning, which now affects (and produces papers in) practically every industry and company. This column aims to collect the most relevant recent discoveries and papers — particularly in but not ...
Have you seen "Spot" the robot around Carbondale the last couple of weeks? The Southern photographer Byron Hetzler "met" him today and learned what it actually does.
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Cornell scientists developed a robot so tiny that it's invisible to the human eye — and they say it could someday hunt for cancer inside your body.
Researchers at Yale have developed a robotic fabric, a breakthrough that could lead to such innovations as adaptive clothing, self-deploying shelters, or lightweight shape-changing machinery.
The Korean automaker will dip its toes in the field of freaky-looking robots.
Incidents such as tanker stranding in Mauritius stress need for quick and effective solutions
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Treeswift, a spin-off from Penn Engineering’s GRASP Lab is using robotic tools to automate forestry and reduce risk for human workers.
The “Iron Man” jet suit we first saw back in 2017 might be less crazy than we first thought. Inventor Richard Browning and his company Gravity Industries have demonstrated that it may be a viable option to get quick medical help to victims in remote areas.
Since it’s not safe for kids to trick-or-treat the usual way, a Texas man will use his robot to bring the candy to the kids. ABC News’ Will Ganss has the story.
The internet has given us plenty of cool robotics projects, but we don’t think we’ve seen one zipline before. At least not until now. This cool little ziplining robot is courtesy of the…
An international team of Johannes Kepler University researchers is developing robots made from soft materials. A new article in the journal Communications Materials demonstrates how these kinds of soft ...
NASA is crowdsourcing ideas for energy systems that would keep Moon missions powered, even in the dark.
The market size of physical and interactive social and entertainment robots is expected to hit US$3.7 billion by 2023.
Botrista, whose DrinkBot is at San Francisco International Airport and other locations, has applied robotics as a service to beverages.
As Halloween draws closer, people across the country are still asking what the holiday will look like this year. Some areas have discussed canceling events like trick-or-treating, while it appears that others are looking to invent new ways to keep the tradition alive.
