RightHand Robotics grabs $23 million in funding
RightHand Robotics announced a $23 million Series B this week. That brings the pick and place robotic arm manufacturer’s total funding up to around $34…
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Postmates unveils Serve, a friendlier autonomous delivery robot
San Francisco partially banned delivery robots because they obstructed pedestrians, so Postmates built one with eyes, turn signals and a mandate to yield.…
Foldable Drone Changes Its Shape in Mid-Air
Quadrotors are fast, cheap, and capable, and they’re getting smarter all the time. Where they struggle a little bit is with adaptation. Many other kinds of…
Choosing Sensors for Medical Applications
With the ever growing and aging population, patient auto-monitoring systems are becoming more and more popular. Their popularity stems from being both…
The world’s first culturally sensitive robots for elderly care
Researchers have developed revolutionary new robots that adapt to the culture and customs of the elderly people they assist.Population ageing…
MiniRHex Makes Wiggly-Legged Unstoppability Tiny and Affordable
Photo: CMU
RHex (pronounced “rex”) is a unique hexapedal robot that uses hybrid wheel-legs (whegs) to get around. It’s surprisingly adaptable, able to…
Sensitive robots feel the strain
Flexible skin for soft robots, embedded with electrical nanowires, combines conductivity with sensitivity within the same material.An artificial…
Antenna evaluation method could help boost 5G network
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method for evaluating and selecting optimal antenna designs for future…
Researchers develop ‘soft’ valves to make entirely soft robots
When dropped on an object, the valve closes and the gripper activates on its own. Credit: Harvard UniversityIn recent years, an entirely new class of…
IHMC Teaches Atlas to Walk Like a Human
Image: IHMC Humanoid robots have a very distinctive walk. Knees bent, torso as stationary as possible. Even Boston Dynamics’ own Atlas uses this crouching…