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Smart skin technology. Credit: University of Texas at Arlington
The University of Texas at Arlington has patented a smart skin, created by a UTA…
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Robot Roundup: Delivery Robots Strive to Drive the Last Mile | Robotics
Starship Robot Delivery Service Launch Event, Monkston Park, Milton Keynes, April 2018 Credit: Starship/Philip Bedford A growing number of companies are…
A Robotic Brain Surgeon That Works Inside An MRI Machine
AsianScientist (Jul. 5, 2018) – Scientists in Hong Kong have developed a robotic system that can perform neurosurgery inside a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)…
Here’s what robots could learn from fire ants | Robotics
Robotics,Animals,Technology In tight quarters, sharing the work equally leads to traffic jams CROWD CONTROL Teams of robots working in tight, crowded…
Children may be especially vulnerable to peer pressure from robots |…
Adults appear able to resist the machines’ influence BE LIKE ME Elementary school children often endorsed unanimous but inaccurate judgments made by…
Robots in Depth with Andrew Graham | Robotics
In this episode of Robots in Depth, Per Sjöborg speaks with Andrew Graham about snake arm robots that can get into impossible locations and do things no…
Boston Dynamics’s SpotMini is really, really determined to open doors…
In early February, Boston Dynamics’s SpotMini robot impressed the world with its new ability to open a door all by itself and then hold it open for a fellow…
We now have soft robots with a sense of touch. But why? | Robotics
What is the big deal with soft robots? It seems like pretty much every week, another robot crawls onto the scene, seemingly alive with “hands,” a soft body,…
Bring this robot to a disco, and it’ll dance with you | Robotics
If you’re one who thinks the ability to dance is severely missing from modern robotics, the fine folks over at ETH Zurich’s Department of Mechanical and…
The military wants to make AI that mimics the human brain. Experts know…
No matter how many times you may hear that AI is going to make us human slaves and take over the world, it’s kind of hard to believe when we’re constantly…