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New Algorithm Could Aid the Rise of Soft Robots for Tricky Tasks

Soft robot development could benefit from an algorithm that optimizes sensor placement allowing such machines to better ‘understand’ their environments.

23 Mar 2021

Robots can Use Eye Contact to Elicit Involvement from Reluctant Participants

Eye contact is a key to establishing a connection, and teachers use it often to encourage participation. But can a robot do this too? Can it draw a response simply by making "eye" contact, even with people who are less inclined to speak up. A recent study suggests that it can.

11 Mar 2021

Real Issues in Deploying Robot Police Dogs

The New York Police Department is receiving a lot of attention for testing robot "dogs," which it has deployed in several situations, including to deliver food in a hostage situation and to scout out a location where the police feared a dangerous gunman might be lurking.

3 Mar 2021

Using Dead Locust Ear as Sensors for a Robot

A technological and biological development that is unprecedented in Israel and the world has been achieved at Tel Aviv University. For the first time, the ear of a dead locust has been connected to a robot that receives the ear's electrical signals and responds accordingly.

3 Mar 2021

New RFID-Capable Autonomous Robot Analyzes Shoppers' Behavior

Researchers from Skoltech's Intelligent Space Robotics Lab have proposed a novel method for customer behavior analytics and demand distribution based on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) stocktaking. Their research was published in the proceedings of the International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV).

3 Mar 2021

Kravt Robotics and Allset Team Up to Create a Robotic Food Delivery Solution

The IT development company Kravt Robotics has entered into a strategic partnership with Allset Technologies, a startup providing a food pre-ordering service. The LA-based companies have teamed up to create a food order and delivery platform utilizing robotic delivery solutions instead of couriers.

2 Mar 2021

Study Explores the Impact of Robots and Autonomous Systems on Urban Ecosystems

The University of Leeds has coordinated a study with 170 experts from 35 countries, including E.T.S. Agronomic Engineering lecturer Luis Perez Urrestarazu. The study conclusions have just been published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.

22 Feb 2021

Designing Configurable Cobots to Preserve Workers Health in Workplaces

CONCERT, acronym for CONfigurable CollaborativE Robot Technologies, is an innovative project that has the goal of developing a novel concept of configurable robot platforms, which can be explored in application domains with unstructured, variable and evolving workspace settings and tasks.

11 Feb 2021

Social Robots can Detect Human Touch Gestures Using Shadows and Camera

Soft robots may not be in touch with human feelings, but they are getting better at feeling human touch.

9 Feb 2021

Artificial Skin may Pave the Way for Touch-Sensing-Enabled Robotic Devices

Modern-day robots are often required to interact with humans intelligently and efficiently, which can be enabled by providing them the ability to perceive touch.

4 Feb 2021