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New Robotic Device Mimics the Adjustable Grip of a Human Hand

Human hands are extremely adept at controlling many different objects. Humans can hammer a nail or pick up strawberry or an egg without breaking it.

13 Sep 2019

New Bio-Inspired Robot to Monitor Ocean Pollution and Floods

A bio-inspired robot launches itself from the surface of water by using water from the environment to produce a gas.

12 Sep 2019

New Type of Artificial Intelligence Inspired by the Brain

Machine learning came into existence about 70 years ago and is based on evidence of the dynamics of learning in man’s brain.

12 Aug 2019

Study Aims to Understand the Underlying Mechanism of Underwater Walking

Nearly 360 million years ago, creatures migrated from water onto dry land, turning out to be the first terrestrial animals.

8 Aug 2019

Stanford Scientists Observe Birds to Refine How Robots Touchdown

Birds are capable of perching on a wide range of surfaces, thick or thin, slick or rough. But will they be able to find stable footing if a branch is covered in Teflon? Keen to build better robots, Stanford researchers found out.

7 Aug 2019

Innovative Robotic Jellyfish can Perform 3D Jet Propulsion and Maneuvers

As a source of stimulus, aquatic creatures such as fish, jellyfish, and cetaceans could inspire advanced designs to enhance the ways that manmade systems work in and interact with aquatic environments.

6 Aug 2019

New Millimeter-Scale Soft Snail Robot Driven by Liquid Crystal Elastomer Technology

Liquid crystal elastomer technology was used by researchers at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw, Poland to show the capability of a bio-inspired microrobot to imitate the adhesive locomotion of snails and slugs in natural scale.

1 Aug 2019

New Structural Color Soft Robot to Interact with Environment

A new structural color soft robot that can move and change color has been designed by researchers headed by Dr Du Xuemin from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

1 Aug 2019

New Robotic Prosthetic Arm Enables Amputee to Sense Touch

Keven Walgamott felt positive about grasping the egg without crushing it. What looks like a simple task for nearly everyone else can be more of a tough challenge for Walgamott, who lost his left hand and a portion of his arm in an electrical accident 17 years ago.

25 Jul 2019