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Robots Modeled after Ant Colonies can Jump, Communicate, and Work as a Group

Inspired by ants, EPFL scientists have built miniature 10-g robots. The robots can communicate with each other, assign roles among themselves, and complete complicated operations together.

11 Jul 2019

New 3D-Printed Prosthetic Hand Programmed to Perform Several Daily Tasks

Losing a limb, either because of an accident or illness, can pose physical and emotional hardships for an amputee, ruining their quality of life. Prosthetic limbs can be very beneficial but are mostly expensive and cumbersome to use.

28 Jun 2019

Miniature RoboBee Flies Untethered for the First Time

On a late afternoon in August, several years of research in the Harvard Microrobotics Lab, climaxed in a moment of stress as the tiny, revolutionary RoboBee began its first solo flight.

27 Jun 2019

New Robot Vascular System Offers Numerous Possibilities

Untethered robots have to deal with a stamina issue. A probable solution could be a circulating liquid — “robot blood” — that can store energy and drive its applications for high-tech, long-duration operations.

21 Jun 2019

Robotic Surrogates to Assess Fish-Friendliness of Hydroelectric Power Plants

Artificial fish surrogates must offer information related to the flow conditions and probable harm to and mortality of fish passing through turbine installations.

19 Jun 2019

Predictive AI for Creating Realistic Tactile Signals from Visual Inputs

In “Blind Assassins,” written by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, it has been mentioned that “touch comes before sight, before speech. It’s the first language and the last, and it always tells the truth.”

18 Jun 2019

Berkeley’s High-Flying Robot Leaps over Obstacles Effortlessly

Barely less than a foot, Salto the robot resembles a miniature version of the Star Wars imperial walker. But let its size not fool anyone — this tiny robot has a massive spring in its step. Salto can vault over three times its height in a single leap.

22 May 2019

Biohybrid Robot Made from a Combination of Heart Tissue and 3D Printing

Taking inspiration from the toy shelf and biology, scientists at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College and City University of Hong Kong have built a swimming robot having a light-controlled cellular engine that can carry out highly-targeted drug delivery.

16 May 2019

AI-Based Hummingbird Robot May Soon be Used in Applications Where Drones are Not Viable

Hummingbirds can not only fly like a bird but also hover like an insect. If drones had this combination, they would be able to move better through collapsed buildings and other chaotic spaces to locate trapped victims.

10 May 2019

Ekso Bionics®’ EksoGT Exoskeleton Used for Revolutionary Clinical Study

Ekso Bionics Holdings, Inc. an industry leader in exoskeleton technology for industrial and medical use, recently reported that the National University Health System (NUHS) in Singapore has adopted three EksoGT exoskeletons for a revolutionary clinical study.

8 May 2019