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Real-Time, Object-Independent Grasp Synthesis Method for Closed-Loop Robotic Grasping

Roboticists from QUT have designed a more accurate and more rapid technique for robots to grab objects, for instance, in changing and cluttered environments, opening the door for enhancing their usefulness in domestic as well as industrial settings.

26 Jun 2018

Robot Bloodhound Rapidly Detects Odors on Ground

Researchers have built a modern-day bloodhound - a robot that can quickly detect odors from sources on the ground, for example, footprints.

21 Jun 2018

How MIT’s Robots are Saving the Coral Reefs

MIT has developed a specialized robotic fish named SoFi to observe and track the most elusive marine animals.

8 Jun 2018

“VirtualHome” System for Relieving Humans from Household Chores

Many people consider household chores to be an unpleasant, unavoidable part of life that is often postponed or performed with little care. Imagine a robot assistant that could assist in relieving this burden!

31 May 2018

Faux-Rodent Artificial Intelligence Program for Simulating Mammal Navigation

A UK-based research team has achieved an a-MAZE-ing development—it has created an artificial intelligence (AI) program with the ability to learn to find shortcuts through a maze to attain its goal. As part of the process, structures similar to those in the human brain were developed by the program.

22 May 2018

GeorgiaTech Researchers Develop Robot for Dressing Injured, Ailing, or Aged People

Over one million Americans need everyday physical assistance to get dressed due to advanced age, disease, or injury. Although it is possible to use robots for this purpose, both cloth and the human body are complicated.

22 May 2018

Caltech Researcher Strives to Take Robotics to Next Level

The focus Ames’ present study with the DURUS project is on developing robotics emulating human walk. He approaches his study from a math perspective, developing theories that are subsequently applied to bipedal robots.

3 May 2018

Environmentally Responsive & Temperature-Sensitive Soft Robot

A research team developed a new type of soft robot, made of actuating electronics, ultrathin sensing, and temperature-sensitive artificial muscle capable of adapting to the surroundings and crawling, comparable to the movement of a caterpillar or inchworm.

20 Apr 2018

Nature-Inspired Anti-Collision Technology to Increase Safety of Driverless Cars

A research project is focused on developing a pioneering new collision avoidance system to improve the safety of driverless cars, based on insect swarms.

29 Mar 2018

Soft Robotic Fish Could Enable Closer Study of Marine Life

This month scientists published rare footage of one of the Arctic's most elusive sharks. The findings demonstrate that, even with many technological advances in recent years, it remains a challenging task to document marine life up close.

22 Mar 2018