Biomimetic Robotics News

RSS

Researchers Use Biologically-Inspired Principles to Design Novel Vision Systems for UAVs

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) of the future will be able to visually coordinate their flight and navigation just like birds and flying insects do, without needing human input, radar or even GPS satellite navigation.

4 Jul 2016

Engineers Use Locust's Sense of Smell to Create New Biorobotic Sensing Systems

A team of engineers from Washington University in St. Louis is looking to capitalize on the sense of smell in locusts to create new biorobotic sensing systems that could be used in homeland security applications.

29 Jun 2016

Transcend Robotics, ORNL Team Up to Develop Mobile Robotic Technology

Transcend Robotics, an innovator in ground-based robotic mobility, has announced a cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

28 Jun 2016

New Protocols Enable Robots to Cooperate with One Another on Complex Jobs Using Body Language

Sometimes all it takes to get help from someone is to wave at them, or point. Now the same is true for robots. Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden have completed work on an EU project aimed at enabling robots to cooperate with one another on complex jobs, by using body language.

28 Jun 2016

NSF-Supported Project Aims to Create Autonomous Robotic Insects Capable of Independent Flight

Increasingly, researchers are designing robots with forms and functions that defy our expectation of what a machine can be or do.

8 Jun 2016

Robots Carry out Tasks More Safely if Controlled by Another Technology

Robots carry out their tasks more safely if they are controlled by another technology. This makes them much more suitable for use in the care sector, as revealed by a study conducted at the Robotics and Mechatronics department at the University of Twente. On 2 June, researcher Stefan Groothuis is being awarded his PhD for this work.

3 Jun 2016

Researchers Develop Flying Microrobots that Perch During Flight to Save Energy

Call them the RoboBats. In a recent article in Science, Harvard roboticists demonstrate that their flying microrobots, nicknamed the RoboBees, can now perch during flight to save energy - like bats, birds or butterflies.

20 May 2016

SBRA Invites Developers to Gain Access to Next Level Interactive Humanoid Robot

SoftBank Robotics America (SBRA), the newly established North American headquarters of SoftBank Robotics Holdings, today invites developers into its new global Developer Portal, to gain access to the next level of interactive high-tech: Pepper, the humanoid robot.

20 May 2016

CMU Researchers Develop Software to Help Robots Deal Efficiently with Clutter

Clutter is a special challenge for robots, but new Carnegie Mellon University software is helping robots cope, whether they're beating a path across the moon or grabbing a milk jug from the back of the refrigerator.

19 May 2016

ICRA 2016: Consequential Robotics to Launch Programmable Companion Robot, MiRO

Consequential Robotics has been co-founded by the award-winning designer Sebastian Conran, together with Professor Tony Prescott and Dr Ben Mitchinson from the University of Sheffield.

18 May 2016