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NSF Awards over $2 Million for Robotics Projects at Georgia Tech

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded more than $2 million to fund projects led by Georgia Tech robotics researchers. The principal investigators (PIs) and co-PIs for these projects represent three of the Institute’s six colleges, illustrating the interdisciplinary collaboration that distinguishes Tech as a leader in the national initiative to accelerate the development and use of robots in the United States.

12 Sep 2013

Researchers Refine Control Algorithms for Robotic Swarms Based on Online Game Play

The next experiment from Rice University’s Multi-Robot Systems Laboratory (MRSL) could happen on your desktop. The lab’s researchers are refining their control algorithms for robotic swarms based upon data from five free online games that anyone can play.

10 Sep 2013

UC Berkeley-Founded Dash Robotics Unveils High-Performance, Low-Cost Six-Legged Origami Robot

Dash Robotics, founded by UC Berkeley alumni and students, today unveiled a new high performance, low-cost "origami" robot that runs fast on six legs, weighs only half an ounce and can be easily built at home.

7 Sep 2013

Scientists Deploy Robotic Prey to Study Predatory Fish

Dr Christos Ioannou at the University of Bristol has been awarded a five year research fellowship by NERC for the study of predator-prey relationships, using robotic prey to lure predatory fish.

30 Aug 2013

Significant Growth Expected in Worldwide Market for Snake Robots

Research and Markets has announced the addition of Wintergreen Research, Inc's new report "Snake Robots Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2013 to 2019" to their offering.

14 Aug 2013

Water-Based Gels Hold Promise for Soft Robotics

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating devices out of a water-based hydrogel material that can be patterned, folded and used to manipulate objects. The technique holds promise for use in “soft robotics” and biomedical applications.

3 Aug 2013

University of Sheffield Contributes Multiple Robotic Exhibits for Living Machines Event

Scientists and technologists from around the globe are uniting to explore the future of biomimetic and biohybrid technologies this week (Monday 29 July – Friday 2 August 2013) with a focus on future life-like robots.

2 Aug 2013

Alcohol Modulates Fear of Bio-Inspired Robots in Zebrafish

The latest in a series of experiments testing the ability of robots to influence live animals shows that bio-inspired robots can not only elicit fear in zebrafish, but that this reaction can be modulated by alcohol. These findings may pave the way for new methodologies for understanding anxiety and other emotions, as well as substances that alter them.

1 Aug 2013

Study of Insects’s Movement Without Muscles May Help Improve Control of Robotic Limbs

Neurobiologists from the University of Leicester have shown that insect limbs can move without muscles – a finding that may provide engineers with new ways to improve the control of robotic and prosthetic limbs.

19 Jul 2013

Robotic Frog Tricks Female Túngara Frog in Selecting Potential Mate

With the help of a robotic frog, biologists at The University of Texas at Austin and Salisbury University have discovered that two wrong mating calls can make a right for female túngara frogs.

16 Jul 2013