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New System Teaches Robots to Pick Up Troublesome Objects

Kitchen robots are famous foresight for the future. However, if an existing robot attempts to pick up a kitchen staple like a shiny knife or a clear measuring cup, it may not be successful.

15 Jul 2020

New Soft Robots Inspired by Jellyfish Outperform Real-Life Counterparts

New jellyfish-inspired soft robots developed by engineering researchers at North Carolina State University and Temple University have been found to outswim their real-life counterparts.

2 Jul 2020

New Data-Driven Solution to Create Realistic Virtual Reality Sword Fights

A team of researchers from the University of Bath, working together with Ninja Theory, a game development studio, has developed a solution to the difficulties involved in creating realistic VR sword fights: Touché—a data-driven, machine learning-based computer model.

24 Jun 2020

Novel Biomimetic Soft Materials Could Augment Function of Soft Robots

Northwestern University researchers have developed a family of soft materials that imitates living creatures.

23 Jun 2020

Innovative Film Could Allow Robots to Mimic Chameleons and Octopi

A new film made of gold nanoparticles changes color in response to any type of movement. Its unprecedented qualities could allow robots to mimic chameleons and octopi -- among other futuristic applications.

17 Jun 2020

New Robot Mimics Cockroach Behavior to Traverse Through Obstacles

Engineers at Johns Hopkins University have studied movements of cockroaches by chasing them through an obstacle course, finding that the change in their movement was related to overcoming the prospective energy barriers and that they can jitter about to overcome obstacles in complex terrain.

16 Jun 2020

Engineers Put Tens of Thousands of Artificial Brain Synapses on a Single Chip

MIT engineers have designed a “brain-on-a-chip,” smaller than a piece of confetti, that is made from tens of thousands of artificial brain synapses known as memristors — silicon-based components that mimic the information-transmitting synapses in the human brain.

10 Jun 2020