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UK Agri-Tech Experts and Growers Join Forces on Salad-Saving Robot

A robotic solution to horticultural labour shortages is being developed to help secure the availability of the UK’s favourite salad veg – the lettuce.

23 Jul 2021

Wearable Motor Imagery-Based BMI System Turns Intentions into Actions

A new wearable brain-machine interface system could improve the quality of life for people with motor dysfunction or paralysis, even those struggling with locked-in syndrome - when a person is fully conscious but unable to move or communicate.

22 Jul 2021

Novel Simulator Could Improve Robots' Cutting Skills

Researchers from the University of Southern California Department of Computer Science and NVIDIA have unveiled a new simulator for robotic cutting that can accurately reproduce the forces acting on a knife as it slices through common foodstuffs, such as fruit and vegetables.

22 Jul 2021

Novel Algorithm to Fly Autonomous Drones Faster than Human Pilots

In a first of its kind attempt, an autonomous flying quadrotor has outperformed two human pilots in a drone race. The achievement is based on a new algorithm developed by researchers from the University of Zurich (UZH).

22 Jul 2021

Neural Model can Detect Inappropriate Text Messages to Reduce Chatbot Awkwardness

Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues from Mobile TeleSystems have introduced the notion of inappropriate text messages and released a neural model capable of detecting them, along with a large collection of such messages for further research.

21 Jul 2021

CMU Team Develops Algorithm to Help Autonomous Vehicles Navigate Narrow, Crowded Streets

It is a scenario familiar to anyone who has driven down a crowded, narrow street. Parked cars line both sides, and there isn't enough space for vehicles traveling in both directions to pass each other.

21 Jul 2021

Researchers Develop New Automated Flight Control System for Drone Swarms

"The project's main objective is to integrate a certain degree of automation, so that an operator can control a small fleet of up to 10 drones from a single ground station," says Luis E. Moreno, LABYRINTH's coordinator and researcher at the UC3M's Robotics Lab.

20 Jul 2021

Wearable Robotic Neck Brace Could Help Guide Recovery After Cancer Treatment

A new robotic neck brace from researchers at Columbia Engineering and their colleagues at Columbia's Department of Otolaryngology may help doctors analyze the impact of cancer treatments on the neck mobility of patients and guide their recovery.

20 Jul 2021

Leading AAC Provider Smartbox Launches Lumin-i: A New Eye Tracking Solution Developed in Collaboration with Smart Eye

Global Augmentative and Alternative Communication provider Smartbox Assistive Technology, and Smart Eye, a leader in AI-based eye tracking solutions for the automotive, aerospace, neuroscience, and research sectors, today announce a new collaboration.

From Smartbox Assistive Technology 20 Jul 2021

Study Compares Simulation and Reality to Learn Robot Swarm Behavior

Neuro-evolutionary robotics is considered to be an impressive method to achieve the collective behaviors of swarms of robots. Several studies have investigated this area and various methods and concepts have been suggested but there have been very few empirical evaluations and comparative analyses.

19 Jul 2021