A radar device is mounted on the roof behind home plate at PeoplesBank Park during the third inning of the Atlantic League All-Star minor league baseball game in York, Pa.,…
Tag: Robotics
UN tech agency rolls out human-looking robots for questions at a Geneva news conference
Robots are presented during a press conference with a panel of AI-enabled humanoid social robots as part of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) ‘AI for Good’ global summit in Geneva, Switzerland,…
Training robots how to learn, make decisions on the fly
by University of Illinois Dept. of Aerospace Engineering The proposed deep Gaussian process model is trained on the offline database with deep meta-learning with controlled deployment gaps, which repeatedly splits…
Concept and disturbance resistance evaluation
Three-dimensional computer-aided design image of integrated pneumatic-electromagnetic hybrid linear actuator, an example of one realization of the fusion hybrid linear actuator. Note that the part of the model is sectioned.…
Emulating how krill swim to build a robotic platform for ocean navigation
Pleobot is a small robotic platform that emulates krill-like swimming. Credit: Wilhelmus Lab. Picture a network of interconnected, autonomous robots working together in a coordinated dance to navigate the pitch-black…
Should robots be given a conscience?
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Modern-day society relies intrinsically on automated systems and artificial intelligence. It is embedded into our daily routines and shows no signs of slowing, in fact use…
Sponge helps robotic arms grasp delicate objects
Robot sponge. Credit: Tianqi Yue A simple sponge has improved how robots grasp, scientists from the University of Bristol have found. This easy-to-make sponge-jamming device can help stiff robots…
Swarming microrobots self-organize into diverse patterns
Credit: Cornell University A research collaboration between Cornell and the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems has found an efficient way to expand the collective behavior of swarming microrobots: Mixing…
A worm-inspired robot based on an origami structure and magnetic actuators
The fabrication of the origami backbone. Credit: Jin et al Bio-inspired robots, robotic systems that emulate the appearance, movements, and/or functions of specific biological systems, could help to tackle real-world…
New simulation tool helps robots handle fluids
Researchers created “FluidLab,” a simulation environment with a diverse set of manipulation tasks involving complex fluid dynamics. Credit: Alex Shipps/MIT CSAIL via Midjourney Imagine you’re enjoying a picnic by a…
