Loopy, a multicellular robot at the center of research in the WVU Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, could fundamentally alter understanding of autonomy, adaptability and design…
Tag: Robotics
Engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots
The zinc-air battery is 0.1 millimeters long and 0.02 millimeters thick. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology A tiny battery designed by MIT engineers could enable the deployment of cell-sized, autonomous…
Researcher designs robot to help children cross streets safely
by Kristin J. Bender, The Orange County Register Hovannes Kulhandjian, an associate professor in electrical and computer engineering at Cal State Fresno, who also works with the Mineta Transportation Institute…
Engineers conduct first in-orbit test of ‘swarm’ satellite autonomous navigation
Artist’s illustration of the swarm. Credit: NASA/Blue Canyon Technologies Someday, instead of large, expensive individual space satellites, teams of smaller satellites—known by scientists as a “swarm”—will work in collaboration, enabling…
A new algorithm to help robots practice skills independently to adapt to unfamiliar environments
A new algorithm developed by researchers at MIT CSAIL helps robots practice skills on their own. In experiments, it guided a quadruped with sweeping and placing various items. Credits: Alex…
Tesla is promising to sell a humanoid robot. It could be the first of many
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Elon Musk’s recent announcement on Twitter that “Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for Tesla internal use next year” suggests that robots…
A flapping microrobot inspired by the wing dynamics of rhinoceros beetles
Credit: Phan et al. The wing dynamics of flying animal species have been the inspiration for numerous flying robotic systems. While birds and bats typically flap their wings using the…
Self-powered ‘bugs’ can skim across water to detect environmental data
Binghamton University, State University of New York researchers have developed a self-powered “bug” that can skim across the water, and they hope it will revolutionize aquatic robotics. Credit: Professor Seokheun…
