Tag: Robotics
Artificial foot mimics human gait, improves stability on slippery ground
Soft Foot Pro weighs approximately 450 grams and can support loads of up to 100 kilograms. It consists of a mobile arch mechanism in titanium (or aeronautical-grade aluminum alloy), whose…
Computer scientists develop new and improved camera inspired by the human eye
A diagram of the novel camera system developed by UMD computer scientists Botao He, Yiannis Aloimonos, Cornelia Fermuller, Jinxi Chen and Chahat Deep Singh. Credit: Botao He, Yiannis Aloimonos, Cornelia…
New work explores optimal circumstances for reaching a common goal with humanoid robots
Credit: IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT-Italian Institute of Technology) have demonstrated that under specific conditions, humans can treat robots as co-authors of the…
A scalable reinforcement learning–based framework to facilitate the teleoperation of humanoid robots
Credit: He et al The effective operation of robots from a distance, also known as teleoperation, could allow humans to complete a vast range of manual tasks remotely, including risky…
A model that could broaden the manipulation skills of four-legged robots
The legged robot ANYmal opens a fridge door using pedipulation. Credit: ETH Zurich. Robotic systems have become increasingly sophisticated over the past decades, evolving from rudimental stiff robots to a…
Self-organizing robotic aggregate design inspired by flowing and rigid behaviors of sandpiles
Red arrows represent the actuated magnets’ direction of rotation. Blue arrows represent Granulobots in the process of reconfiguration. (A) Individual Granulobot units can roll and attach magnetically into larger assemblies,…
A skating, tri-pedal robot capable of highly stable locomotion
Adam Hung and Prof. Talia Moore deploy the SKOOTR robot outdoors. Credit: Hung, Adu & Moore. Researchers at University of Michigan recently developed SKOOTR, a tri-pedal skating robot that can…
A system that allows home robots to cook in collaboration with humans
The researchers evaluated their robot on multiple recipes. Credit: Wang et al. Home robots could assist humans with the completion of various chores and manual tasks, ranging from washing dishes…
A quadrupedal robot can do parkour and walk across rubble
The quadrupedal robot Anymal practices parkour in a hall at ETH Zurich. Credit: ETH Zurich / Nikita Rudin The robot known as ANYmal has, for some time, had no problem…
