Spider-inspired, shape-changing robot now even smaller

Engineers at CU Boulder designed mCLARI with inspiration from the animal world, including spiders. Credit: Heiko Kabutz This shape-changing robot just got a lot smaller. In a new study, engineers…

Using language to give robots a better grasp of an open-ended world

Feature Fields for Robotic Manipulation (F3RM) enables robots to interpret open-ended text prompts using natural language, helping the machines manipulate unfamiliar objects. The system’s 3D feature fields could be helpful…

Amazon unveils new human-shaped warehouse robot, more powerful drone

Credit: Amazon Amazon employees have long worked alongside robots—but the company is now testing a very lifelike, two-legged machine to help its human co-workers with some tasks. Amazon announced Wednesday…

A review of energy supply for biomachine hybrid robots

Scientists from the Beijing Institute of Technology reviewed the various energy supply methods for Biomachine Hybrid Robots. Credit: Jieliang Zhao Beijing Institute of Technology Bio-machine hybrid robots (BHRs) represent a…

Working towards a future artificial heart

Luuk van Laake. Credit: Bart van Overbeeke Implantation of a total artificial heart offers a solution for patients with severe heart failure, but existing artificial hearts have major limitations, which…

New algorithms for intelligent and efficient robot navigation among the crowd

Credit: University of Eastern Finland Service robots have started to appear in various daily tasks such as parcel delivery, as guide dogs for the visually impaired, as public servants at…

Could robots control whips? Researchers test the extremes of human motor control to advance robotics

Researchers at Northeastern University’s Action Lab are analyzing the movements of whip experts like Jack Lepiarz, known as Jack the Whipper, to understand more about how humans manipulate complex objects.…

A human-inspired robotic hand based on a modular structure

The components of the team’s robotic hand. (a) The design of the bones for the index finger is based on the human index finger bones. There are four bones connected…

Disinfection robot boosts sanitation at veterinary medical teaching hospital

The stationary robot, called Tru-D or “Trudy,” uses 28 bulbs and eight ultraviolet C (UVC) centers. Credit: Jason Nitsch/Texas A&M University Division of Marketing and Communications Robots are increasingly becoming…

AI designs new robot from scratch in seconds

Credit: Northwestern University A team led by Northwestern University researchers has developed the first artificial intelligence (AI) to date that can intelligently design robots from scratch. To test the new…