Summary: A new study explores how children aged three to five gauge the reliability of information from humans and robots. The study found that children display selective trust based on…
Tag: Robotics
A picking robot for the greenhouse
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Working in a greenhouse is both strenuous and time-consuming. The picking robot from ETH spin-off Floating Robotics takes on particularly repetitive tasks, thereby alleviating the strain…
Researchers create ‘Mugatu,’ the first steerable bipedal robot with only one motor
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical Engineering Small robots are important tools for the investigation and inspection of, well, small spaces. They can carefully place their steps, allowing them to navigate…
Exposure to soft robots decreases human fears about working with them
Washington State University doctoral students Justin Allen, left, and Ryan Dorosh, demonstrate a soft robot in development at WSU. Credit: Dean Hare, Washington State University Photo Services Seeing robots made…
This 3D printer can watch itself fabricate objects
A new high-throughput, multimaterial 3D inkjet printer uses computer vision to rapidly and automatically control the amount of material being printed in real-time. This rendering shows a robot being built…
Powered by AI, new system makes human-to-robot communication more seamless
The new software system, called Lang2LTL, marks an important contribution toward more seamless communications between humans and robots. Photo by Juan Siliezar The black and yellow robot, meant to resemble…
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…
