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…

New multi-purpose robot changes shape for different uses

Robot. Credit: Peter Wharton Researchers have designed a robot which can change form to tackle varying scenarios. A team at the University of Bristol and based at the Bristol Robotics…

entrepreneur seeks to improve S. Korea’s favorite food

Kang’s robot, composed of a simple, flexible mechanical arm, is capable of frying 100 chickens in two hours. In fried-chicken-obsessed South Korea, restaurants serving the nation’s favorite fast-food dish dot every…

Brainless Robots Navigate Mazes – Neuroscience News

Summary: Researchers designed a “brainless” soft robot that can autonomously navigate through complex environments using physical intelligence. Unlike their previous model, which could only turn upon encountering obstacles, this robot…

‘Brainless’ robot can navigate complex obstacles

Researchers who created a soft robot that could navigate simple mazes without human or computer direction have now built on that work, creating a “brainless” soft robot that can navigate…

Exploring the effects of hardware implementation on the exploration space of evolvable robots

The ARE Robot Fabricator (RoboFab). Evolved robot skeletons (green) are 3D printed, the robot arm equips them with a central ‘head’ (red) and then attaches modular ‘organs’ (dark blue) to…