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    Using reinforcement learning for control of direct ink writing
    Improving the printing technique of viscous materials using reinforcement learning and numerical simulation.
    20 August 2022, by and

    Two hands are better than one
    The HOPE hand is a hand orthosis with powered extension to better serve individuals who need assistance opening their hand, to provide them with improved capabilities to perform activities of daily living, and to help them re-gain their independence.
    01 August 2022, by

    Cooperative cargo transportation by a swarm of molecular machines
    Researchers showed it is possible to collectively transport molecular cargo by a swarm of artificial molecular robots responding to light.
    23 July 2022, by

    Bees’ ‘waggle dance’ may revolutionize how robots talk to each other in disaster zones
    A recent study presents a simple technique whereby robots view and interpret each other’s movements or a gesture from a human to communicate a geographical location.
    18 July 2022, by

    Why do Policy Gradient Methods work so well in Cooperative MARL? Evidence from Policy Representation
    Some recent empirical studies demonstrate that with proper input representation and hyper-parameter tuning, multi-agent PG can achieve surprisingly strong performance compared to off-policy VD methods.
    16 July 2022, by

    New imaging method makes tiny robots visible in the body
    Microrobots have the potential to revolutionize medicine. Researchers at the Max Planck ETH Centre for Learning Systems have now developed an imaging technique that for the first time recognises cell-​sized microrobots individually and at high resolution in a living organism.
    20 May 2022, by



    Designing societally beneficial Reinforcement Learning (RL) systems
    In this post, we aim to illustrate the different modalities harms can take when augmented with the temporal axis of RL. To combat these novel societal risks, we also propose a new kind of documentation for dynamic Machine Learning systems which aims to assess and monitor these risks both before and after deployment.
    15 May 2022, by

    GelBot – A new 3D printing method to tackle sustainability in soft robots
    Doctoral students have built a system to 3D print a biodegradable gel into complex shapes. They have printed finger-like robots that use intricate sensor networks to sense their own deformation and also objects in their surroundings.
    06 May 2022, by , , and

    How to compete with robots
    Swiss roboticists and economists from EPFL and University of Lausanne developed a method for estimating the probability of jobs being automated by future intelligent robots and suggesting career transitions with lower risks and minimal retraining effort.
    01 May 2022, by

    An easier way to teach robots new skills
    Researchers have developed a technique that enables a robot to learn a new pick-and-place task with only a handful of human demonstrations.
    29 April 2022, by

    A flexible way to grab items with feeling
    MIT engineers Edward Adelson and Sandra Liu duo develop a robotic gripper with rich sensory capabilities.
    18 April 2022, by

    Robots dress humans without the full picture
    MIT researchers design a robot that has a trick or two up its sleeve.
    13 April 2022, by

    Touchy subject: 3D printed fingertip ‘feels’ like human skin
    A highly sensitive, 3D-printed fingertip could help robots become more dexterous and improve the performance of prosthetic hands by giving them an in-built sense of touch.
    07 April 2022, by

    Exoskeletons with personalize-your-own settings
    Users who could adjust the timing, torque of an ankle exoskeleton typically found comfortable settings in under two minutes.
    04 April 2022, by

    BirdBot is energy-efficient thanks to nature as a model
    A team of scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and the University of California, Irvine constructed a robot leg that, like its natural model, is very energy efficient. BirdBot benefits from a foot-leg coupling through a network of muscles and tendons that extends across multiple joints. In this way, BirdBot needs fewer motors than previous legged robots and could, theoretically, scale to large size.
    19 March 2022, by

    Seamless transitions between autonomous robot capabilities and human intervention in construction robotics
    Congratulations to the winners of the best paper award of the International Association for Automation and Robotics in Construction 2021! This paper presents two human-robot collaboration solutions for welding and joint sealing through the use of a haptic device.
    15 March 2022, by and

    Robotic cubes shapeshift in outer space
    Self-reconfiguring ElectroVoxels use embedded electromagnets to test applications for space exploration.
    25 February 2022, by

    Happy Birthday Nao!
    In our paper ‘10 Years of Human-NAO Interaction Research: A Scoping Review’, we present an overview of the evolution of NAO’s technical capabilities. We also present the main results from a scoping review of the human-robot interaction research literature in which NAO was used.
    05 February 2022, by , , , and

    Bristol scientists develop insect-sized flying robots with flapping wings
    A new drive system for flapping wing autonomous robots has been developed by a University of Bristol team, using a new method of electromechanical zipping that does away with the need for conventional motors and gears.
    03 February 2022, by

    How robots learn to hike
    A new control approach that enables a legged robot, called ANYmal, to move quickly and robustly over difficult terrain.
    20 January 2022, by

    Robot reinforcement learning: safety in real-world applications
    How can we make a robot learn in the real world while ensuring safety? In this post, best paper award finalists at CoRL explain all.
    23 December 2021, by , , and

    Giving bug-like bots a boost
    A new fabrication technique produces low-voltage, power-dense artificial muscles that improve the performance of flying microrobots.
    17 December 2021, by

    Team builds first living robots that can reproduce
    AI-designed Xenobots reveal entirely new form of biological self-replication—promising for regenerative medicine.
    02 December 2021, by

    Finding inspiration in starfish larva
    Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a tiny robot that mimics the movement of a starfish larva. It is driven by sound waves and equipped with tiny hairs that direct the fluid around it, just like its natural model. In the future, such microswimmers could deliver drugs to diseased cells with pinpoint accuracy.
    17 November 2021, by

    RECON: Learning to explore the real world with a ground robot
    RECON provides a robust way to using past experience to accelerate learning in a new environment through the combination of goal sampling and topological memory.
    09 November 2021, by

    Making RL tractable by learning more informative reward functions: example-based control, meta-learning, and normalized maximum likelihood
    In our recent work, we design a reward specification technique that naturally incentivizes exploration and enables agents to explore environments in a directed way.
    30 October 2021, by

    IEEE 17th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering paper awards (with videos)
    The IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE) is the flagship automation conference of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and constitutes the primary forum for c...
    27 October 2021, by and

    Flying high-speed drones into the unknown with AI
    When it comes to exploring complex and unknown environments such as forests, buildings or caves, drones are hard to beat. They are fast, agile and small, and they can carry sensors and payloads virtua...
    08 October 2021, by

    What can I do here? Learning new skills by imagining visual affordances
    How do humans become so skillful? Well, initially we are not, but from infancy, we discover and practice increasingly complex skills through self-supervised play. But this play is not random - the chi...
    27 September 2021, by

    When humans play in competition with a humanoid robot, they delay their decisions when the robot looks at them
    Gaze is an extremely powerful and important signal during human-human communication and interaction, conveying intentions and informing about other’s decisions. What happens when a robot and a human...
    06 September 2021, by

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