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Soft robots gain new strength and make virtual reality gloves feel more real
Penn Engineering Today
16 Dec 2022
A team of Penn Engineers has devised a new electrostatically controlled clutch which enables a soft robotic hand to be able to hold 4 pounds – about the weight of a bag of apples – which is 40 times more than the hand could lift without the clutch.
2nd call for robot holiday videos 2022 (with first submissions!)
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
15 Dec 2022
That’s right! You better not run, you better not hide, you better watch out for brand new robot holiday videos on Robohub!
Featured video: Creating a sense of feeling
MIT News
11 Dec 2022
Biomedical engineer and dancer Shriya Srinivasan PhD ’20 explores connections between the human body and the outside world.
China overtakes USA in robot density, according to World Robotics 2022 Report
International Federation of Robotics (IFR)
10 Dec 2022
China’s massive investment in industrial robotics has put the country in the top ranking of robot density, surpassing the United States for the first time.
Looking beyond “technology for technology’s sake”
MIT News
08 Dec 2022
Whether building robots or helping to lead the National Society of Black Engineers, senior Austen Roberson is thinking about the social implications of his field.
Estimating manipulation intentions to ease teleoperation
Anna Belardinelli and AIhub
06 Dec 2022
Introducing an intention estimation model that relies on both gaze and motion features.
Call for robot holiday videos 2022
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
02 Dec 2022
That’s right! You better not run, you better not hide, you better watch out for brand new robot holiday videos on Robohub!
The Utah Bionic Leg: A motorized prosthetic for lower-limb amputees
Lenzi’s Utah Bionic Leg uses motors, processors, and advanced artificial intelligence that all work together to give amputees more power to walk, stand-up, sit-down, and ascend and descend stairs and ramps.
Touch sensing: An important tool for mobile robot navigation
Kshitij Tiwari
29 Nov 2022
Proximal sensing often is a blind spot for most long range sensors such as cameras and lidars for which touch sensors could serve as a complementary modality.
Study: Automation drives income inequality
MIT News
27 Nov 2022
New data suggest most of the growth in the wage gap since 1980 comes from automation displacing less-educated workers.
Flocks of assembler robots show potential for making larger structures
MIT News
25 Nov 2022
Researchers make progress toward groups of robots that could build almost anything, including buildings, vehicles, and even bigger robots.
Holiday robot wishlist for/from Women in Robotics
Women In Robotics and Andra Keay
24 Nov 2022
Are you looking for a gift for the women in robotics in your life? Or the up and coming women in robotics in your family? Perhaps these suggestions from our not-for-profit Women in Robotics organization will inspire!
TRINITY, the European network for Agile Manufacturing
RI4EU
20 Nov 2022
The Trinity project is the magnet that connects every segment of agile with everyone involved, creating a network that supports people, organisations, production and processes.
Fighting tumours with magnetic bacteria
ETH Zurich
19 Nov 2022
Researchers at ETH Zurich are planning to use magnetic bacteria to fight cancerous tumours. They have now found a way for these microorganisms to effectively cross blood vessel walls and subsequently colonise a tumour.
Combating climate change with a soft robotics fish
Robin Hall
17 Nov 2022
We have fabricated a 3D printed, cable-actuated wave spring tail made from soft materials that can drive a small robot fish.
#IROS2022 best paper awards
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
14 Nov 2022
Here we bring you the papers that received an award this year at IROS in case you missed them.
Robot Talk Podcast – October episodes
EPSRC UK-RAS Network and Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
12 Nov 2022
Here we bring you the Robot Talk Podcast episodes from October, in topics such as rehabilitation robotics, underwater robots, human-robot interaction, and aerial robots.
How shoring up drones with artificial intelligence helps surf lifesavers spot sharks at the beach
The Conversation
05 Nov 2022
Australian surf lifesavers are increasingly using drones to spot sharks at the beach before they get too close to swimmers. But just how reliable are they?
Robots come out of the research lab
NCCR Robotics and Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
02 Nov 2022
This year’s Swiss Robotics Day – an annual event run by the EPFL-led National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Robotics – will be held at the Beaulieu convention center in Lausanne on 4 & 5 November.
Magnetic sensors track muscle length
MIT News
30 Oct 2022
Using a new technology, researchers hope to create better control systems for prosthetic limbs.
Big step towards tiny autonomous drones
Joost van de Loo
28 Oct 2022
A new study in Nature magazine describes how flying insects and drones know the difference between up and down.
Reprogrammable materials selectively self-assemble
MIT News
26 Oct 2022
Researchers create a method for magnetically programming materials to make cubes that are very picky about what they connect with, enabling more-scalable self-assembly.
Battery-free smart devices to harvest ambient energy for IoT
Horizon Magazine
24 Oct 2022
Power management systems that harvest ambient energy will power billions of small devices on the Internet of Things.
New walking robot design could revolutionize how we build things in space
Frontiers Journals & Blog
22 Oct 2022
Researchers have designed a state-of-the-art walking robot that could revolutionize large construction projects in space. They tested the feasibility of the robot for the in-space assembly of a 25m Large Aperture Space Telescope.
A new type of material called a mechanical neural network can learn and change its physical properties to create adaptable, strong structures
The Conversation
20 Oct 2022
A new type of material can learn and improve its ability to deal with unexpected forces thanks to a unique lattice structure with connections of variable stiffness.
Tiny particles work together to do big things
MIT News
16 Oct 2022
Simple microparticles can beat rhythmically together, generating an oscillating electrical current that could be used to power microrobotic devices.
World robotics report: “All-time high” with half a million robots installed in one year
International Federation of Robotics (IFR)
13 Oct 2022
The new World Robotics report shows an all-time high of 517,385 new industrial robots installed in 2021 in factories around the world.
50 women in robotics you need to know about 2022
Our Women in Robotics list turns 10 this year and we are delighted to introduce you to another amazing "50 women in robotics you need to know about" as we also celebrate Ada Lovelace Day. We have now profiled more than 300 women AND non-binary people making important contributions to robotics since the list began in 2013.
Bipedal robot achieves Guinness World Record in 100 metres
Oregon State University and AIhub
03 Oct 2022
Cassie the robot, developed at Oregon State University, records the fastest 100 metres by a bipedal robot.
Breaking through the mucus barrier
MIT News
02 Oct 2022
A capsule that tunnels through mucus in the GI tract could be used to orally administer large protein drugs such as insulin.
Women in Tech leadership resources from IMTS 2022
Silicon Valley Robotics and Andra Keay
29 Sep 2022
There’ve been quite a few events recently focusing on Women in Robotics, Women in Manufacturing, Women in 3D Printing, in Engineering, and in Tech Leadership. One of the largest tradeshows in the US is IMTS 2022. Here I bring you some resources shared in the curated technical content and leadership sessions.
MIT engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera
MIT News
27 Sep 2022
The device could help scientists explore unknown regions of the ocean, track pollution, or monitor the effects of climate change.
How do we control robots on the moon?
In the future, we imagine that teams of robots will explore and develop the surface of nearby planets, moons and asteroids - taking samples, building structures, deploying instruments.
Robotics in the home
EPSRC UK-RAS Network
11 Sep 2022
In this special live recording for the UK Festival of Robotics, Claire chatted to Dr. Patrick Holthaus, Prof. Praminda Caleb-Solly and Dr Mike Aldred (Dyson) about how social and assistive robots can offer company and help around the home, which can be game-changing for people with limited mobility or dementia.
MiGriBot: a miniature robot able to perform pick-and-place operations of sub-millimeter objects
FEMTO-ST Institute
06 Sep 2022
A research team has developed a miniature robot capable of manipulating micrometric objects at the speed of 720 pick-and-place operations per minute with about one micrometer accuracy.
#IJCAI invited talk: engineering social and collaborative agents with Ana Paiva
Lucy Smith and AIhub
04 Sep 2022
In her invited talk at IJCAI, Ana Paiva talked about some of her work on social robots and agents.
