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Looking beyond “technology for technology’s sake”
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.
08 December 2022, by
MIT News
Estimating manipulation intentions to ease teleoperation
Introducing an intention estimation model that relies on both gaze and motion features.
06 December 2022, by
Anna Belardinelli and AIhub
Call for robot holiday videos 2022
That’s right! You better not run, you better not hide, you better watch out for brand new robot holiday videos on Robohub!
02 December 2022, by
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
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.
01 December 2022, by
The College of Engineering at the University of Utah
Touch sensing: An important tool for mobile robot navigation
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.
29 November 2022, by
Kshitij Tiwari
Study: Automation drives income inequality
New data suggest most of the growth in the wage gap since 1980 comes from automation displacing less-educated workers.
27 November 2022, by
MIT News
Flocks of assembler robots show potential for making larger structures
Researchers make progress toward groups of robots that could build almost anything, including buildings, vehicles, and even bigger robots.
25 November 2022, by
MIT News
Holiday robot wishlist for/from Women in Robotics
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!
24 November 2022, by
Women In Robotics and Andra Keay
TRINITY, the European network for Agile Manufacturing
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.
20 November 2022, by
RI4EU
Fighting tumours with magnetic bacteria
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.
19 November 2022, by
ETH Zurich
Combating climate change with a soft robotics fish
We have fabricated a 3D printed, cable-actuated wave spring tail made from soft materials that can drive a small robot fish.
17 November 2022, by
Robin Hall
#IROS2022 best paper awards
Here we bring you the papers that received an award this year at IROS in case you missed them.
14 November 2022, by
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
Robot Talk Podcast – October episodes
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.
12 November 2022, by
EPSRC UK-RAS Network and Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
How shoring up drones with artificial intelligence helps surf lifesavers spot sharks at the beach
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?
05 November 2022, by
The Conversation
Robots come out of the research lab
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.
02 November 2022, by
NCCR Robotics and Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
Magnetic sensors track muscle length
Using a new technology, researchers hope to create better control systems for prosthetic limbs.
30 October 2022, by
MIT News
Big step towards tiny autonomous drones
A new study in Nature magazine describes how flying insects and drones know the difference between up and down.
28 October 2022, by
Joost van de Loo
Reprogrammable materials selectively self-assemble
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.
26 October 2022, by
MIT News
Battery-free smart devices to harvest ambient energy for IoT
Power management systems that harvest ambient energy will power billions of small devices on the Internet of Things.
24 October 2022, by
Horizon Magazine
New walking robot design could revolutionize how we build things in space
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.
22 October 2022, by
Frontiers Journals & Blog
A new type of material called a mechanical neural network can learn and change its physical properties to create adaptable, strong structures
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.
20 October 2022, by
The Conversation
Tiny particles work together to do big things
Simple microparticles can beat rhythmically together, generating an oscillating electrical current that could be used to power microrobotic devices.
16 October 2022, by
MIT News
World robotics report: “All-time high” with half a million robots installed in one year
The new World Robotics report shows an all-time high of 517,385 new industrial robots installed in 2021 in factories around the world.
13 October 2022, by
International Federation of Robotics (IFR)
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
Cassie the robot, developed at Oregon State University, records the fastest 100 metres by a bipedal robot.
03 October 2022, by
Oregon State University and AIhub
Breaking through the mucus barrier
A capsule that tunnels through mucus in the GI tract could be used to orally administer large protein drugs such as insulin.
02 October 2022, by
MIT News
Women in Tech leadership resources from IMTS 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.
29 September 2022, by
Silicon Valley Robotics and Andra Keay
MIT engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera
The device could help scientists explore unknown regions of the ocean, track pollution, or monitor the effects of climate change.
27 September 2022, by
MIT News
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
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.
11 September 2022, by
EPSRC UK-RAS Network
