A new video promoting this year’s AUTOMATICA event in Munich offers an excellent primer in the state of professional service robotics in Europe. Check out the video here:
Robots clean rivers and sort waste, monitor ecosystems, and inspect renewable-energy infrastructure. But even the greenest robot has an environmental footprint.
EPFL engineers have designed acoustic cavities that convert sound waves into thrust, propelling small robots and ultralight aerial vehicles without on-board actuators or electronics.