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Enabling autonomous exploration
CMU-designed systems allow robots to explore on their own.
30 July 2023, by
Carnegie Mellon University
Pangolin the inspiration for medical robot
Robot is made of metal and yet is soft and flexible.
27 July 2023, by
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
Heat-resistant drone could scope out and map burning buildings and wildfires
Imperial College London and Empa researchers have built a drone that can withstand high enough temperatures to enter burning buildings.
24 July 2023, by
Imperial College London
Robo-Insight #2
In this 2nd edition, we are excited to showcase progress in hazard mapping, surface crawling, pump controls, adaptive gripping, surgery, health assistance, and mineral extraction.
22 July 2023, by
Shaunak Kapur
Robot swarms neutralize harmful Byzantine robots using a blockchain-based token economy
In experiments conducted with both real and simulated robots, we show how blockchain technology enables a robot swarm to neutralize harmful robots without human intervention, thus enabling the deployment of autonomous and safe robot swarms.
20 July 2023, by
Université Libre de Bruxelles
A faster way to teach a robot
A new technique helps a nontechnical user understand why a robot failed, and then fine-tune it with minimal effort to perform a task effectively.
18 July 2023, by
MIT News
#RoboCup2023 in tweets – part 2
We take a look at some of the highlights from the second half of the conference.
16 July 2023, by
AIhub and Lucy Smith
#RoboCup2023 in tweets – part 1
Find out what the participants at RoboCup have been up to in Bordeaux.
15 July 2023, by
AIhub and Lucy Smith
Submersible robots that can fly
Following the news of the implosion of the Titan submersible, I reached out to Professor F. Javier Diez of Rutgers University for his comment on the rescue mission and the role of robots.
13 July 2023, by
Oliver Mitchell
Magnetic robots walk, crawl, and swim
New soft-bodied robots that can be controlled by a simple magnetic field are well suited to work in confined spaces.
10 July 2023, by
MIT News
Visual navigation to objects in real homes
We present a large-scale empirical study of semantic visual navigation methods comparing representative methods from classical, modular, and end-to-end learning approaches across six homes with no prior experience, maps, or instrumentation.
07 July 2023, by
Theophile Gervet
Robo-Insight #1
In this post, we are thrilled to present a range of remarkable advancements in the field, highlighting robotics progress in terrain traversability, shape morphing, object avoidance, mechanical memory, physics-based AI techniques, and new home robotics kits.
04 July 2023, by
Shaunak Kapur
What’s coming up at #RoboCup2023?
The annual RoboCup event kicks off on 4 July - find out more about the competitions and symposium.
03 July 2023, by
Lucy Smith and AIhub
Why diversity and inclusion needs to be at the forefront of future AI
Inês Hipólito is a permanent lecturer of the philosophy of AI at Macquarie University, focusing on cognitive development and the interplay between augmented cognition (AI) and the sociocultural environment. As part of our Frontier Scientist series, Hipólito caught up with Frontiers to tell us about her career and research.
01 July 2023, by
Frontiers Journals & Blog
Joanne Pransky: Rest in Peace (1959-2023)
It is with great sadness that I am sharing that Joanne Pransky, the World's First Robotic Psychariatrist, and who Isaac Asimov called the real Susan Calvin has passed away.
29 June 2023, by
Robin Murphy
