A new research initiative announced today by the University of California hopes to bring together cloud robotics, robot learning, human-centric automation and bio-inspired robotics, with the ambition to reduce drudgery and improve the human…
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.