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    Faced with dwindling bee colonies, scientists are arming queens with robots and smart hives
    By Farshad Arvin, Martin Stefanec, and Tomas Krajnik Be it the news or the dwindling number of creatures hitting your windscreens, it will not have evaded you that the insect world in bad shape. ...
    31 December 2023, by

    Engineers devise a modular system to produce efficient, scalable aquabots
    The system’s simple repeating elements can assemble into swimming forms ranging from eel-like to wing-shaped.
    07 February 2023, by

    Interview with Hae-Won Park, Seungwoo Hong and Yong Um about MARVEL, a robot that can climb on various inclined steel surfaces
    We are happy to introduce the climbing robot, MARVEL (magnetically adhesive robot for versatile and expeditious locomotion), which can climb on various inclined steel surfaces.
    15 January 2023, by

    In search for the intelligent machine
    Elvis Nava teaches robots to carry out oral and written commands. To this end, he sends them to “training camps” where they learn to combine image, text and motion data.
    28 December 2022, by

    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

    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



    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 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

    Shelf-stocking robots with independent movement
    A robot that helps store employees by moving independently through the supermarket and shelving products. According to cognitive robotics researcher Carlos Hernández Corbato, this may be possible in the future. If we engineer the unexpected.
    23 September 2022, by

    MiGriBot: a miniature robot able to perform pick-and-place operations of sub-millimeter objects
    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.
    06 September 2022, by

    Robot helps reveal how ants pass on knowledge
    Scientists have developed a small robot to understand how ants teach one another.
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    Perception and Decision-Making for Underwater Robots, with Brendan Englot

    Prof Brendan Englot, from Stevens Institute of Technology, discusses the challenges in perception and decision making for underwater robots - especially in the field.
    21 August 2022, by

    New programmable materials can sense their own movements
    Engineers 3D print materials with networks of sensors directly incorporated.
    16 August 2022, by

    Robochop makes garden trimming a snip
    Automation and computer-aided designs are seeding the future of home gardens. With the onset of designer gardens as a service and rose-pruning robots, weekends spent toiling in the garden will be more productive and personalised.
    09 August 2022, by
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    Underwater Human-Robot Interaction #ICRA2022, with Michael Fulton

    Michael Fulton describes his unique robot-to-human communication system using exaggerated body language.
    22 July 2022, by

    Emergency-response drones to save lives in the digital skies
    Uncrewed aircraft responding to fire and medical emergencies will be used to save lives - if digitalised air-traffic control can help them navigate safely in the skies over Europe.
    20 July 2022, by

    Bees’ ‘waggle dance’ may revolutionize how robots talk to each other in disaster zones
    A recent study presents a simple technique whereby robots view and interpret each other’s movements or a gesture from a human to communicate a geographical location.
    18 July 2022, by

    Robotic lightning bugs take flight
    Inspired by fireflies, researchers create insect-scale robots that can emit light when they fly, which enables motion tracking and communication.
    07 July 2022, by

    The one-wheel Cubli
    Researchers Matthias Hofer, Michael Muehlebach and Raffaello D’Andrea have developed the one-wheel Cubli, a three-dimensional pendulum system that can balance on its pivot using a single reaction wheel. How is it possible to stabilize the two tilt angles of the system with only a single reaction wheel?
    30 June 2022, by and

    At the forefront of building with biology
    Raman is, as she puts it, “a mechanical engineer through and through.” Today, Ritu Raman leads the Raman Lab and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
    28 June 2022, by
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    Controlling a Drone After Sudden Rotor Failure #ICRA2022, with Sihao Sun

    Dr. Sihao Sun on his research for controlling a quadcopter after one of its rotors faces a sudden failure. His research takes in real-world assumptions where the quadcopter may already be in a compromised, difficult to correct orientation.
    06 June 2022, by
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    SLAM fused with Satellite Imagery #ICRA2022, with John McConnell

    John McConnell discusses the research presented at ICRA 2022 to reduce drift in SLAM algorithms by incorporating overhead satellite imagery.
    25 May 2022, by
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    Autonomous Flight Demo with CMU AirLab #ICRA2022, with Sebastian Scherer

    Sebastian Scherer from CMU's Airlab gives us a behind-the-scenes demo at ICRA of their Autonomous Flight Control AI. Their approach aims to cooperate with human pilots and act the way they would. h...
    24 May 2022, by
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    Robotics Grasping and Manipulation Competition Spotlight, with Yu Sun

    Yu Sun, previous chair of the Robotics Grasping and Manipulation Competition, speaks on the value that this competition brought to the robotics community.
    21 May 2022, by
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    Early Days of ICRA Competitions, with Bill Smart

    Bill Smart, one fo the early ICRA Competition Chairs, dives into the high-level decisions involved with creating a meaningful competition.
    21 May 2022, by
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    Duckietown Competition Spotlight, with Dr Liam Paull

    Dr. Liam Paull, cofounder of the Duckietown competition talks about the only robotics competition where Rubber Duckies are the passengers on an autonomous driving track.
    17 May 2022, by

    Designing societally beneficial Reinforcement Learning (RL) systems
    In this post, we aim to illustrate the different modalities harms can take when augmented with the temporal axis of RL. To combat these novel societal risks, we also propose a new kind of documentation for dynamic Machine Learning systems which aims to assess and monitor these risks both before and after deployment.
    15 May 2022, by

    Afreez Gan: Open Source Robot Dog, Kickstarter, and Home Robots | Sense Think Act Podcast #18
    In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Afreez Gan, who is the founder and CEO of MangDang; MangDang is a Chinese startup that makes Minipupper, an open source robot dog that uses the Robot Operating S...
    08 May 2022, by and

    GelBot – A new 3D printing method to tackle sustainability in soft robots
    Doctoral students have built a system to 3D print a biodegradable gel into complex shapes. They have printed finger-like robots that use intricate sensor networks to sense their own deformation and also objects in their surroundings.
    06 May 2022, by , , and

    RIMA, the European robotics network for Inspection and Maintenance
    RIMA project aims at bringing together Digital Innovation Hubs and Facilitators operating under a common network that allow them to join forces and competences in promoting Inspection and Maintenance (I&M) robotics in Europe.
    04 May 2022, by

     
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