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by Hallie Siegel

10 July 2015

Robo-Insight #5

In this fifth edition, we are excited to feature robot progress in human-robot interaction, agile movement, enhanced training methods, soft robotics, brain surgery, medical navigation, and ecological research.

25 September 2023, by Shaunak Kapur

Soft robotic tool provides new ‘eyes’ in endovascular surgery

The magnetic device can help visualise and navigate complex and narrow spaces.

23 September 2023, by Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems

‘Brainless’ robot can navigate complex obstacles

Researchers who created a soft robot that could navigate simple mazes without human or computer direction have now built on that work, creating a “brainless” soft robot that can navigate more complex and dynamic environments.

21 September 2023, by NC Sate University

Battery-free origami microfliers from UW researchers offer a new bio-inspired future of flying machines

Researchers at the University of Washington present battery-free microfliers that can change shape in mid-air to vary their dispersal distance.

20 September 2023, by The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering

Virtual-reality tech is fast becoming more real

Touch sensations are improving to help sectors like healthcare and manufacturing, while other advances are being driven by the gaming industry.

16 September 2023, by Horizon Magazine

High-tech microscope with ML software for detecting malaria in returning travellers

Method not as accurate as human experts, but shows promise.

14 September 2023, by Frontiers Science News and AIhub