Physicists take first step toward cell-sized robots
An electricity-conducting, environment-sensing, shape-changing machine the size of a human cell? Is that even possible?
Nanomaterials
Jan 3, 2018
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News tagged with robotic machine
Technologically enhanced humans—a look behind the myth
What exactly do we mean by an "enhanced" human? When this possibility is brought up, what is generally being referred to is the addition of human and machine-based performances (expanding on the figure of the cyborg popularised ...
Robotics
Nov 30, 2017
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We need robots that can improvise, but it's not easy to teach them right from wrong
Industrial robots have existed since the 1960s, when the first Unimate robotic arm was installed at a General Motors plant in the United States. Nearly six decades on, why don't we have capable robots in our homes, beyond ...
Robotics
Nov 27, 2017
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Reverence for robots: Japanese workers treasure automation
Thousands upon thousands of cans are filled with beer, capped and washed, wrapped into six-packs, and boxed at dizzying speeds—1,500 a minute, to be exact—on humming conveyor belts that zip and wind in a sprawling factory ...
Robotics
Aug 16, 2017
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Does the next industrial revolution spell the end of manufacturing jobs?
Robots have been taking our jobs since the 1960s. So why are politicians and business leaders only now becoming so worried about robots causing mass unemployment?
Robotics
Jul 19, 2017
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Shape-shifting molecular robots respond to DNA signals
A research group at Tohoku University and Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has developed a molecular robot consisting of biomolecules, such as DNA and protein. The molecular robot was developed by integrating ...
Robotics
Mar 2, 2017
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Can I trust my robot? And should my robot trust me?
If we are serious about long-term human presence in space, such as manned bases on the moon or Mars, we must figure out how to streamline human-robot interactions.
Robotics
Apr 4, 2016
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Microbots individually controlled using 'mini force fields'
Researchers are using a technology likened to "mini force fields" to independently control individual microrobots operating within groups, an advance aimed at using the tiny machines in areas including manufacturing and medicine.
Robotics
Jan 13, 2016
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Disabled people pilot a robot remotely with their thoughts
Using a telepresence system developed at EPFL, 19 people—including nine quadriplegics—were able to remotely control a robot located in one of the university laboratories. This multi-year research project aims to give ...
Robotics
Jun 23, 2015
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The robot that learns everything from scratch
Two researchers at NTNU have made a robot that learns like a young child. At least, that's the idea. The machine starts with nothing—it has to learn everything from scratch.
Robotics
Jun 8, 2015
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