To make cars as safe as possible, we crash them into walls to pinpoint weaknesses and better protect the people who use them.
Security
May 7, 2015
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For someone like Edward Fouad, a junior at Caltech who has always been interested in robotics and mechanical engineering, it was an ideal project: help develop robotic technology that could one day fly on a NASA mission to ...
Space Exploration
Oct 21, 2014
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Quantum computing will allow for the creation of powerful computers, but also much smarter and more creative robots than conventional ones. This was the conclusion reached by researchers from Spain and Austria, who have confirmed ...
Quantum Physics
Oct 6, 2014
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Takayuki Nagai and Tetsuro Nishino share a dream of creating robots with human-like intelligence and, importantly, with "hearts and minds".
Robotics
Sep 25, 2014
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Mobile robots could be much more useful in homes, if they could locate people, places and objects. Today's robots usually see the world with cameras and lasers, which have difficulty reliably recognizing things and can miss ...
Robotics
Sep 22, 2014
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A new resource unveiled today by researchers from several Harvard University labs in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin provides both experienced and aspiring researchers with the intellectual raw materials needed ...
Robotics
Sep 19, 2014
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When it comes to soft robots, researchers have finally managed to cut the cord.
Robotics
Sep 11, 2014
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Imagine a non-rigid, shape-changing robot that walks on four "legs," can operate without the constraints of a tether, and can function in a snowstorm, move through puddles of water, and even withstand limited exposure to ...
Robotics
Sep 4, 2014
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For years, a team of researchers at MIT and Harvard University has been working on origami robots—reconfigurable robots that would be able to fold themselves into arbitrary shapes.
Robotics
Aug 7, 2014
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In the movie "Terminator 2," the shape-shifting T-1000 robot morphs into a liquid state to squeeze through tight spaces or to repair itself when harmed. Now a phase-changing material built from wax and foam, and capable of ...
Engineering
Jul 14, 2014
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