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Researchers develop soft electromagnetic actuators with medical potential
Rigid electromagnetic actuators have a variety of applications, but their bulky nature limits human-actuator integration or machine-human collaborations. In a new report on Science Advances, Guoyong Mao and a team of scientists ...
Team develops remote specimen collection robot
The Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM) under the Ministry of Science and ICT developed a remote specimen collection robot that eliminates direct contact between medical personnel and patients.
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Jul 02, 2020
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Jellyfish-inspired soft robots can outswim their natural counterparts
Engineering researchers at North Carolina State University and Temple University have developed soft robots inspired by jellyfish that can outswim their real-life counterparts. More practically, the new jellyfish-bots highlight ...
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Jul 01, 2020
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Coordinating complex behaviors between hundreds of robots
In one of the more memorable scenes from the 2002 blockbuster film Minority Report, Tom Cruise is forced to hide from a swarm of spider-like robots scouring a towering apartment complex. While most viewers are likely transfixed ...
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Jul 01, 2020
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Mobile robot cleaner takes production hygiene to a higher level
Production lines and hygiene zones have to be spotlessly clean. And absolute cleanliness is critical wherever food is processed and medical instruments are handled. Now Fraunhofer researchers have come up with a mobile cleaning ...
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Jul 01, 2020
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MIT robot disinfects Greater Boston Food Bank
With every droplet that we can't see, touch, or feel dispersed into the air, the threat of spreading COVID-19 persists. It's become increasingly critical to keep these heavy droplets from lingering—especially on surfaces, ...
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Jun 30, 2020
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A scheme to enhance how swarm robots search for multiple targets
Over the past decade or so, researchers have been trying to develop techniques that could enable effective collaborative strategies among teams of robots. One of the tasks that teams of robots could complete better than individual ...
Artificial skin heals wounds and makes robots sweat
Imagine a dressing that releases antibiotics on demand and absorbs excessive wound exudate at the same time. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology hope to achieve just that, by developing a smart coating that ...
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Jun 24, 2020
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Deep drone acrobatics
A navigation algorithm developed at the University of Zurich enables drones to learn challenging acrobatic maneuvers. Autonomous quadcopters can be trained using simulations to increase their speed, agility and efficiency, ...
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Jun 23, 2020
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From HAL 9000 to Westworld's Dolores: The pop culture robots that influenced smart voice assistants
Last year, nearly one third of Australian adults owned a smart speaker device allowing them to call on "Alexa" or "Siri." Now, with more time spent indoors due to COVID-19, smart voice assistants may be playing even bigger ...
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Jun 22, 2020
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Model helps robots think more like humans when searching for objects
Robots can learn how to find things faster by learning how different objects around the house are related, according to work from the University of Michigan. A new model provides robots with a visual search strategy that ...
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Jun 19, 2020
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How robots could help injured workers recover
Training robots to guide injured workers through simulated tasks could make return-to-work evaluations and treatment programs more effective and accessible, according to researchers at the University of Alberta.
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Jun 18, 2020
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'Low cost android' to study the brain
The two main pitfalls of robots which imitate the human body are their control and the difficulty encountered when manufacturing them in a cost-effective manner.
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Jun 18, 2020
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Driver free but virus free? Robo cars hit new speed bump
The latest challenge for the autonomous vehicle industry: How to assure passengers that the car they are getting in is virus free, even if it doesn't have a driver.
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Jun 17, 2020
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'SlothBot in the Garden' demonstrates hyper-efficient conservation robot
For the next several months, visitors to the Atlanta Botanical Garden will be able to observe the testing of a new high-tech tool in the battle to save some of the world's most endangered species. SlothBot, a slow-moving ...
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Jun 17, 2020
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Intel, Google, UC Berkeley AI team trains robot to do sutures
The next time you go to a hospital for surgery, the surgeon's assistant may be a robot.
Robots: allies during virus crisis, enemies later?
When human contact needs to be kept to a minimum, robots can save lives and factories. But when the coronavirus crisis is over, will they amplify job losses?
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Jun 17, 2020
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Open-source, low-cost, quadruped robot makes sophisticated robotics available to all
Robots capable of the sophisticated motions that define advanced physical actions like walking, jumping, and navigating terrain can cost $50,000 or more, making real-world experimentation prohibitively expensive for many.
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Jun 16, 2020
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Dog-like robots now on sale for $75,000, with conditions
You can now buy one of those unnerving animal-like robots you might have seen on YouTube—so long as you don't plan to use it to harm or intimidate anyone.
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