Automation and Robotics

    New Robots Require New Ways to Think about Processors

    We’re on the cusp of a revolution in robots. After years of relatively moderate growth, sales of commercial and industrial robots are slated to...

    Accelerating the Commercialization of Stretchable Electronics

    Carnegie Mellon mechanical engineering researchers have developed a new scalable and reproducible manufacturing technique that could accelerate the mainstream adoption and commercialization of soft...

    Pneumatic Energy System for Assistive Robotics

    Mechanical engineers at Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering have built a handy extra limb able to grasp objects and go, powered...

    Aquabots the Ultrasoft Liquid Robots

    In recent years, roboticists have developed a wide variety of robotic systems with different body structures and capabilities. Most of these robots are either...

    Aiming to Enhance Human-robot Collaboration with AI

    Artificial intelligence (AI) methods have become increasingly advanced over the past few decades, attaining remarkable results in many real-world tasks. Nonetheless, most existing AI...

    Scratching the 6G Surface

    “We can imagine completely autonomous systems; or multi-sensory extended reality which integrates the five traditional human senses with the digital world; or real-time remote...

    Sensor Fusion Comes of Age

    Over time, sensors have morphed from simple analog and mechanical constructs to chip-based digital devices that connect to a machine to monitor the machine’s...

    New Mobile Robots for Safe and Effective Collaboration

    Teams of mobile robots could be highly effective in helping humans to complete straining manual tasks, such as manufacturing processes or the transportation of...

    Simple Actuators for Complex Motions

    Inflatable soft actuators that can change shape with a simple increase in pressure can be powerful, lightweight, and flexible components for soft robotic systems....

    A Major Revolution in Maintenance: AI/IoT-Guided Predictive Maintenance that Prevents Downtime

    Manufacturers in all industries know the key to better productivity is keeping the production equipment running smoothly without unexpected stops. Short stoppages often do...

    Power Conversion Breakthroughs Fuel a Robot Revolution

    Innovations in power conversion technology are enabling a transformation in robotics design. Today’s integrated power modules are addressing the demanding size, weight, power budgets...

    Wearable textile Exomuscle for People with Restricted Mobility

    Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a wearable textile exomuscle that serves as an extra layer of muscles. They aim to use it to...

    Role of Robotics in Achieving Sustainable development

    An international team of scientists, led by the University of Leeds, has assessed how robotics and autonomous systems might facilitate or impede the delivery...

    A Deep Learning Framework for Predicting Robotic Movements

    As robots are gradually introduced into various real-world environments, developers and roboticists will need to ensure that they can safely operate around humans. In...

    Flawed AI made Racist Robots

    A robot operating with a popular Internet-based artificial intelligence system consistently gravitates toward men over women, white people over people of color, and jumps...

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