PUFFER: NASA’s New Foldable Child Rover

PUFFER: NASA’s New Foldable Child Rover

Mar 21, 2017 @ 21:10 |  PUFFER is a “pop-up” robot that folds into a small, smartphone-sized weight and crawls into narrow places where rovers can’t fit. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California has developed Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (PUFFER), inspired by origami. The PUFFER is a project, sponsored by Game Changing Development (GCD) program, […]

Brain-Controlled Robots

Brain-Controlled Robots

Mar 6, 2017 @ 20:47 | Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL | MIT News CSAIL system enables people to correct robot mistakes using brain signals. For robots to do what we want, they need to understand us. Too often, this means having to meet them halfway: teaching them the intricacies of human language, for example, or giving them […]

Legged Robots are Far Superior to Wheels and Tracks When Venturing Outdoors

Legged Robots are Far Superior to Wheels and Tracks When Venturing Outdoors

Mar 6, 2017 @ 20:00 |  The Legged robots are far superior to wheeled and tracked autonomous vehicles in real-world field applications but at cost of motion controlling complexity. Ghost Robotics, a leader in fast and lightweight direct-drive (gearless) legged robots, announced that its patent-pending Ghost Minitaur™ has been updated with advanced reactive behaviors for […]

Transparent, gel-based robots can catch and release live fish

Transparent, gel-based robots can catch and release live fish

Feb 2, 2017 @ 05:25 | By Jennifer Chu |  MIT News Made from hydrogel, gel-based robots may one day assist in surgical operations, evade underwater detection. Engineers at MIT have fabricated transparent, gel-based robots that move when water is pumped in and out of them. The bots can perform a number of fast, forceful tasks, including kicking […]

2016 Breaks Records for North American Robot Orders and Shipments

2016 Breaks Records for North American Robot Orders and Shipments

Jan 31, 2017 @ 18:55 Robot Orders surged 61 percent in assembly applications while food & consumer goods orders increased 32 percent. The Robotic Industries Association (RIA), the leading advocate in North America for safety and innovation in robotics, announced today that in 2016 the North American robotics market broke all-time records for orders and […]

A Hydraulic Drive High-Power Artificial Muscle

A Hydraulic Drive High-Power Artificial Muscle

Jan 28, 2017 @ 17:29 The high-power artificial muscle that was successfully developed is a kind of McKibben type artificial muscle. As part of the Impulsing PAradigm Change through disruptive Technologies Program (ImPACT) Tough Robotics Challenge (Program Manager: Satoshi Tadokoro), which is an initiative of the Cabinet Office Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, the […]

Robots Learning To Pick Things Up As Babies Do

Robots Learning To Pick Things Up As Babies Do

Jan 27, 2017 @ 04:52 The Carnegie Mellon University provides a Robot that learns To Pick Things Up As Babies Do,by pushing and poking objects, putting them in their mouths and throwing them. Carnegie Mellon University scientists are taking a similar approach to teach robots how to recognize and grasp objects around them. Manipulation remains a […]