Jun 1, 2017 @ 06:30 | BY BYRON SPICE | A new interactive design tool developed by Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute enables both novices and experts to build customized legged or wheeled robots using 3D-printed components and off-the-shelf actuators. Using a familiar drag-and-drop interface, individuals can choose from a library of components and place them […]
Apr 5, 2017 @ 08:25 | by Ryan Owens | CAFNR researchers team up with College of Engineering to create robotic technology as a cost-effective method to study Missouri crops A two-pronged robotic system pioneered by University of Missouri researchers is changing the way scientists study crops and plant phenotyping. Felix Fritschi, associate professor in the Division […]
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, […]
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 […]
Nov 10, 2016 @ 18:36 | Future robots that continuously inspect our dikes won’t come across an electrical charging station every few hours. Using a smart gear box for the robot, a researcher has managed to drastically reduce the energy consumption. The energy-autonomous robot comes closer. Inspecting the condition of dykes and other sea defence […]
Oct 23, 2016 @ 17:33 | Warthog enables researchers to reliably test, validate, and advance their robotics research faster than ever before in real world conditions, whether on land or in water. Clearpath Robotics, a leading provider of mobile robotic platforms for research and development, announced the release of Warthog – a large, amphibious, all-terrain […]
Oct 23, 2016 @ 13:17 | The Thorvald robotic platform has been built to perform a wide variety of agricultural tasks, including deployment as a multi-purpose light weight robotic carrying platform, as a sensor platform to monitor crops and soils and, potentially, as a platform to manage crops and for precision weed control. Scientists at […]
Aug 5, 2016 @ 18:57 | OUROBOT – A self Propelled Continuous Track Robot for Rugged Terrain Computer Engineering Students of Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences have reinvented the wheel. They developed a new kind of robotic wheel – Ourobot. Ourobot moves and overcomes obstacle like tank. It looks like a closed bicycle chain with […]