Swiss nursery lets robot do the talking
Sat in a circle on the nursery floor, a group of Swiss three-year-olds ask a robot called Nao questions about giraffes and broccoli.
May 14, 2024
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Cat collaboration demonstrates what it takes to trust robots
Would you trust a robot to look after your cat? New research suggests it takes more than a carefully designed robot to care for your cat, the environment in which they operate is also vital, as well as human interaction.
May 13, 2024
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Manipulation technology makes home-helper robot possible
Parents spend roughly 300 hours each year cleaning up after their kids. That's nearly two weeks that could be otherwise spent doing anything else. Researchers in Carnegie Mellon University's Department of Mechanical Engineering, ...
May 13, 2024
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A better way to control shape-shifting soft robots
Imagine a slime-like robot that can seamlessly change its shape to squeeze through narrow spaces, which could be deployed inside the human body to remove an unwanted item.
May 9, 2024
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Robotic system feeds people with severe mobility limitations
Cornell researchers have developed a robotic feeding system that uses computer vision, machine learning and multimodal sensing to safely feed people with severe mobility limitations, including those with spinal cord injuries, ...
May 9, 2024
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Video shows how swarms of miniature robots simultaneously clean up microplastics and microbes
When old food packaging, discarded children's toys and other mismanaged plastic waste break down into microplastics, they become even harder to clean up from oceans and waterways. These tiny bits of plastic also attract bacteria, ...
May 8, 2024
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New approach uses generative AI to imitate human motion
An international group of researchers has created a new approach to imitating human motion by combining central pattern generators (CPGs) and deep reinforcement learning (DRL). The method not only imitates walking and running ...
May 8, 2024
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Teaching robots to move by sketching trajectories
Getting robots to perform even a simple task requires a great deal of behind-the-scenes work. Part of the challenge is planning and executing movements, everything from turning wheels to lifting a robotic arm. To make this ...
May 8, 2024
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Scientists create robot snails that can move independently using tracks or work together to climb
A team of roboticists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong has created a robot snail with a helmet-like shell that moves by rolling around on bulldozer-like tracks. They have published a paper on their research in Nature ...
Engineers create a caterpillar-shaped robot that splits into segments, reassembles, hauls and crawls
Engineers at Princeton and North Carolina State University have combined ancient paper-folding and modern materials science to create a soft robot that bends and twists through mazes with ease.
May 6, 2024
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