Videos of the Month

The World’s First Truly Safe Inspection Drone

Watch this video to learn more about ETH’s student-built drone, which will operate free of external and visible propellers and is intended to be used for infrastructure inspection work. Part of the Avero focus project, it’s the world’s first truly safe, fully functional drone.

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A Soft Robot to Pack Your Groceries

Watch this video to learn more about a soft robotic hand that combines vision, motor-based proprioception, and soft tactile sensors to identify, sort, and pack a stream of unknown objects. A team from MIT CSAIL demonstrates its effectiveness through a grocery packing scenario.

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An Environmental Toolkit for Expeditionary Operations

The Environmental Toolkit for Expeditionary Operations was first conceptualized as a method to unify expeditionary inventories with off-the-shelf components and products. Now, 10 years later, the toolkits are sent across the world to aid troops and civilians working toward disaster relief. Watch this video to learn more.

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Robots, AI Could Help the Hunt for New Materials

Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into robotic systems can enhance their capabilities and enable them to perform more complex tasks. Watch this video to see how — with the help of AI-guided robots — A-Lab could help identify and fast-track materials for several research areas, including batteries, energy storage, solar cells, fuel cells, and more.

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