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Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
This technique can be used by people who are paralyzed or have neurodegenerative diseases.
Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See how one company reached out to NASA with an offer to develop a custom sensor for the Mars 2020 mission rover.
Briefs: Nanotechnology
The ultra-light robotic insect can be folded or crushed, yet continues to move.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology provides rapid results, improving hospital workflow and patient care.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The “E-dermis” will enable amputees to perceive through prosthetic fingertips.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
Features include unusual color changes and high touch sensitivity.
Briefs: Energy
The robots could fly silently for covert operations and stay steady through turbulence.
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
The Army Research Laboratory released a software suite that simulates conditions of an underground tunnel network. Researchers interested in developing robots for subterranean environments can now...
Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Will Sound Support Valuable Robotics Tasks?
Our lead story today demonstrated how Carnegie Mellon researchers are building a dataset of sounds to help robots detect specific objects.
Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Carnegie Mellon researcher Lerrel Pinto wants to prove that sound can be a valuable asset for robots.
Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Although life has not been found on Mars just year, a researcher from NYU thinks there could be life...under it.
Question of the Week: Robotics, Automation & Control
Will SpaceBok Someday Reach the Moon?
Our lead story today highlights the jumping space robot known as SpaceBok.
“We are at the stage where we want to go into more challenging environments: caves, craters, highlands, areas in which we would find water or other volatiles, or information about the geological history of a certain place,” ETH...
INSIDER: Robotics, Automation & Control
A protective storage unit for robotic tools called Robotic Tool Stowage (RiTS) was among the items launched to the International Space Station last December as part of SpaceX’s resupply services...
Podcasts: Motion Control
Hendrik Kolvenbach sees the best way to get around on the moon as less of a step and more of a giant leap. Learn how Hendrik created a jumping space robot called Spacebok.
Special Reports: Internet of Things
Smart Manufacturing - August 2020
Factories are getting "smarter" and more automated by the day, thanks to advances in connectivity, controls, sensors, and robotics. See the future of manufacturing in this compendium of recent articles from the...Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The sensor has applications in fields such as robotics, healthcare, and security.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Multiple commercial applications include defense, search and rescue, and disaster relief.
Briefs: Photonics/Optics
This technique offers enhanced resolution and improved system reliability for mapping and obstacle recognition and navigation for vehicles.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
An ultrafast image sensor with a built-in neural network can be trained to recognize certain objects.
Facility Focus: Defense
See how "APL" is developing ways to ensure the safety and performance of autonomous systems.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This technology shows potential for the detection of subtle human motions and the real-time monitoring of body postures for healthcare applications.
Briefs: Motion Control
A new method manufactures complex shapeshifters for soft robots and biomedical implants.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
This technology can help robots walk up to 40 percent faster on uneven terrain such as pebbles and wood chips.
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Complex locomotion techniques enable the rover to climb hills covered with soft granular material.
Briefs: Motion Control
Inspired by a coral polyp, this plastic mini robot moves by magnetism and light.
Briefs: Motion Control
The gripper’s soft, sensitive fingers could enable robots to help with tying knots, wire shaping, or surgical suturing.
Application Briefs: Motion Control
See how a system feeds plants, delivering about 5,417 gallons of water per hour.
Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
This approach could be used to cost-effectively make soft robots and wearable technologies.
Application Briefs: Motion Control
As an integral part of onshore and offshore drilling, mud pumps circulate drilling fluids to facilitate drilling oil and natural gas wells. Mud pumps stabilize pressure and support the well during the...
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Webcasts
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