Posts Tagged ‘robotics’
Science & Technology - Aug 23, 2011 11:42 - 0 Comments
Microrobot lifts bead 4x its weight
U. CHICAGO (US) — Robots, just half a millimeter wide, will assemble themselves into star shapes when an alternating magnetic field is applied. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 23, 2011 11:10 - 0 Comments
Fastest two-legged robot with knees
U. MICHIGAN (US) — See MABEL run—like a human. With a peak pace of 6.8 miles per hour, MABEL is believed to be the world’s fastest bipedal robot with knees. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 28, 2011 10:40 - 0 Comments
Brain cap morphs thought into motion
U. MARYLAND (US) — Interface technology that connects mind to machine could soon be used to control computers, robotic prosthetic limbs, motorized wheelchairs and even digital avatars. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 7, 2011 12:34 - 0 Comments
Bendy robot wiggles like a big worm
U. LEEDS (UK) — A robot built with a series of springs along the length of its body has the flexibility to move like a worm around obstacles. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 8, 2011 9:27 - 0 Comments
Snails don’t need slime to get ahead
STANFORD (US) — To move from here to there, a snail crawls using one muscular foot on a layer of self-secreted mucus-like slime. Now it appears the sticky stuff isn’t so essential after all. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 30, 2011 21:42 - 1 Comment
Modular ‘mobot’ crawls in clusters
UC DAVIS (US) — An engineering team has created a modular robot made of durable subunits that can function alone or be configured for a specific task. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 22, 2011 10:59 - 1 Comment
Touched by a robot. Creepy or cool?
GEORGIA TECH (US) — If a robot touched your arm, would you like it or would you feel a little uncomfortable? New research suggests your reaction depends on how you perceive the robot’s intentions. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 19, 2011 12:15 - 0 Comments
Robotic fish maneuvers with ribbon fin
NORTHWESTERN (US) — Inspired by the Amazon’s knifefish, engineers have designed a robotic fish that can move from swimming forward and backward to swimming vertically almost instantaneously. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 3, 2010 13:34 - 0 Comments
Brain maps give reach direction
UC SANTA BARBARA (US) — Different kinds of reaching are activated by the same part of the brain, but separate road maps point the way to the specific action. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 14, 2010 11:58 - 1 Comment
Flexible sensor can feel butterfly’s touch
STANFORD (US)—By sandwiching a precisely molded, highly elastic rubber layer between two parallel electrodes, researchers have created an electronic sensor that can detect the slightest touch. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 13, 2010 10:31 - 0 Comments
Artificial skin made from nanowires
UC BERKELEY (US)—A pressure-sensitive electronic material made from semiconductor nanowires—dubbed e-skin—could one day give new meaning to the term “thin-skinned.” (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 25, 2010 15:19 - 0 Comments
‘Sticky’ robot scales walls like gecko
STANFORD (US)—The biology of a gecko’s sticky foot has inspired engineers to create a robot that climbs. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 23, 2010 9:28 - 0 Comments
Surgery sans doctor: Robots do it all
DUKE (US)—As physician-guided robots routinely operate on patients at most major hospitals, the next generation robot could eliminate a surprising element from the scenario—the doctor. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 30, 2010 14:30 - 2 Comments
Is it real or is it robofish?
U. LEEDS (UK)—Scientists have created the first convincing robotic fish that shoals will accept as one of their own. The innovation opens up new possibilities for studying fish behavior and group dynamics. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 28, 2010 13:10 - 0 Comments
Why would fish follow a robot?
NYU (US)—Forget artificial intelligence. How about artificial leadership? A mechanical engineer at New York University is combining smart materials and mathematics to build robots that lead schooling fish. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 13, 2010 13:09 - 0 Comments
‘Spider’ molecules behave like nanorobots
CALTECH/ U. MICHIGAN (US)—Researchers have programmed an autonomous molecular “robot” made out of DNA to start, move, turn, and stop while following a DNA track. The work is a step toward developing molecular-scale medical devices that can reposition or even rebuild themselves to accomplish different tasks. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 9, 2010 11:19 - 1 Comment
Driverless car to scale Pikes Peak
STANFORD (US)—A re-engineered Audi TTS will attempt to ascend the 14,000-foot summit of Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs without an essential ingredient: a driver. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 18, 2009 12:09 - 3 Comments
Flying micro-machines mimic hummingbirds
U. BUFFALO (US)—The secret to the flight of the hummingbird and other tiny birds and insects lies in the looping, swirling flow of air, called a vortex, that their flapping wings create. (more…)
