PRINCETON, N.J. — Scientists have taken a cue from nature’s fuzziest insects, creating a caterpillar-like robot…
Tag: ROBOTICS
Omnidirectional mobile robot has just two moving parts
More than a decade ago, Ralph Hollis invented the ballbot, an elegantly simple robot whose tall,…
The first autonomous, entirely soft robot
A team of Harvard University researchers with expertise in 3D printing, mechanical engineering, and microfluidics has…
SHARP’S ROBOT SMARTPHONE COMING IN MAY FOR $1,800
apan’s Sharp will launch in May a smartphone that’s built into a humanoid robot. Or is…
Robot learning companion offers custom-tailored tutoring
A child plays an interactive language learning game with Tega, a socially assistive robot. Parents…
Internally coupled ears enable directional hearing in animals
An air-filled cavity connects the eardrums of the two ears of this lizzard. In this “tunnel…
Robotic Exoskelton AIDS in Post-Stroke Motor Skill Rehabilitaion
Motor skill training using a robotic arm exoskeleton may be beneficial to people suffering from post-stroke…
How to tame your robot
Madeline Gannon (A 2016), a Ph.D. candidate in Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Architecture, has put…
Dive of the RoboBee
The Harvard RoboBee, designed in Wood’s lab, is a microrobot, smaller than a paperclip, that flies…
walking robots
A study by engineers at Oregon State University suggests that they have achieved the most realistic…
Ahead of tomorrow’s iPhone 6S release, a robot is first in line for the new Apple phone
The iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus go on sale tomorrow (September 25), and queues have…
Robotic Taster Can ID Authentic Thai Food
Good Thai food is great, but bad Thai food can be terrible. Hence the need for…
