The new “growing robot” can be programmed to grow, or extend, in different directions, based on the sequence of chain units that are locked and…
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The scanning electron microscope image shows the bird-like construct with arrangements of nanoscale magnets. The magnets can be magnetised in different orientations parallel to the…
For last-mile delivery, robots of the future may use a new MIT algorithm to find the front door, using clues in their environment. Navigation method…
A stretchable light-emitting device becomes an epidermal stopwatch. Credit: Adapted from ACS Materials Letters 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.9b00376. Imagine a runner who doesn’t need to carry…
Mechanical science and engineering professor João Ramos developed a human-operated robot, named Little Hermes, which relies on human reflexes to remain upright during locomotion. Credit:…
Tiny, self-propelled robots could someday be used to clean up radioactive waste. Credit: American Chemical Society According to some experts, nuclear power holds great promise…
One modular robotic cube snaps into place with the rest of the M-blocks. Credit: Jason Dorfman/MIT CSAIL Developed at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence…
Jumping spiders have evolved an efficient depth perception system, allowing them to accurately pounce on unsuspecting targets from several body lengths away. Credit: Shamble, Tsevi…
MIT engineers have developed a system for autonomous vehicles that senses tiny changes in shadows on the ground to determine if there’s a moving object…
The U.S. Army’s investment for the 10 year, Army-led foundational research program has resulted in advanced science in four critical areas of ground combat robotics…
A key to compiling the novel Omnipush dataset was building modular objects (pictured) that enabled the robotic system to capture a vast diversity of pushing…
Researchers develop a shape-morphing material with unprecedented multifunctionality for soft robotics and wearable electronics. Credit: Soft Machines Lab, Carnegie Mellon University Advances in the fields…
Mantis, designed by Bristol’s experts in human-computer interaction, is the first system of its kind that enables light, affordable and accessible haptic force feedback. Credit:…
High-area rapid printing technology prints vertically, using ultraviolet light to cure liquid resin into hardened plastic. Credit: Northwestern University Rapid manufacturing on-demand could make parts-warehousing…
A lattice structure, originally printed flat, has morphed into the outline of a human face after changing in response to the surrounding temperature. Perspective view…
A prototype of the transforming robot Shapeshifter is tested in the robotics yard at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Shapeshifter is made of smaller robots that…
Development of a high-frequency experimental platform exploring the performance space of swimming fishes. Credit: Haibo Dong In New Paper Published in Science Robotics, UVA Engineering-Led…
A new ultra-soft gripper developed at the Wyss Institute and Baruch College uses fettuccini-like silicone “fingers” inflated with water to gently but firmly grasp jellyfish…
Magnetically controlled device could deliver clot-reducing therapies in response to stroke or other brain blockages. MIT engineers have developed a magnetically steerable, thread-like robot that…
I know this one doesn’t have an image, but I saw two sites with an images but it had a c with a circle around…