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robotics
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Innovative Snail-Inspired Robot Swarm Revolutionizes Outdoor Robotics
At a Glance A team of roboticists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong has developed a groundbreaking…
Our robot harvests cotton by reaching out and plucking it, like a lizard’s tongue snatching flies
Cotton in bloom in Oklahoma. John Elk/the image Bank via Getty Images Hussein Gharakhani, Mississippi State University Cotton…
March 1, 2024
We designed wormlike, limbless robots that navigate obstacle courses − they could be used for search and rescue one day
Limbless robots may not need lots of complex algorithms when they have mechanical intelligence. Tianyu Wang Tianyu Wang,…
February 28, 2024
Bringing AI up to speed – autonomous auto racing promises safer driverless cars on the road
An autonomous race car built by the Technical University of Munich prepares to pass the University of Virginia’s…
February 27, 2024
A Closer Look at Boston Dynamics’ “Atlas” Robot
The video raises thought-provoking questions about the future of humanoid robots, their impact on society, and the ethical…
December 10, 2023
Faced with dwindling bee colonies, scientists are arming queens with robots and smart hives
Farshad Arvin, Durham University; Martin Stefanec, University of Graz, and Tomas Krajnik, Czech Technical University Be it the…
December 8, 2023
Engineers Are Already Forming Metals Using Robots
For thousands of years, humans have anchored cultural advancement in terms of our collective level of shaping and…
October 14, 2023
How should a robot explore the Moon? A simple question shows the limits of current AI systems
University of Alberta Sally Cripps, University of Technology Sydney; Alex Fischer, Australian National University; Edward Santow, University of…
July 13, 2023
Robots Are Starting to Look Like Us. Should We Worry?
Engineers are slowly but surely advancing the field of robotics; however, a segment of these experts are trying…
July 8, 2023
Carnegie Mellon’s “ALAN” Robot Learns to Explore and Complete Tasks Autonomously
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a robot agent called ALAN that can autonomously explore unfamiliar environments…
March 27, 2023