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Robotics

The hydrogel transforms from rubbery softness to rigid armor in seconds when heated—and just as quickly reverts to its flexible state when cooled.

New ‘Instant Armor’ Material Transforms From Soft to Rock-Hard in Seconds

Categories Technology
Coffee-making robot pours water from a kettle into a cup

Robot Barista Breaks New Ground for AI Machines

Categories Technology
Plantolin the robot pangolin

Meet Plantolin, the tree-planting robot pangolin built at the University of Surrey

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology
Animal behavioral model header image OIST

Innovative Model Simulates Animal Behavior with Unprecedented Accuracy

Categories Life & Non-humans, Physics & Mathematics
The variable-stiffness morphing wheel inspired by surface tension, developed by the Advanced Robotics Research Center of the KIMM’s Research Institute of AI Robotics, overcoming a rock

New Wheel Technology Adjusts Stiffness for Any Terrain

Categories Technology
(A) Assistive knee brace, (B) CUHK-EXO, (C) ankle-foot prosthesis, and (D) transfemoral prosthesis

New Technique Improves Control of Lower Limb Assistive Devices

Categories Health, Physics & Mathematics, Technology
A zinc-air microbattery designed by MIT engineers could enable the deployment of cell-sized, autonomous robots for drug delivery within in the human body, as well as other applications such as locating leaks in gas pipelines.

Engineers design tiny batteries for powering cell-sized robots

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology
A photograph of the artificial compound eye prototype developed at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science by associate professor Kyusang Lee.

New Artificial Eyes Mimic Praying Mantis Vision for Improved Machine Perception

Categories Technology
The proposed insect-inspired navigation strategy allowed a 56-gram “CrazyFlie” drone, equipped with an omnidirectional camera, to cover distances of up to 100 meters with only 0.65 kiloByte.

New Ant-Inspired Navigation System Revolutionizes Tiny Robot Design

Categories Life & Non-humans, Technology
Subjects navigated a virtual grocery store.

Humans Underestimate Their Risk Tolerance in Robot Interaction

Categories Brain & Behavior, Social Sciences, Technology
Morphing structure holding pot plant, demonstrating its capacity for flexibility and strength.

Starfish skeleton inspires new 4D morphing structure

Categories Life & Non-humans, Physics & Mathematics
Ph.D. student Anya Bouzida, one of the paper's first authors, demonstrates how CARMEN works

Meet CARMEN, a robot that helps people with mild cognitive impairment

Categories Brain & Behavior, Technology
Colored SEM image of a microrobot made of an algae cell (green) covered with drug-filled nanoparticles (orange) coated with red blood cell membranes. Scale bar: 2 µm.

Microrobots Deliver Cancer-Fighting Drugs Directly to Lung Tumors, Boosting Survival in Mice

Categories Health, Technology
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