The HyTAQ Robot Can Fly And Roll On Any Terrain
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ILLINOIS, USA. Each time a new type of robot comes out, there seems to be something missing. That is why researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Robotics...
View ArticleTitan Arm Is The Start Of A Real Life Iron Man
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PA, USA. A robotic device has just been developed by a group of engineering students which can help carry up to 40 pounds more. Its design may look intimidating which might...
View ArticleGhostSwimmer
Biomimicry, the emulation of nature’s blueprints and processes to come up with solutions to human problems, has long been inspiring inventions. In the fields of robotics and unmanned systems, this is...
View ArticleRobot Roach for Rescue Operations and Environmental Monitoring
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, CA, USA. A robot cockroach was developed that can tremendously inspire future terrestrial robot designs for search and rescue operations. Also, it can be very useful in...
View ArticleBrain Implant Helps Quadriplegic Man Regain Control of Hand
FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE IN MANHASSET, NEW YORK. A quadriplegic man has been given the ability to move his hand for the first time in five years after suffering a paralyzing spinal cord injury. The...
View ArticleFlight of the RoboBee
Increasingly, researchers are designing robots with forms and functions that defy our expectation of what a machine can be or do. One of the more unexpected robotics applications in recent years comes...
View ArticleIncrease in Robotics Startup Funding Disrupts Industries
In 2016, robotics startup companies received 50% more funding than they did the previous year, marking the best year ever for robotics startup funding. The word “robot” brings to mind the image of...
View ArticleHow Robotic Sleeves Can Restore Heart Function After Cardiac Arrest
According to the American Heart Association, heart failure currently affects close to 6 million people in the US alone, costing the nation an approximately 31 billion dollars each year. Now, patients...
View ArticleCould a robot replace your doctor in the near future?
The contribution of modern robotics in healthcare is undisputed. Over the past decade, robots have made remarkable progress in changing the healthcare system all over the world. Robots are assisting...
View ArticleRobotic furniture may be the future of interior design
Robots have now become so advanced that doctor bots may soon be good enough to be a regular fixture not only in operating rooms, but in hospital rooms as well as care facilities. The medical industry,...
View ArticleRobotics in food manufacturing: Benefits and challenges
The robotics industry is growing at a compound annual growth rate of 17%, and it is predicted that worldwide spending on robotics will rise to $135 billion by 2019. The two biggest manufacturing...
View ArticleNanobots in 2018: Three recent advances shaping the future of research
The field of nanotechnologies, which studies phenomena at the nanometer scale, 1 to 100 nanometers, is today in full expansion and finds applications in medicine, electronics and the development of new...
View ArticleThe holy grail of recycling: AI-powered robots
Our planet is facing a serious issue. Due to rapid urbanization, people are generating a lot of waste, which is especially the case with plastic. For instance, in 2015 alone, the world produced 448...
View ArticleRobotics in retail: When fantasy becomes a reality
As Amazon and Google engage in an intense rivalry over Echo and Alexa vs. Google Home, the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution is set in motion and is guaranteed to take on the world by storm. Robotic...
View ArticleWhat key technologies are advancing oil and gas drilling?
Oil and gas (O&G) remains a booming industry that manages $1.7 trillion USD per year and needs to supply over 94 million barrels of crude per day globally. It is predicted that such demand for...
View ArticleNeurorobotics and the upcoming transformation of healthcare
Neurorobotics represents a symbiosis between brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. It is comprised of embodied autonomous neurorobots whose “brains” are modeled...
View ArticleWhat’s driving the adoption of robots in industry?
The next great period of growth in manufacturing productivity will be driven, at least in part, from advances in machine sensing, engineering, and machine learning, which will provide robots with the...
View ArticleRobot vision and touch: Bringing robots to their senses
Advancements in machine sensing have the potential to significantly increase the applications of machines by allowing them to work around people more safely and to adapt to changes in their environment...
View ArticleThe future of robotics: Interview with robotics visionary Carl Vause
This interview with Carl Vause, former CEO of Soft Robotics, was conducted by PreScouter Technical Director Ryan LaRanger, PhD. “With new technologies like soft robotics and collaborative robotics, you...
View ArticleEmerging applications of sensing robots
As we develop the technologies that will allow robots to adapt to a dynamic environment in close proximity to humans, the number of tasks they will be capable of performing will increase by an order of...
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