An NTHU team has developed an AI chip that follows the streamlined function of a fruit fly optic nerve. Source: National Sing Hua University A major limitation for aerial drones is the tradeoff between weight and battery capacity, which limits their range and usefulness for applications such as agriculture and infrastructure inspection. To address this […]

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This NASA aircraft was one of two mock intruders used in drone tests, simulating a close approach to evaluate whether a radar-equipped drone could detect and avoid them. Photo by Amy Robertson for Virginia Tech In the drone industry, it’s called “the detect-and-avoid problem.” Enabling drones to sense nearby aircraft and move out of their […]

Overview of robots on a chip system concept and mechanism. Source: UCLA Engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed microscopic robots on a chip that could move droplets of fluid like warehouse robots. Such systems could help expedite and automate medical diagnostic technologies and other applications, said the researchers. The post Robots […]

Features of XYZ’s vision processor. Source: XYZ Robotics To achieve maximum throughput in robotic piece picking, it’s not simply a matter of adding machines to the line. Robotics designers, suppliers, integrators, and users need to identify the best combination of robot arms, sensors, and end effectors for a particular payload or task. In addition, many […]

Intel’s Neural Compute Stick 2 is an example of machine learning hardware for edge devices. Source: Intel …With the arrival of powerful, low-energy consumption Internet of Things devices, computations can now be executed on edge devices such as robots themselves. This has given rise to the era of deploying advanced machine learning methods such as […]

Source: MIT CSAIL Car companies and researchers have been feverishly working to improve the technologies behind self-driving cars. But so far, even the most high-tech vehicles still fail when it comes to safely navigating in rain and snow. The post MIT researchers look under the road to aid self-driving cars appeared first on The Robot […]

A new controller design for robot-assisted surgery. Source: Tokyo Institute of Technology Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology announced a new type of controller for the arms used in robot-assisted surgery. The mechanical controller combines two types of gripping used in commercial robots to take advantage of the best features of each and provide […]

To address the growing demand for safe collaborative robots in manufacturing, TE Connectivity (TE) has designed a safety torque sensor with integrated and improved functional safety, including increased accuracy and speed, in the next generation of human-robot collaboration. The post TE Connectivity launches torque sensor for cobots appeared first on The Robot Report.

To combat [the shortage of ventilators], companies are partnering to ramp up production of ventilators. Yesterday, GE Healthcare and Ford Motor Company announced plans to work together. MIT researchers hope to soon publish open-source designs for a low-cost respirator. And now two Boston-based robotics startups at MassRobotics have paused their work to help fill the […]