Robotics News
BIONIK Laboratories applies robotics, AI, and data analysis to neurological rehabilitation
InMotion combines robotics and AI for physical therapy. Source: BIONIK Laboratories Between March and June, U.S. hospitals and healthcare systems collectively lost about $51 billion per month because of decreased patient volume and concerns about personal protective...
Upgraded radar could let autonomous vehicles see in bad weather
A new kind of radar could make it possible for self-driving cars to navigate safely in bad weather. Electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego developed a clever way to improve the imaging capability of existing radar sensors so that they...
Metamaterials could lead to transforming robots, say U.S. Army, MIT researchers
The U.S. Army and MIT’s way of linking metamaterials makes building a supermileage vehicles, like this one from collaborators Toyota Automotive Society, possible. Source: Kohshi Katoh, Toyota Automotive Society Scientists from the U.S. Army and the Center for Bits and...
NASA Supercomputers Crunch Safety Procedures for Future Moon Landing
The last moon landing occurred nearly half a century ago, in December of 1972. NASA’s Artemis III mission is looking to change that, with the agency planning to use its new Orion spacecraft to launch from Cape Canaveral in 2024, land humans on the moon and return them...
Capabilities Alignment Critical for Military Exoskeleton Development
As this case study from Boston Engineering attests, the process of developing and testing exoskeleton technologies for military applications requires a capabilities alignment across all program participants, including military, industry and academic contributors....
Path-planning algorithm guides penguin-counting drones
One of the autonomous drones used to survey penguins in Antartica. Credit: Parker Levinson Stanford University researcher Mac Schwager entered the world of penguin counting through a chance meeting at his sister-in-law’s wedding in June 2016. There, he learned that...
Mirmex Motor uses AI in new approach to customizable micromotor winding design
Mirmex provides customized DC micromotors. Source: Mirmex Motor Robots have stringent design requirements for power density, waste heat, and volume. Mirmex Motor last month said it has developed a new method of producing high-power-density electric micromotor...
MIT neural network learns when it shouldn’t be trusted
MIT developed a way for a deep learning neural network to rapidly estimate confidence levels in their output. The advance could enhance safety and efficiency in AI-assisted decision making. Credits: Credit: iStock image edited by MIT News Increasingly, artificial...
Pipeline repair robots deployed to reduce danger for human workers
A Wisconsin company has designed “The Crawler,” a pipeline repair robot that can surface-blast and line midsize to large-diameter pipes. Source: igus Working underground is extremely perilous. Workers face limited natural ventilation and light; difficult access and...
Robots Will Transform Retail Operations in 2021… Here’s Why & How
Prior to the Covid pandemic, robotics deployments in retail environments were growing steadily, proving their efficacy, generating 'value’ and delivering solid ROI in the process. Covid has acted as an accelerant, so much so that in 2021 robotics technologies will...
How pole beans inspired this soft robotic gripper
Illustration of the twining motion in a twining plant (left); Spiral soft robotic gripper before actuation (center); Actuated soft spiral gripper holding a flower. | Credit: University of Georgia College of Engineering Scientists often look to nature for cues when...
The state of industrial robotics: challenges & opportunities
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently released a study called “The State of Industrial Robotics: Emerging Technologies, Challenges, and Key Research Directions” that described challenges of adopting and using industrial robotics. It also made...