New I-Skin forms healing bruises
Researchers have developed an artificial skin that sense force through ionic signals. This allows it to change colour from yellow to bruise-like purple and represents visual damage. This medical innovation will help us protect robots from damaging themselves through injury
What if we told you, a robotic head could match your expressions in real-time?
Blue-faced and flexible like a genie in a lamp…Scientists at Columbia University, New York have developed Eva, the autonomous bot that uses deep learning, a form of artificial intelligence (AI), to 'read' and then mirror the expressions on human faces,
This ‘amphibious’ robot was inspired by the movement of cockroaches and lizards
Researchers at Ben-Gurion University in Israel have developed a new high-speed amphibious robot inspired by the movements of cockroaches and lizards, which can swim, run on top of water at high speed and crawl on challenging terrain. The AmphiSTAR robot was
Airpeak: Sony’s new AI robotics drone division
The field of AI robotics has been recently joined by Sony’s latest division, Airpeak, who’s focus will be on next generation drones. There has been a decline in drone popularity in recent years, mostly due to increasing restrictions in many countries
Walmart to start delivering COVID-19 test kits by drone in El Paso
Walmart is teaming up with several partners to use drones to deliver COVID-19 test kits to homes in Texas. El Paso is one of the cities that will get a pilot program. The El Paso Walmart Supercentre will launch drone deliveries
This self-driving ferry in Norway aims to revolutionise public transport
In the era of the climate crisis, Norway has taken on the challenge of pioneering an electric, self-driving water taxi that hopes to revolutionise urban public transport. The small, carbon neutral water taxis can be summoned by customers at the
Ocado purchases two robotics firms to boost its grocery picking and packing capabilities
Looking to boost efficiency in its warehouses, UK technology firm Ocado has acquired two US robotics startups. Kindred Systems, based in San Francisco, was purchased for $262m and Haddington Dynamics, based in Las Vegas, was purchased for $25m. The aim
The Kraken Project at Spain’s Aitiip Technology improves hybrid 3D printer robots
2020 has seen Aitiip’s European scientists hugely improving the efficiency of Kraken “the all-in-one fully integrated machine for multi-material hybrid manufacturing”. Funded by the EU and based in Zaragoza, Spain, the Kraken Project’s hybrid 3D printer robots have improved productivity and
Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, has created a Robotic arm that can sculpt like an artist
Researchers at ETH Zurich’s Computational Robotics Lab have created a robot, called RoboCut, that sculpts Styrofoam just like an artist. RoboCut proposes a method that uses a dual-arm robot setup to actively control the shape of a flexible, heated rod as
Boston Dynamics is open sourcing its robots to help combat Coronavirus
Boston Dynamics has announced in a blogpost that it will be releasing a payload and application architecture for their mobile robot in order to protect healthcare workers amid COVID-19. Now that we have a pandemic to deal with, Spot has been