Jan 15, 2025 · “This new robot platform is a major result from our group and leads to many exciting directions. For example, incorporating sensors, batteries, and computing capabilities …

The word “robot” was coined by the Czech writer Karel Čapek in a 1920 play called Rossum’s Universal Robots, and is derived from the Czech robota, meaning “drudgery” or “servitude”.

Jan 7, 2025 · Climate-change mitigation is the third-most transformative trend overall – and the top trend related to the green transition – while climate-change adaptation ranks sixth with …

6 days ago · A flexible robot can help emergency responders search through rubble . SPROUT, developed by Lincoln Laboratory and University of Notre Dame researchers, is a vine robot …

Aug 8, 2024 · The robot, which has an arm attached to its back, completed manipulation tasks after practicing for a few hours. In one demonstration, the robot learned how to securely place …

May 6, 2024 · A robot that moves around by balancing on a ball could prove a better assistant for wheelchair users than humanoid robots that walk on two legs

Nov 20, 2024 · A pigeon-inspired robot has solved the mystery of how birds fly without the vertical tail fins that human-designed aircraft rely on. Its makers say the prototype could eventually …

Jul 11, 2019 · Such fibers might also find uses in tiny biomedical devices, such as a medical robot that works by going into an artery and then being activated,” Anikeeva suggests. “We have …

Mar 7, 2025 · Physically nudging the robot is the most direct way to specifying user intent without losing any of the information,” says Wang. Sampling for success. To ensure these interactions …

Sep 18, 2024 · The robot communicates with patients via a headset which detects neural activity. The signals are used to decipher what movement the patient is intending to complete; the …