Robotics
Robot arms are replacing shelf stockers in Japan’s stores
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Telexistence Inc. and FamilyMart Co. are rolling out a fleet of AI-driven robots to restock shelves...
A new explainable AI paradigm that could enhance human-robot collaboration
In the scout exploration game, to align with human values, the robot learns from human feedback to the proposals. Image...
Watch tiny electromechanical robots that are faster than cheetahs for their size
Design and characterization of small-scale SEMRs. a Simulated shape of the bilayer film with different prestretches: 1.0, 1.1, 1.3, and...
Artificial finger able to identify surface material with 90% accuracy
(A) Schematic diagram of the material identification process of the triboelectric tactile perception smart finger. (B) Structure of the triboelectric...
Location key to improved autonomous vehicle vision
A data visualization showing two Ford self-driving research vehicles driving through Dearborn, MI. Credit: Ford Motor Company QUT robotics researchers...
A bartending robot that can engage in personalized interactions with humans
The robot created by the researchers. Credit: John, Rossi & Rossi. A widely discussed application of social robots that has...
Wind and water: undersea drone readies to aid offshore boom
Britain plans a massive expansion of offshore wind farms. In a wave tank at a robot laboratory in the Scottish...
Allowing social robots to learn relations between users’ routines and their mood
Credit: de Carolis, Ferilli & Macchiarulo. Social robots, robots that can interact with humans and assist them in their daily...
Robotic sensors could help transform prosthetics
Sensors could transform robotics. Credit: University of the West of Scotland A pioneering project to develop advanced sensors for use...
California’s strawberry fields may not be forever. Could robots help?
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In a strawberry field surrounded by strawberry fields on the outskirts of Santa Maria, a pair...
How to help assembly-line robots shift gears and pick up almost anything
Credit: University of Washington At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, car manufacturing companies such as Ford quickly shifted their...
A new type of soft robotic actuator that can be scaled down to just one centimeter
Credit: Science Robotics (2022). DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.abn4155 A team of researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia's Bioinspired Soft Robotics Laboratory has...
Unique underwater drone a game changer for mussel and scallop industry
An autonomous underwater drone developed by a University of Canterbury research team lead by Professor Richard Green assesses mussel ropes....
Human-like features in robot behavior: Response time variability can be perceived as human-like
Agnieszka Wykowska, Coordinator of IIT’s “Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction” lab in Genova, interacting with the humanoid robot iCub. Credit:...
A robot breaks the finger of a 7-year-old: A lesson in the need for stronger regulation of artificial intelligence
Credit: Shutterstock Disturbing footage emerged this week of a chess-playing robot breaking the finger of a seven-year-old child during a...
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