When observing small worms under a microscope, one might observe something very surprising: the worms appear to make a ...
The Dispilio tablet is a wooden artefact bearing linear marks, unearthed in 1993 during George Hourmouziadis’s excavations of ...
To reliably complete household chores, assemble products and tackle other manual tasks, robots should be able to adapt their ...
Fluid robot motion is the result of design choices among five options including pneumatics and strain wave gears.
Underwater robots face many challenges before they can truly master the deep, such as stability in choppy currents. A new ...
Additive manufacturing has enabled the deposition of highly flexible, affordable materials, easily printed using low-cost fused filament fabrication. The transition from soft lithography to digital ...
To create a safer, more practical robot, Professor Ryan Truby and his team developed a soft, flexible actuator that enables robots to move by expanding and contracting—just like a human muscle. To ...
Twenty-five years of the new millennium have passed and we’re still waiting for the futuristic world we were promised: Living in space, hover-cars, jet packs and extraterrestrial encounters. However, ...
Google DeepMind is teaming up with Boston Dynamics to give its humanoid robots the intelligence required to navigate unfamiliar environments and identify and manipulate objects—precisely the kinds of ...
Scientists have designed swarms of microscopic robots that communicate and coordinate using sound waves, much like bees or birds. These self-organizing micromachines can adapt to their surroundings, ...
Use Devices The deployment of tablets and Chromebook-based devices for emergency education following Cyclone Ditwah presents ...