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Using astrocytes to change the behavior of robots controlled by neuromorphic chips

Robotics News - Robot News, Robotics, Robots, Robotics Sciences Jul 10, 2020 | 13:30 pm

Neurons, specialized cells that transmit nerve impulses, have long been known to be a vital element for the functioning of the human brain. Over the past century, however, neuroscience research has given rise to the false belief that neurons are the only cells that can process and learn information. This misconception or 'neurocomputing dogma' is far from true.

A system for swarm robotics applications inspired by pheromone communication in insects

Robotics News - Robot News, Robotics, Robots, Robotics Sciences Jul 9, 2020 | 13:30 pm

Nature is one of the most valuable sources of inspiration for researchers developing new robots and computational techniques. Over the past few decades, technological advances have enabled the creation of increasingly sophisticated systems replicating naturally occurring processes and phenomena, such as animal behaviors and biological mechanisms.

DIGIT: A high-resolution tactile sensor to enhance robot in-hand manipulation skills

Robotics News - Robot News, Robotics, Robots, Robotics Sciences Jul 7, 2020 | 13:30 pm

To assist humans in completing manual chores or tasks, robots must efficiently grasp and manipulate objects in their surroundings. While in recent years robotics researchers have developed a growing number of techniques that allow robots to pick up and handle objects, most of these only proved to be effective when tackling very basic tasks, such as picking up an object or moving it from one place to another.

German firm creates bionic birds

Robotics News - Robot News, Robotics, Robots, Robotics Sciences Jul 6, 2020 | 17:40 pm

Some might say it's for the birds.

Researchers develop soft electromagnetic actuators with medical potential

Robotics News - Robot News, Robotics, Robots, Robotics Sciences Jul 6, 2020 | 13:30 pm

Rigid electromagnetic actuators have a variety of applications, but their bulky nature limits human-actuator integration or machine-human collaborations. In a new report on Science Advances, Guoyong Mao and a team of scientists in soft matter physics and soft materials at the Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, introduced soft electromagnetic actuators (SEMAs) to replace solid metal coils with liquid-metal channels embedded in elastomeric shells. The scientists demonstrated the user-friendly, simple and stretchable construct with fast and durable programmability.

Robot Gift Guide 2019

Automaton Nov 28, 2019 | 03:30 am

Over a dozen robots that we promise will make fantastic holiday gifts

Video Friday: Robotic Endoscope Travels Through the Colon

Automaton Nov 23, 2019 | 01:46 am

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

Caltech and JPL Firing Quadrotors Out of Cannons

Automaton Nov 20, 2019 | 16:50 pm

The fastest, safest, and most exciting way to launch a quadrotor may be ballistically

Bipedal Robot Cassie Cal Learns to Juggle

Automaton Nov 18, 2019 | 19:22 pm

Cassie may not have any arms to work with, but that doesn’t keep it from juggling a ball on its head