Robotics A kernel of promise in popcorn-powered robots | Robotics Aug 20, 2018 A soft robotic device powered by popcorn, constructed by researchers in Cornell’s Collective Embodied Intelligence Lab. Credit: Cornell…
Robotics Chip labour: Robots replace waiters in China restaurant | Robotics Aug 20, 2018 Little “robot waiters” deliver food to patrons in this Shanghai restaurant The little robotic waiter wheels up to the table, raises its glass lid…
Robotics Army’s new 3-D printed shape-shifting soft robots crawl, jump, grab | Robotics Aug 20, 2018 Time-lapse photo for various designs of developed magnetic active material. Credit: MIT Soft Active Materials Lab New 3-D printed robotic…
Robotics Robots as tools and partners in rehabilitation | Robotics Aug 20, 2018 A robot congratulates a patient for correctly sorting the colored beakers. Credit: Shelly Levy-Tzedek In future decades, the need for effective…
Robotics Robot Roundup: Delivery Robots Strive to Drive the Last Mile | Robotics Aug 20, 2018 Starship Robot Delivery Service Launch Event, Monkston Park, Milton Keynes, April 2018 Credit: Starship/Philip Bedford A growing number of…
Robotics Giving Soft Robots Electronic Skins Aug 19, 2018 AsianScientist (Jun. 14, 2018) – A research team at Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea, has developed a skin-like electronic system…
Robotics Robots Join The Search For Advanced 2D Materials Aug 19, 2018 AsianScientist (May 2, 2018) – Researchers at the University of Tokyo, Japan, have created a robot that can automatically assemble…
Robotics Here’s what robots could learn from fire ants | Robotics Aug 17, 2018 Robotics,Animals,Technology In tight quarters, sharing the work equally leads to traffic jams CROWD CONTROL Teams of robots working in…
Innovation Parents beware: your kids can now feel peer pressure from robots | Innovation & Feature Aug 17, 2018 Everyone’s fallen victim to peer pressure at some point in their life, but German researchers have identified a uniquely modern twist on the…
Robotics Children may be especially vulnerable to peer pressure from robots | Robotics Aug 16, 2018 Adults appear able to resist the machines’ influence BE LIKE ME Elementary school children often endorsed unanimous but inaccurate judgments…