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Joseph Shavit
Dec 18, 2021
Robots use fear to turn the tide against invasive fish species
Researchers engineered a robot to scare mosquitofish away, revealing how fear alters its behavior, physiology and fertility.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 13, 2021
Human-like brain helps robot out of a maze
A maze is a popular device among psychologists to assess the learning capacity of mice or rats. But how about robots?
Joseph Shavit
Dec 11, 2021
ETH Zurich builds the 'Swiss-Army Knife' of robots
A team at Swiss-Mile has improved upon its ANYmal robot by giving it wheels—the result is known as the Swiss-Mile Robot.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 5, 2021
New camera is the size of a grain of salt and takes crisp, full-color, photos
The new system can produce crisp, full-color images on par with a conventional compound camera lens 500,000 times larger in volume.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 2, 2021
Stanford engineers create perching bird-bot
Like snowflakes, no two branches are alike, yet birds can land on just about any of them. This ability is of great interest to researchers.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 1, 2021
Team builds first living robots—that can reproduce
AI-designed Xenobots reveal entirely new form of biological self-replication—promising for regenerative medicine
Joseph Shavit
Nov 30, 2021
Shape-changing microrobots dispense medicine directly to cancer cells
Researchers have now created tiny shape-changing microrobots that can deliver medications directly to the cells where they’re needed.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 26, 2021
Stretchable pressure sensor could lead to better robotics and prosthetics
Researchers have found a way to address this issue and have designed a new pressure sensor that can be stretched up to 50 percent.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 16, 2021
If you boot your robotic pet down the stairs, are you being abusive? Bioethicist has the answer
If you're in a foul mood and boot your robotic pet down the stairs, are you being a jerk? Is the device's owner culpable of bad behavior?
Joseph Shavit
Nov 14, 2021
Robotic 'smart clothing' contains fibers that monitor and regulate your breathing
“Robotic” textiles could help performers and athletes train their breathing, and help patients recovering from postsurgery breathing changes
Joseph Shavit
Nov 11, 2021
A personalized exosuit for real-world walking
People rarely walk at a constant speed and a single incline. We change speed when rushing to the next appointment, or going for a stroll.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 1, 2021
Spinning magnets could be the answer for NASA's orbital space debris problem
According to NASA, there are more than 27,000 pieces of space debris bigger than the size of a softball currently orbiting Earth.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 30, 2021
Web-slinging robots in space
Preventing pieces of space debris from crashing into each other is a problem engineers have been grappling with for decades.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 29, 2021
Robot umpires are coming to baseball. Will they strike out?
Baseball fans know the bitter heartbreak of calls that don't go their way—especially, a ball that should've been a strike.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 22, 2021
New technology can make manual labor 60 percent easier
EksoVests, a type of exoskeletons, can reduce muscle strain by 60 percent for workers in the industrial, logistics and construction sectors
Joseph Shavit
Oct 7, 2021
MIT scientists invent a robot that finds lost items
This robotic arm fuses data from a camera and antenna to locate and retrieve items, even if they are buried under a pile.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 27, 2021
Delivery robots take the strain out of shopping
The English town of Milton Keynes now has another claim to fame—a trundling army of shopping delivery robots.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 26, 2021
Robots are taking over for an aging industrial work force
Robots are more widely adopted where populations become notably older, filling the gaps in an aging industrial work force.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 23, 2021
Scientists are using drones and artificial intelligence to root out land mines
Baur and colleagues are trying to show that drone-born geophysical sensors may be applied to more efficiently spot and eliminate mines.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 21, 2021
Need a bite at Seattle-Tacoma airport? A robot will now deliver food to you at your gate
You don't have to leave your gate or get in line to order food at the airport anymore, thanks to "Gita," the robot that delivers.
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