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10/13/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Meet Centauro, a small four-legged robot that researchers say will change disaster relief efforts

Italian researchers have created the modern-day robot version of the mythological centaur. An article in Reuters reported about Centauro, a quadrupedal robot that is intended to provide mechanical muscle to human relief workers during disasters and emergencies. For a machine that stands close to five feet in height and weighs 200 pounds, Centauro is able […]

10/05/2018 / By Edsel Cook

New search-and-rescue robot able to climb over rough terrain and squeeze through tight spaces

Israeli robotics experts recently presented an upgraded version of their earlier search-and-rescue robot that is even more agile and capable of re-configuring itself according to the challenge. In an article in Science Daily, the robot will be able to change its shape in order to scale walls and crawl through passageways that are too cramped […]

08/07/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Engineers introduce an actuating material that radically changes the concept of motor-driven robots

The robots of the future will change out their big, bulky actuators for something more in line with organic muscles. Chinese engineers have come up with actuating materials that can change their volume depending on the signal they receive, an article on Science Direct reported. Actuators are parts that control and move an object. For […]

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