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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 […]

07/31/2018 / By Edsel Cook

The rise of Terminator-like machines: Biohybrid robot made with muscles grown from hydrogel sheets

What did Japanese researchers do when they found a new way to grow biological muscles out of hydrogel sheets? Why, make cyborgs, of course. An article in Science Daily detailed how they created a robot with living tissue over a metal endoskeleton using their newly developed technique. This prototype is the latest Frankensteinian creation of […]

06/12/2018 / By Edsel Cook

New foldable robotic arm that is self-locking was inspired by origami

You may have seen examples of origami artwork, which are made from colorful folded paper and are surprisingly strong. Korean researchers borrowed from that ancient art style to design a folding robotic arm that can assemble itself, according to a NanoWerk article. The robot arm relies on variable stiffness, where actuators can change their rigidity […]

05/23/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Japanese company reveals robot workers that will be used on various construction sites

A Japanese construction company recently debuted two designs for robot workers that could make up for the growing lack of human construction workers. In a report from The Daily Mail, these construction robots will only be working during evening hours. One of the robots demonstrated by Shimizu Corp. is already being used in several Japanese construction […]

05/22/2018 / By Edsel Cook

We now live in a society where prosthetic arms can be controlled by our thoughts

Prosthetics have come a long way from the clunky hunks of metal and plastic. According to an article that appeared in Newswise, amputees can now be fitted with robotic limbs that they can control with their thoughts, like a real, living arm. In the U.S., the required surgical procedure can only be performed at a few facilities. One […]

05/21/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Singaporean scientists develop a robot that can assemble an IKEA chair in under 20 minutes

Many people loathe the mere idea of putting together IKEA furniture, much less actually going through the lengthy assembling process. So Singaporean researchers designed a robot that could take over the task of assembling cheap flat-packed furniture from Sweden, an article in Reuters stated. The Nanyang Technological University (NTU) research team took three years to […]

05/11/2018 / By David Williams

Now they can hold you: Researchers develop robot arms with artificial muscles that can tense and relax like real muscles do

One of the things that would mark the beginning of a new era for robots is the development of a highly effective way for them to have a better grip on things. After all, the fact that humans have opposable thumbs – which gave us the ability to hold onto things in ways that animals can’t […]

04/23/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Scientists develop novel robotic arm that can be used in extreme environments (like outer space)

Borrowing ideas from the Japanese art of origami, a Korean research team devised a folding robotic arm. According to an article on Science Daily, the mechanical limb is capable of self-assembly and possesses high rigidity. The Seoul National University (SNC) design leveraged variable stiffness technology, which uses complex mechatronic actuators to combine the strengths of […]

04/18/2018 / By David Williams

Robot with advanced cyber-hand put to work harvesting cauliflower for the EU

Robots can do a lot to help out in performing tedious and labor-intensive tasks. And while certain actions, such as harvesting a cauliflower, may seem simple enough, the fact is that it can be quite taxing after a while. After all, there are many different variables that need to be considered to get it right. […]

04/17/2018 / By David Williams

Lessons learned using robotic arm in space now being applied to the hospital surgery room

Many present-day conveniences are rooted in once-exclusive space industry innovations. As it turns out, the same can also apply to certain types of high-level medical equipment. Back in the 1980s, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) came up with Canadarm, a robotic manipulation system that was designed to be used in zero gravity environments. […]

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