Tag: robotics
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Foam/Wax Material Adapted for Shape-Changing Robotics
14 July 2014. Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a process for combining foam and wax materials into components that allow robot devices to become pliable for changing their shape, yet return to a rigid state when needed to do their tasks. The team from the lab of mechanical engineering professor Anette Hosoi, with…
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FDA Approves Motorized Exoskeleton for Spinal Cord Injury
27 June 2014. The Food and Drug Administration yesterday cleared for sale in the U.S. a motorized exoskeleton system for people with lower-body paralysis from spinal cord injury. The device, called ReWalk, is made by Argo Medical Technologies in Marlborough, Massachusetts, and according to FDA, the first system of its kind approved to help people…
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University, Spin-Off Partner on Enviro Flying Robotic Device
6 March 2014. University of Nevada in Reno and NevadaNano, a spin-off company from the university, are developing an aerial robotic device for environmental sensing and reporting over a large area. The project is funded by a $150,000 Small Business Technology Transfer grant from the U.S. Army. The project combines the university’s expertise in autonomous…
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Mobile Low-Power Gesture-Recognition System Developed
27 February 2014. Computer scientists and engineers at University of Washington in Seattle developed an inexpensive gesture recognition system for mobile devices that consumes minimal power, with potential applications in robotics and “Internet-of-things” computing. The team led by Shyam Gollakota, director of the university’s Networks and Wireless Lab, presents its work on 3 April at the…
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Artificial Muscle Created from Fishing Line, Thread Material
20 February 2014. An international team of materials scientists and engineers developed high-strength artificial muscles from materials found into ordinary fishing line and sewing thread. The consortium from University of Texas in Dallas, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and colleagues from China, Turkey, Australia, and Korea published their findings today in the journal…
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Bio-Inspired Cooperative Robotic Control System Developed
13 February 2014. Computer scientists and bio-engineers at Harvard University created a system inspired by termites that controls the work of autonomous robots in complex construction tasks. The team led by computer scientist Radhika Nagpal published its findings in the new issue of the journal Science (paid subscription required), and will also be presented at…
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NSF-Funded Research Studying Robot-Human Interaction
3 February 2014. Computer scientists at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts are researching interactions between humans and robots in factory and home settings, working either as collaborators with or helpers to people. Research by Worcester Tech faculty Dmitry Berenson and Sonia Chernova, is funded by a pair of three-year grants from National Science Foundation’s National…
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Trial Underway Testing Head-Neck Cancer Immunotherapy
Advaxis Inc., a biopharmaceutical company in Princeton, New Jersey, began dosing the first patient in clinical trial testing a therapy that harnesses the immune system to treat head and neck cancer caused by the human papillomavirus, or HPV. The therapy is designed as part of a therapy strategy that includes robotic surgery to remove the…
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Computer Learning Process Developed for Robotic Arm Movement
Computer scientists at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York developed an algorithm to fine-tune movements of industrial robotic arms, through feedback and learning from interactions with humans. A team from the lab of computer science professor Ashutosh Saxena will present its findings next month at the Neural Information Processing Systems conference in Lake Tahoe, California.…
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Prototype Robotic Brain Blood-Clot Surgery Device Developed
Engineers and surgeons at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee built a prototype of a surgical device to safely remove blood clots from the brain, a risky and difficult procedure. A team led by Vanderbilt neurosurgery professor Kyle Weaver and mechanical engineering professor Robert Webster describe the system in an upcoming issue of the journal IEEE…