Tag: robotics
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Touch Senses Added to Synthetic Skin, Robot Arm
Computer scientists in the U.K. and France created techniques for adding a refined sense of touch to highly sensitive artificial skin and an inexpensive robotic arm.
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Leg Prosthetic System Restores Sensory Feedback
Results from a small clinical trial shows a system for leg prosthetic devices restores tactile sensory feedback to improve mobility and reduce falling.
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Synthetic Skin Designed with Sense of Touch
Robotics and materials science labs developed a soft, thin, flexible material that senses and responds like an electronic sense of touch.
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Drones, A.I. Deployed by Agricultural Start-Up
A new company is combining drone photography with artificial intelligence to provide growers with better data to monitor and manage crop growth.
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Robotic Device Navigates Brain Blood Vessels
Engineers and materials scientists designed a robotic device thin and flexible enough to thread through blood vessels in a model brain under remote control.
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Cold-Chain Drug Delivery Tested Via Drone
A group of companies and organizations designed and tested a long-distance drone capable of delivering drugs needing constant cold temperatures.
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A.I., Robotics Deployed for Harvesting Lettuce
A lab in the U.K. applying machine learning and robotics to agriculture developed and field-tested an autonomous device that harvests iceberg lettuce.
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Infographic – Robotics Effects on Job Markets
Statista published a chart this week reporting on expectations of major companies on job markets, this weekend’s infographic on Science & Enterprise.
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Engineered Microbe Bio-Sensors Added to Robotic Arm
Genetically-altered E. coli bacteria can act as sensors for certain chemicals, when installed on a programmable robotic arm and gripper.
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Educational Robotics Spin-Off Company Acquired
Root Robotics, a developer of robots that teach coding to school children, is now part of the consumer and educational robotics company iRobot Corp.