A sharp-tipped robot finger to identify buried objects
Slender robotic finger senses buried items.
PufferBot: Pufferfish-inspired robot could make flying drones safer
A hovering quadcopter drone.
Researchers taught microscopic robots to walk using laser pulses
These microscopic robots may someday travel through human tissue and blood, delivering drugs.
New mini surgical robot can precisely perform delicate microsurgical tasks
It could make surgical procedures safer for both patients and doctors.
A pipetting robot that can dispense individual cells one by one
The innovation allows for enhanced reliability and can save life-science researchers time and money.
Novel soft humanoid hand creates safer human-robotics interactions
The robotic hand has the merits of fast response, large grasping force, low cost, and light weight.
Facebook builds a robot to install fiber-optic cable efficiently and cheaply
It aims to reduce the cost of deploying fiber cable to make internet service cheaper.
Intelligent sensing abilities for robots to carry out complex tasks
A novel robotic system integrated with event-driven artificial skin and vision sensors.
Humanoid chewing robot could help assess medicated chewing gum
Robot jaws show medicated chewing gum could be the future.
Robots learn to handle thin cables with unprecedented dexterity
It enables robots to help us with things like tying knots, wire shaping, or even surgical suturing.
A mobile robot scientist capable of carrying out experiments by itself
It can work 24/7, make its own decisions about which chemistry experiments to perform next.