What’s coming up at #RoboCup2023?
[ad_1] This year, RoboCup will be held in Bordeaux, from 4-10 July. The event will see around 2500 participants, from 45 different countries take part in competitions, training sessions, and…
Revolutionizing Underwater Exploration: Brown University’s Pleobot Unlocks Ocean Secrets
[ad_1] Imagine a sophisticated network of interconnected, self-directed robots. They operate in unison, like an intricate aquatic ballet, navigating the pitch-black depths of the ocean, carrying out detailed scientific surveys…
Why diversity and inclusion needs to be at the forefront of future AI
[ad_1] Image: shutterstock.com By Inês Hipólito/Deborah Pirchner, Frontiers science writer Inês Hipólito is a highly accomplished researcher, recognized for her work in esteemed journals and contributions as a co-editor. She…
Robots may one day sport tough-yet-gentle wooden fingers
[ad_1] In recent years, we've seen wood used in the construction of traditionally non-wooden things like transistors, bicycles and drones. Now, scientists have used the stuff to create a robotic…
Scientists copy krill to develop swarms of aquatic robots
[ad_1] While most of us may just think of krill as baleen whale food, the tiny crustaceans are also very adept swimmers … enough so that scientists have now developed…
Joanne Pransky: Rest in Peace (1959-2023)
[ad_1] It is with great sadness that I am sharing that Joanne Pransky, the World’s First Robotic Psychariatrist, and who Isaac Asimov called the real Susan Calvin passed away recently.…
Titan submersible disaster underscores dangers of deep-sea exploration – an engineer explains why most ocean science is conducted with crewless submarines
[ad_1] Researchers are increasingly using small, autonomous underwater robots to collect data in the world’s oceans. NOAA Teacher at Sea Program, NOAA Ship PISCES, CC BY-SA By Nina Mahmoudian (Associate…
Transforming robot drives, flies, crawls, stands, tiptoes and tumbles
[ad_1] As much as a robot might excel at a certain mode of transport, as soon as conditions change it can become hopeless. Now engineers at Caltech have designed a…
Robotic dog turns up the heat with a flamethrower backpack
[ad_1] If you thought that putting a rifle on a robotic dog was daft enough, what about one with an actual flamethrower on its back? Not just a concept, Throwflame…
How to Ensure Integrity of Pharmaceutical Products with Robotic Palletizing
[ad_1] The pharmaceutical industry is heavily regulated to ensure the safe delivery of medicines and healthcare products. This makes it a particularly challenging industry when we're talking about shipping and…