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A wearable robot that learns
8+ mon, 16+ hour ago (549+ words) New control algorithm personalizes user experience for stroke, ALS patients image: Prabhat Pathak and James Arnold demonstrate the wearable robot in the lab. view more Credit: Eliza Grinnell / Harvard SEAS Communications Having lived with an ALS diagnosis since 2018, Kate Nycz…...
New learning-based motion planning policy could make intelligent vehicles drive more personally
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (56+ words) Reference Author: Chongpu Chen a, Xinbo Chen a, Peng Hang b Title of original paper: Personalized longitudinal motion planning based on a combination of reinforcement learning and imitation learning a School of Automotive Studies, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China b Department…...
Development of 'OCTOID,' a soft robot that changes color and moves like an octopus
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (102+ words) KIST team led by Dr. Dae-Yoon Kim develops soft robot capable of simultaneous camouflage, movement, and capture Credit: Korea Institute of Science and Technology This research was conducted under the Materials Global Young Connect Project (00448639) and the Nano Connect Project…...
Stingrays inspire smarter ocean robots
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (506+ words) UC Riverside team uncovers physics of fin motion image: Varying styles of stingray fin movements. view more Varying styles of stingray fin movements. Using robotic fins, researchers at the University of California, Riverside have learned how stingrays are able to…...
Compliant and powerful UAV perching via MTRG.
2+ week, 5+ day ago (120+ words) (A) Perching behavior of biological and artificial systems. (B) Operational principle of our robotic gripper. (C) Energy variation of MTRG during operation. (D) Comparison of switching frequency f and force ratio " between our paradigm and current bistable robotic grippers. Here, " is defined as the…...
Magnetic tensegrity-enabled robotic gripper with adaptive energy barrier for UAV perching
2+ week, 4+ day ago (98+ words) Credit: Lulu Han, Sun Yat-Sen University. Authors of the paper include Lulu Han, Hao Yang, Luobin Wang, Yuquan Zheng, Jingrui Yang, Yuxuan Fu, Jieliang Zhao, Zhong Wan, Zhigang Wu, Jie Zhang, and Jianing Wu. This work was supported by the…...
Quick, powerful, and energy-efficient grasping with bio-inspired bistable robotic grippers
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (208+ words) Researchers develop an innovative robotic gripper, inspired by seed pods of Impatiens plant, with sensitive and powerful grasping ability image: The proposed bistable gripper can maintain its grasp even without continuous energy input, while also being able to modulate its…...
A new robotic gripper made of measuring tape is sizing up fruit and veggie picking
1+ year, 1+ week ago (369+ words) image: The gripper can pick a wide variety of objects, including fruit. view more Credit: David Baillot/University of California San Diego It's a game a lot of us played as children'and maybe even later in life: unspooling measuring tape…...
Nebraska engineers develop self-healing muscle for robots
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (655+ words) Device detects injury, heals it and resets to detect future harm image: Eric Markvicka (left), Robert F. and Myrna L. Krohn Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, along with graduate students Ethan Krings (right) and Patrick Mc Manigal (not pictured), recently presented work…...
Slime-like robots from sci-fi become reality: SNU researchers develop next-generation artificial muscle that dynamically reconfigures and self-heals
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (625+ words) Breaking away from conventional robots that perform only predefined functions once fabricated, researchers have developed a next-generation artificial muscle that can change its shape in real time, recover from damage, and even be reused. The study was published on March…...