The field of robotics has been making a lot of waves through the scientific community ever since the first industrial robot, Unimate, was created in 1954 by George Devol.
By Gaea Marelle Miranda
21 May 2019
Touch sensing has a major role in performing exploration and manipulation activities in a robotic platform. The application of touch sensing technology has expanded over the years with the development of various sensors including optical, resistive, capacitive, ultrasonic, magnetic and piezoelectric.
Robots are reliant on a complex system of power sources, wires, composite microstructures and circuitry to make them function.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
11 Apr 2019
As robotics engineers continue to study and innovate on new ways of utilizing existing robotic science and expanding on that knowledge, we grow ever closer to the future that we could only imagine before or see in science fiction.
By Gaea Marelle Miranda
9 Apr 2019
On November 26, 2011, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the $2.5 billion USD Mars Science Lab Curiosity rover to Mars.