AZoRobotics speaks to Prof Matt Reed, Strategy Director for the Materials Innovation Factory at the University of Liverpool, about how the application of industry 4.0 technologies such as robotics and automation can unlock chemistry and advanced materials research and innovation.
By Laura Thomson
20 Aug 2021
Researchers are increasingly turning to robots to perform deep-sea operations to learn more about coral reefs and other underwater ecosystems. In this interview, AZoRobotics speaks with Mathilde Maslin from The University of French Polynesia about their use of robots in underwater investigations.
By Joan Nugent
5 Aug 2021
Discover new frontiers in robotic healthcare, such as integrating robotics into surgery.
AZoRobotics speaks to Professor Branka Vucetic from the University of Sydney. Professor Vucetic led a team that has developed a system that could help solve the soft plastic waste crisis.
By Joan Nugent
1 Jul 2021
Soft robot development could benefit from an algorithm that optimizes sensor placement allowing such machines to better ‘understand’ their environments. Ph.D. students in the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Alexander Amini and Andrew Spielberg, have developed an algorithm to assist engineers with sensor placement to optimize soft robotics designs.
By Joan Nugent
13 Apr 2021
AZoRobotics speaks with Luis R. Soenksen, entrepreneur and medical device expert, currently acting as MIT's first Venture Builder in Artificial Intelligence and Healthcare. Luis was part of a team that has developed a system that uses neural networks to spot 'ugly duckling' pre-cancerous lesions on a patient's skin, helping to detect melanoma more efficiently.
By Joan Nugent
8 Apr 2021
AZoRobotics speaks with Ross O'Hanlon from BioLiberty. BioLiberty is a start-up company that is employing AI to help those who suffer from hand weakness.
By Joan Nugent
10 Mar 2021
Drone imaging is a technology that is faster, safer, and oftentimes more economic than manual surveying.
AZoRobotics speaks to Odei Garcia-Garin from the University of Barcelona. Odei is part of a Research Group on Large Marine Vertebrates at the University of Barcelona; the team is currently developing an artificial intelligence based app called MARLIT that studies floating marine macro-litter.
By Joan Nugent
18 Feb 2021
AZoRobotics speaks with Dr. Emma Ward from UEA and Yazan Sboul from Vaipio about the development of the new smoking cessation device, LEVEL-X. A study, carried out by the UEA has been funded by Cancer Research UK, this study looks at the smoking habits of 'dual-use' smokers and aims at helping them quit for good.
By Joan Nugent
17 Feb 2021