When we think of automated robots becoming a bigger part of society, we tend to think of driverless cars and the production line robots that will build them.
By Brett Smith
19 Apr 2017
Drones that are equipped to navigate in challenging environments of solid smoke are able to locate people and exits using advances sensors.
By Benedette Cuffari
7 Apr 2017
The outcomes indicated that robot populations with an epigenetic factor progressed in a different ways than populations where development was not factored in.
By Brett Smith
7 Apr 2017
A team of researchers from Japan have developed a musculoskeletal robot that uses thin McKibben muscles as an actuator to build a multifilament muscle that has characteristics similar to those of lower-limb human muscles.
A team of researchers from Italy has now designed an inexpensive real-time kernel, known as Yartek, which is suitable for embedded systems in nonvisual robotic sensors.
The ability of graphene to self-heal any vacancy defects and other toplogical cracks has been recorded when metal doping has been applied.
The Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) has developed a device that not only resembles the size, shape and composition of a real fruit, but is also equipped with sensor technology to closely monitor produce in transit.
By Benedette Cuffari
28 Mar 2017
Militaries and law enforcement agencies are currently testing measures to neutralize flying drones and several different approaches are being evaluated, including the use of Patriot missiles and high-tech rifles that shoot radio signals.
By Brett Smith
20 Mar 2017
As the only insect capable of producing food for human consumption, the honeybee also plays a critical role in pollinating over 75% of flowering plants and crops in the United States alone.
By Benedette Cuffari
24 Feb 2017
Industrial robots are most common in automobile manufacture. Within this industry, robots typically undertake the jobs that require the least delicacy such as heavy lifting, painting and welding.