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GeorgiaTech Researchers Develop Robot for Dressing Injured, Ailing, or Aged People

Over one million Americans need everyday physical assistance to get dressed due to advanced age, disease, or injury. Although it is possible to use robots for this purpose, both cloth and the human body are complicated.

22 May 2018

Caltech Researcher Strives to Take Robotics to Next Level

The focus Ames’ present study with the DURUS project is on developing robotics emulating human walk. He approaches his study from a math perspective, developing theories that are subsequently applied to bipedal robots.

3 May 2018

Environmentally Responsive & Temperature-Sensitive Soft Robot

A research team developed a new type of soft robot, made of actuating electronics, ultrathin sensing, and temperature-sensitive artificial muscle capable of adapting to the surroundings and crawling, comparable to the movement of a caterpillar or inchworm.

20 Apr 2018

Nature-Inspired Anti-Collision Technology to Increase Safety of Driverless Cars

A research project is focused on developing a pioneering new collision avoidance system to improve the safety of driverless cars, based on insect swarms.

29 Mar 2018

Soft Robotic Fish Could Enable Closer Study of Marine Life

This month scientists published rare footage of one of the Arctic's most elusive sharks. The findings demonstrate that, even with many technological advances in recent years, it remains a challenging task to document marine life up close.

22 Mar 2018

Researchers Designing Bio-Inspired Microrobots

Researchers are designing swarms of robotic bees and jumping robot spiders, aiming to lead the world in micro robotics.

7 Mar 2018

Efficient Machine Learning Algorithm for Customizing Wearable Devices

In the case of soft, assistive devices, such as the exosuit being developed by the Harvard Biodesign Lab, the robot and the wearer have to be in sync. However, the movements of every person differ slightly; therefore, customizing the parameters of the robot for an individual user is an ineffective and time-consuming process.

1 Mar 2018