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KVH Launches Webinar Series Focusing on Advantages of Sensor Fusions for Autonomous and Unmanned Systems

KVH Industries, Inc., announced today that it is launching a webinar series focusing on the advantages and benefits of sensor fusion as used in specific real-world unmanned and autonomous systems.

4 Nov 2016

Hyve-3D System Provides Unique Virtual Reality Experience

Professor Tomás Dorta compared the virtual reality experience with two different systems: the one with VR headsets versus one with an immersive projection system using a concave-spherical screen, developed by his research team and called Hybrid Virtual Environment 3D (Hyve-3D).

3 Nov 2016

Artificially Intelligent Computer Software Could Help Combat Climate Change

Artificially intelligent computer software that can learn, adapt and rebuild itself in real-time could help combat climate change.

2 Nov 2016

Research Shows Total Sanitation of Robotic Surgical Tools is Virtually Impossible

According to a research paper published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, it is virtually not possible to eliminate all contamination from robotic surgical instruments, even if a number of cleanings are performed.

1 Nov 2016

Researchers Speed up, Scale up Plant Research with Aerial Robotics

Although long-term, broad-scale ecological data are vital for plant research, they are most often not easy to collect manually.

1 Nov 2016

igus Introduces Its Largest Energy Chain For Light Robotic Applications

igus, the motion plastics specialist, has launched triflex TRLF.125, extending the TRLF family to include its largest 125mm nominal diameter e-chain, in addition to existing 65, 87.5 and 100mm internal diameter sizes. These TRLF energy chains are ideally suited for robotics and other applications that require electrical power cables, data cables and hoses to remain secure and protected during multi-axis movement.

28 Oct 2016

Pedestrian-Oriented Streets Possible with Self-Driving Cars

There is a possibility that an urban neighborhood could be filled with self-driving cars. How would pedestrian behavior change in relation to this? Adam Millard-Ball, assistant professor of environmental studies at UC Santa Cruz, answers that it will be good. In fact, pedestrians would get to enjoy the streets.

27 Oct 2016

Digital, Autonomous Search Engines Help Review Huge Volumes of Literature

A recent report on artificial intelligence highlights that researchers could soon acquire help from digital assistants in order to review huge volumes of literature.

27 Oct 2016

New Early Detection System Uses Drones to Detect Forest Fire

UPM researchers are now involved in the development of a technique to detect forest fires with the help using a new color index. This color index has been chosen to detect the tonalities of smoke and flames, and is based on the methods used for vegetation classification.

26 Oct 2016

Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton for Human Gait Rehabilitation

Gait rehabilitation is frequently required by spinal cord injury and stroke patients to help them regain their ability to walk or to strengthen their muscles. Wearable “robot-assisted training” is fast emerging as a technique that helps to enhance this rehabilitation process.

26 Oct 2016

Research Shows Brain-to-Text System Can Decode Speech from Brain Signals

Ever wonder what it would be like if a device could decode your thoughts into actual speech or written words?

26 Oct 2016

First-Ever Robotic Cleaning Technique Could Facilitate Automation in Neuroscience Research

For scientists listening in on the faint whispers of brain neurons, a first-ever robotic technique for cleaning the tiny devices that record the signals could facilitate a new level of automation in neuroscience research.

26 Oct 2016

MIT Researcher Analyzes New Role of Electric Motors in Cars, Robots, Microgrids, and Ships

Electric motors have existed since Thomas Davenport built the first functional model in 1834, and they play an important part in everyday life.

25 Oct 2016

New Research Explores Social Touch Interaction Between Humans and Robots

A squeeze in the arm, a pat on the shoulder, or a slap in the face – touch is an important part of the social interaction between people.

25 Oct 2016

Zebrafish Engage More with 3D-Moving Robotic Replicas than Other Stimuli, Research Finds

Authenticity is an important trait, and zebrafish take it especially seriously. An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering discovered that zebrafish engage more with 3D-moving robotic models of themselves than with other stimuli.

25 Oct 2016

Robotics News

KVH Launches Webinar Series Focusing on Advantages of Sensor Fusions for Autonomous and Unmanned Systems

Hyve-3D System Provides Unique Virtual Reality Experience

Artificially Intelligent Computer Software Could Help Combat Climate Change

Research Shows Total Sanitation of Robotic Surgical Tools is Virtually Impossible

Researchers Speed up, Scale up Plant Research with Aerial Robotics

igus Introduces Its Largest Energy Chain For Light Robotic Applications

Pedestrian-Oriented Streets Possible with Self-Driving Cars

Digital, Autonomous Search Engines Help Review Huge Volumes of Literature

New Early Detection System Uses Drones to Detect Forest Fire

Wearable Robotic Exoskeleton for Human Gait Rehabilitation

Research Shows Brain-to-Text System Can Decode Speech from Brain Signals

First-Ever Robotic Cleaning Technique Could Facilitate Automation in Neuroscience Research

MIT Researcher Analyzes New Role of Electric Motors in Cars, Robots, Microgrids, and Ships

New Research Explores Social Touch Interaction Between Humans and Robots

Zebrafish Engage More with 3D-Moving Robotic Replicas than Other Stimuli, Research Finds

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New Control System Lets Drone Teams Fly Heavy Loads With Speed and Precision

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