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November 18, 2017
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November 18, 2017

New Computational Method Provides Optimized Design of Wind Up Toys

Nov. 17, 2017 — A team of leading computer scientists has developed a novel computational system to aid the design and fabrication of wind-up toys, focusing on automating the intricate interior machinery responsible ... read more

Personalizing Human-Robot Interaction May Increase Patient Use

Oct. 23, 2017 — Determining the elements in the human-robot interaction that make users more motivated to continue is important in designing future robots that will interact with humans on a daily basis, say ... read more

For $1000, Anyone Can Purchase Online Ads to Track Your Location and App Use

Oct. 18, 2017 — New research finds that for a budget of roughly $1000, it is possible for someone to track your location and app use by purchasing and targeting mobile ads. The team hopes to raise industry awareness ... read more

Flexible 'Skin' Can Help Robots, Prosthetics Perform Everyday Tasks by Sensing Shear Force

Oct. 17, 2017 — Engineers have developed a flexible sensor 'skin' that can be stretched over any part of a robot's body or prosthetic to accurately convey information about shear forces and vibration, ... read more

DISTRO: Researchers Create Digital Objects from Incomplete 3D Data

Oct. 13, 2017 — Depth sensors, such as those of the Microsoft Kinect, are very powerful, but unfortunately they do not work equally well on all materials, which leads to noisy data or even missing ... read more

This Soft Robotic Gripper Can Screw in Your Light Bulbs for You

Oct. 10, 2017 — How many robots does it take to screw in a light bulb? The answer: just one, assuming you're talking about a newly created robotic gripper. The engineering team has designed and built a gripper ... read more

Teleoperating Robots With Virtual Reality: Making It Easier for Factory Workers to Telecommute

Oct. 4, 2017 — Many manufacturing jobs require a physical presence to operate machinery. But what if such jobs could be done remotely? Researchers have now presented a virtual-reality (VR) system that lets you ... read more

Brain-Controlled Drones Are Here: What’s Coming in the Next Five Years?

Sep. 29, 2017 — Single unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs) directed by joysticks, radio controllers, and mobile phones are already accomplishing a variety of useful tasks, such as aerial photography and security ... read more

Soft, Flexible Origami-Inspired Robot

Sep. 27, 2017 — A Case Western Reserve University researcher has turned the origami she enjoyed as a child into a patent-pending soft robot that may one day be used on an assembly line, in surgery or even outer ... read more

Artificial Intelligence for Obtaining Chemical Fingerprints

Sep. 26, 2017 — Researchers have succeeded in developing a method for predicting molecular infrared spectra based on artificial intelligence. These chemical 'fingerprints' could only be simulated by common ... read more

Click Beetles Inspire Design of Self-Righting Robots

Sep. 25, 2017 — Robots perform many tasks that humans can't or don't want to perform, getting around on intricately designed wheels and limbs. If they tip over, however, they are rendered almost useless. ... read more

World's First 'Molecular Robot' Capable of Building Molecules

Sep. 20, 2017 — Scientists have created the world's first 'molecular robot' that is capable of performing basic tasks including building other ... read more

Wikipedia Used to Give AI Context Clues

Sep. 19, 2017 — A team of computer scientists is teaching artificial intelligence agents how to interact with the world in a way that makes ... read more

One Step Closer to Lifelike Robots

Sep. 19, 2017 — Researchers have developed a 3-D-printable synthetic soft muscle that can lift 1,000 times its own weight. The muscle has intrinsic expansion ability and, unlike previous artificial muscles, it does ... read more

Artificial 'Skin' Gives Robotic Hand a Sense of Touch

Sep. 13, 2017 — A team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics that can serve as an artificial skin, allowing a robotic hand to sense the difference ... read more

Self-Folding Electronics Could Enable Advanced Robotics

Sep. 13, 2017 — As demand grows for more versatile, advanced robotics and other technologies, the need for components that can enable these applications also increases. Producing such components en masse has been a ... read more

AI -- Engineering: Merging, Morphing, Mobile Robots

Sep. 12, 2017 — Researchers have developed self-reconfiguring modular robots that can merge, split and even self-heal while retaining full sensorimotor control. The work may take us closer to producing robots that ... read more

New Software Can Detect When People Text and Drive

Sep. 8, 2017 — Computer algorithms developed by engineering researchers can accurately determine when drivers are texting or engaged in other distracting ... read more

Mobile Phone Use While Pregnant Not Linked to Child Neurodevelopment Problems, Study Suggests

Sep. 5, 2017 — Mobile phone use during pregnancy is unlikely to have any adverse effects on child neurodevelopment, according to new research. These findings provide further evidence that exposure to radio ... read more

Robot Learns to Follow Orders Like Alexa

Aug. 31, 2017 — Computer scientists have developed an Alexa-like system that allows robots to understand a wide range of commands that require contextual knowledge about objects and their environments. They've ... read more
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