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Robot Talk Episode 55 – Sara Adela Abad GuamanBlog

Robot Talk Episode 55 – Sara Adela Abad Guaman

Robo-Insight #5 In this fifth edition, we are excited to feature robot progress in human-robot…
A short guide to Multidisciplinary ResearchBlog

A short guide to Multidisciplinary Research

This guide to ‘colliding opposite disciplines with your research’ is intended to help students and…
Robo-Insight #5Blog

Robo-Insight #5

Source: OpenAI’s DALL·E 2 with prompt “a hyperrealistic picture of a robot reading the news…
Soft robotic tool provides new ‘eyes’ in endovascular surgeryBlog

Soft robotic tool provides new ‘eyes’ in endovascular surgery

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart have developed a soft…
‘Brainless’ robot can navigate complex obstaclesBlog

‘Brainless’ robot can navigate complex obstacles

By Matt Shipman Researchers who created a soft robot that could navigate simple mazes without…
Battery-free origami microfliers from UW researchers offer a new bio-inspired future of flying machinesBlog

Battery-free origami microfliers from UW researchers offer a new bio-inspired future of flying machines

Researchers at the University of Washington developed small robotic devices that can change how they…
Virtual-reality tech is fast becoming more realBlog

Virtual-reality tech is fast becoming more real

Virtual-reality technology could help cure people of phobias including about spiders. © Leena Robinson, Shutterstock.com…
High-tech microscope with ML software for detecting malaria in returning travellersBlog

High-tech microscope with ML software for detecting malaria in returning travellers

By Deborah Pirchner Malaria is an infectious disease claiming more than half a million lives…
How drones are used during earthquakesBlog

How drones are used during earthquakes

Robo-Insight #4 In this fourth edition, we are excited to feature progress in mobile applications,…
Making life friendlier with personal robotsBlog

Making life friendlier with personal robots

Sharifa Alghowinem, a research scientist in the Media Lab’s Personal Robots Group, poses with Jibo,…
Fiber-infused ink enables 3D-printed heart muscle to beatBlog

Fiber-infused ink enables 3D-printed heart muscle to beat

This illustration shows a 3D printed heart ventricle engineered with fiber-infused ink. Credit: Harvard SEAS…
Interview with Jean Pierre Sleiman, author of the paper “Versatile multicontact planning and control for legged loco-manipulation”Blog

Interview with Jean Pierre Sleiman, author of the paper “Versatile multicontact planning and control for legged loco-manipulation”

Picture from paper “Versatile multicontact planning and control for legged loco-manipulation“. © American Association for…