This new advance, published in the journal Science Robotics, could pave the way for smaller, lighter and more effective micro flying robots for environmental monitoring, search and rescue, and deployment in hazardous environments.
How Robots Learn to Hike
The robot has learned to combine visual perception of its environment with proprioception – its sense of touch – based on direct leg contact.
The robot has learned to combine visual perception of its environment with proprioception – its sense of touch – based on direct leg contact.
What Can I Do Here? Learning New Skills by Imagining Visual Affordances
When a robot is dropped in a new environment, it must be able to use its prior knowledge to think of potentially useful behaviors that the environment affords.
When a robot is dropped in a new environment, it must be able to use its prior knowledge to think of potentially useful behaviors that the environment affords.
Surgeons To Reach Prostate With Robot
Brachytherapy places seeds, ribbons, or capsules that contain a radiation source near the tumor.
Brachytherapy places seeds, ribbons, or capsules that contain a radiation source near the tumor.
What Is an Ethical Home Robot to You?
The RO-Man Roboethics Competition explores the chances that a given ethical scenario would come about in a household and how a robot should respond.
The RO-Man Roboethics Competition explores the chances that a given ethical scenario would come about in a household and how a robot should respond.
When Humans Play in Competition With a Humanoid Robot, They Delay Their Decisions When the Robot Looks at Them
The research paper’s authors are Marwen Belkaid, Kyveli Kompatsiari, Davide de Tommaso, Ingrid Zablith, and Agnieszka Wykowska.
The research paper’s authors are Marwen Belkaid, Kyveli Kompatsiari, Davide de Tommaso, Ingrid Zablith, and Agnieszka Wykowska.
We Used Peanuts and a Climbing Wall To Learn How Squirrels Judge Their Leaps So Successfully – And How Their Skills Could Inspire More Nimble Robots
We know that squirrels organize their caches hierarchically.
We know that squirrels organize their caches hierarchically.
Flying High-Speed Drones Into the Unknown With AI
Scaramuzza and his team have trained an autonomous quadrotor to fly through previously unseen environments such as forests, buildings, ruins and trains, keeping speeds of up to 40 km/h and without crashing into trees, walls or other obstacles.
Scaramuzza and his team have trained an autonomous quadrotor to fly through previously unseen environments such as forests, buildings, ruins and trains, keeping speeds of up to 40 km/h and without crashing into trees, walls or other obstacles.
Robot Farmers Could Improve Jobs and Help Fight Climate Change – If They’re Developed Responsibly
Autonomous robots are capable of multiple tasks, including collecting samples, selectively treating plants and mapping fields.
Autonomous robots are capable of multiple tasks, including collecting samples, selectively treating plants and mapping fields.
A Robot That Finds Lost Items
Researchers at MIT have developed a fully-integrated robotic arm that fuses visual data from a camera and radio frequency (RF) information from an antenna to find and retrieve objects, even when they are buried under a pile and fully out of view.
Researchers at MIT have developed a fully-integrated robotic arm that fuses visual data from a camera and radio frequency (RF) information from an antenna to find and retrieve objects, even when they are buried under a pile and fully out of view.
One Giant Leap for the Mini Cheetah
MIT researchers have developed a system that improves the speed and agility of legged robots as they jump across gaps in the terrain.
MIT researchers have developed a system that improves the speed and agility of legged robots as they jump across gaps in the terrain.
Cubli – A Cube That Can Jump up, Balance, and Walk Across Your Desk
This new version is self contained with respect to power and uses three slightly modified bicycle brakes instead of the metal barriers used in the previous version.
This new version is self contained with respect to power and uses three slightly modified bicycle brakes instead of the metal barriers used in the previous version.
Robots4Humanity in Next Society, Robots and Us
An exploration of Inclusive Robotics.
An exploration of Inclusive Robotics.
Robots That Feel by Seeing
While modern cameras provide machines with a very well-developed sense of vision, robots still lack such a comprehensive solution for their sense of touch.
While modern cameras provide machines with a very well-developed sense of vision, robots still lack such a comprehensive solution for their sense of touch.
Fostering Ethical Thinking in Computing
Traditional computer scientists and engineers are trained to develop solutions for specific needs, but aren’t always trained to consider their broader implications.
Traditional computer scientists and engineers are trained to develop solutions for specific needs, but aren’t always trained to consider their broader implications.