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Disney’s one-legged untethered hopping robot
by Robohub Editors Research & Innovation Learn October 12, 2016 Disney Research presents their design and control for an untethered, energetically autonomous single-legged hopping robot. While this...
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Wyss Institute: Bioprinted Kidney Subunits Offer Future Potential for Testing...
Although 3D printing has truly earned its title as a revolutionary technology that will indeed change the way we do so many things worldwide—in nearly every industry—many have pointed out that change...
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Soft robots that mimic human muscles
Science News from research organizations Date: Source: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Summary: Robots are usually expected to be rigid, fast and efficient. But researchers have turned that...
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Prisons try to stop drones from delivering drugs, porn and cellphones to inmates
Prison inmates, a remarkably ingenious bunch, are disrupting long-standing methods of smuggling drugs, porn and cellphones the same way online retailers hope to one day deliver socks and underwear to...
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My new robot friend Kobi loves to mow the lawn and plow snow
Kobi is a modular robot that’s basically a Roomba for snow and leaves. It’ll mulch grass and leaves, throw snow into a dedicated area, and mow the lawn. You have to define its physical boundaries...
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There is a blind spot in AI research
This week, the White House published its report on the future of artificial intelligence (AI) — a product of four workshops held between May and July 2016 in Seattle, Pittsburgh, Washington DC and New...
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Brain-Implant Allows Man to Feel Touch on Robotic Hand
At the end of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker feels when a needle pricks his newly-installed bionic hand. Researchers report today in the journal Science Translational...
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First Lady Michelle Obama live in Manchester, New Hampshire
Find out why Loading... Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Streamed live 1 hour agoFirst Lady Michelle Obama...
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We'll Soon Trust AI More Than Doctors to Diagnose Disease
It probably goes without saying, but medicine has improved a lot in modern times. No one would willingly go back to the days of sketchy anesthetics and experimental surgery. We know a lot more about...
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This Robot Can Do More Push-Ups Because It Sweats
When we use our muscles, they produce heat as a byproduct. When we use them a lot, we need to actively cool them, which is why we sweat. Sweating is the act of pumping water out of our bodies, and as...
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Facebook, Microsoft, and IBM Leaders on Challenges for AI and Their AI...
Late last month, Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM, and Microsoft announced that they will create a non-profit organization called Partnership on Artificial Intelligence. At the White House Frontiers...
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Neural implants and robot arms allow paralyzed man to feel again
After breaking his neck more than a decade ago, Nathan Copeland has finally regained his sense of touch. The only catch is that those feeling are fake -- artificially generated by a robotic arm and an...
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Cool Project: VEX IQ Smart Radio and iOS
Our friend, Simon Burfield, put together a fantastic tutorial on how to get the your VEX IQ brain transferring data with your bluetooth enabled smartphone using the VEX Smart Radio and ROBOTC. Who...
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NASA’s Gecko-Inspired Robots Can Climb Pretty Much Anything
Oh, space. You’re so hard to explore. Sometimes you bombard spacecrafts with hurtling rocks and deadly cosmic rays, and other times you’re so empty you don’t give astronauts a darn thing to hold on to....
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A Stanford Scientist’s Startling New Source for Painkillers
When a patient is in serious need of pain relief, doctors turn to strong opiates, painkillers that include morphine, oxycodone, pethidine, and tramadol. After surgery or major injury, they help a...
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English man spends 11 hours trying to make cup of tea with Wi-Fi kettle
All Mark Rittman wanted was a cup of tea. Little did he know he would have to spend 11 hours waiting for his new hi-tech kettle to boil the water. Rittman, a data specialist who lives in Hove, England,...
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Anki's Cozmo robot is the new, adorable face of artificial intelligence
Human beings have an uneasy relationship with robots. We’re fascinated by the prospect of intelligent machines. At the same time, we’re wary of the existential threat they pose, one emboldened by...
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"AI is on the verge of changing everything" said Charlie Rose on...
In a quest to understand why and where all the billions of dollars are being spent on Artificial Intelligence (AI), Charlie Rose and the CBS 60 Minutes team took us on a journey to a cancel hospital in...
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See a sweating robot do push-ups it was Schwarzenegger
Wasn't it Thomas Edison who said genius was 99 percent perspiration and 1 percent inspiration? Here's a new development that leans heavily on both. The University of Tokyo has developed Kengoro, a...
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Video Friday: Robot Patrol, Tickling Machine, and More From IROS 2016
Goodbye, South Korea! IROS ended today in Daejeon, and we hope you’ve enjoyed our coverage so far (TurtleBot 3! Microspine gripper! Robots that sweat!). We wish we could write about every single...
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