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Whether we’ve watched athletes do it or had the misfortune to experience it ourselves, ‘choking’ at an important moment when the pressure is on comes down to more than mental fortitude. For the first time, scientists have uncovered a set of neurons tha… Continue reading Choking under pressure: Brain neurons misfire when the stakes are highest
A new materials technique has taken cues from Grandma’s yarn bag and cutting-edge technology, and it could see us ‘solid knitting’ whole furniture sets, as well as the fabrics that cover them. What’s more, it can be unraveled to use again in a complete… Continue reading Innovative ‘solid knitting’ machine builds 100% reconfigurable objects
Scientists have created a four-legged bio-inspired robot that climbs like no other. It clings to rough vertical surfaces utilizing a unique mechanism that is highly effective, yet at the same time relatively simple.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, T… Continue reading Clever rock-climbing robot channels its inner insect (and marsupial)
Shift Robotics began as a Carnegie Mellon spin-off, its first product was funded by Kickstarter so do not dismiss them as just another set of strap-on electric roller skates.Continue ReadingCategory: Urban Transport, TransportTags: Moonwalker, Carnegie… Continue reading Moonwalkers robotic shoes speed walk to market at $1,400
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers have developed H2O – Human2HumanOid – a reinforcement learning-based framework that allows a full-sized humanoid robot to be teleoperated by a human in real-time using only an RGB camera. Which begs the ques… Continue reading How blue-collar workers will train the humanoids that take their jobs
Ordinarily, when there’s a leak in an underground natural gas pipeline, the affected section of pipe has to be excavated and replaced. Soon, however, a pipe-inspecting and -repairing modular robot may make doing so unnecessary.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Resin-slinging robot could repair gas pipelines from the inside
Walking bipedal robots excel at tasks such as traversing uneven terrain, but because they’re so mechanically complex, they can’t be made very small. That could soon change, however, thanks to the development of the Mugatu robot.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Mugatu bipedal robot takes a radically simplified approach to walking
Pleurocystitid was a marine organism that existed almost 450 million years ago, long before the first dinosaurs. Scientists have now built a soft-bodied robotic replica of it, which could inspire new methods of locomotion for future robots.Continue Rea… Continue reading Prehistoric sea creature gets reborn as a soft-bodied robot
While it’s important for dermatologists to know just how itchy a person’s skin is, patients’ self-assessments tend to be quite subjective. A new wearable sensor could help, by objectively measuring the frequency and intensity of its user’s scratching s… Continue reading Finger-worn device designed to objectively quantify itchiness
The spotted lanternfly is a serious invasive pest in some parts of the US, causing considerable damage to crops such as apples, grapes and hops. That’s why it’s important to destroy the insect’s eggs – which is exactly what the TartanPest robot is desi… Continue reading Student-designed robot gives crop-eating insects’ eggs the brush-off