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New version of an underwater robot shaped like an airplane

Underwater slide has some similarities to it through the air. A vehicle capable of “planning” in the water can save a lot of propulsive power. This is critical for autonomous aquatic robots that...

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Towards the robots aware of their own limitations

To achieve true multipurpose robots, able for example to help with housework routine and adjusting to the lifestyle of every home, first you have to get these robots are well aware of their own...

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FuVe-E: water and air robotics

Formerly science fiction a reality today, robots progress day after day, and the figure of roboticist are becoming harder. The Association FuVe-E (Future Vehicles and Entrepreneurs), is a great example...

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Trusting a robot, a difficult psychological question

Although proven beyond all doubt that the operation of a given robot is completely safe and poses no risk to the people living side by side, initially wary of an entity that appears to be inherent in...

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New generation of robots that will auto adapt to the environment

Rodney Brooks, famous for his pioneering work creating insectoid robots at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of, Cambridge, United States), and later by the success of domestic robots of the company iRobot...

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New brain surgery robot with superhuman precision

The precision of the human hand of the surgeon is not infinite. Certain surgeries involve manipulating extremely small areas of the human body are already benefiting from the “fingers” of specialized...

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To robots aqueous gels made with soft

A new technique is able to create devices made largely of hydrogels which can be twisted at will, to the extent they can be used as pliers or robotic fingers for catching, manipulate and release...

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Robot to inspect high-voltage power lines

Directly inspect high-voltage power lines can be dangerous due to the risk of electric shock as by a fall from the heights. So let’s use specialized robots spare many of the most dangerous to human...

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Flying robot resistant to collisions

Gimball is a small, lightweight robot that gives air, like flying insects, does not suffer damage or crashes to the ground simply by colliding with an obstacle. The team of Adrien Briod and Przemyslaw...

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Locomotion system for underwater robots inspired by penguins

Penguins have a clumsy gait and ungainly so much that people find quite comical. However, when the penguins dive in the water go to navigate it with such precision and speed, described them as...

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Robot learning from their contact with humans

Conventional industrial robots of today, such as the assembly of automobiles, have nothing to deserve to be called brain have only memory. An operator program the robot to perform the steps to the...

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Robots working on computer in unpredictable situations

In experiments with very similar to the popular Roomba robots, has been achieved, through special software, enable them to work as a team without a centralized control and coordinating between them...

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Ultrafast robotic arm capable of picking up objects in flight

A new robot is capable of reacting with remarkable immediacy and grasp objects with complex shapes and paths in less than 5 hundredths of a second. In many of these cases, a human it would be difficult...

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Communication with robots by human gestures

A research team are programming robots to be able to communicate with people using gestures and body language own humans, an important step towards the introduction of humanoid robots in homes step....

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