Tag: researchers
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Nvidia CEO donates $50 million to Oregon State University, which promptly builds a $200 million supercomputing center
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang and his wife, Lori, have donated $50 million to their alma mater, Oregon State University, to advance research in AI, climate science and robotics. The university will use the donation to build an engineering complex with an AI supercomputer to help students and faculty address some of the world’s…
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MIT scientists find new way to help robots handle fluids
Researchers create new simulation tool for robots to manipulate complex fluids in a step towards helping robots more effortlessly assist with daily tasks that deal with liquids Imagine you’re enjoying a picnic by a riverbank on a windy day. (Why you chose to do this on a windy day was your own poor decision). A…
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Columbia scientists build ‘highly dexterous robot hand that can operate in the dark – just like humans’
Columbia university engineers design a robot hand (video below) that is the first device of its kind to join advanced sense of touch with motor-learning algorithms – it doesn’t rely on vision to manipulate objects Think about what you do with your hands when you’re home at night pushing buttons on your TV’s remote control,…
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Drones navigate unseen environments with liquid neural networks
MIT researchers exhibit a new advancement in autonomous drone navigation, using brain-inspired liquid neural networks that excel in out-of-distribution scenarios In the vast, expansive skies where birds once ruled supreme, a new crop of aviators is taking flight. These pioneers of the air are not living creatures, but rather a product of deliberate innovation: drones.…
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ETH scientists create one-wheel robot that balances with only a single reaction wheel
Robotics specialists from a group led by ETH professor Raffaello D’Andrea have created a new, cube-shaped robot that can balance on its pivot and compensate for external disturbances. What makes the One-Wheel Cubli unique? Unlike its predecessors, it only requires a single reaction wheel. It was almost ten years ago that researchers led by ETH…
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UCLA claims its humanoid robot footballer is ‘better than Messi’
Mechanical engineers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have developed a full-sized humanoid robot with “first-of-its-kind technology”. Named Artemis, for Advanced Robotic Technology for Enhanced Mobility and Improved Stability, the robot is scheduled to travel in July to Bordeaux, France, where it will take part in the soccer competition of the 2023 RoboCup, an…
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Automation in Construction: Researchers develop automated system to measure strain and acceleration of precast concrete structures
Reserarchers at Chung-Ang University, South Korea have developed a smart portable sensing system for monitoring precast structures during delivery. The multimetric portable system uses an IoT sensor to simultaneously measure strain and acceleration of the structures real-time during delivery. Precast concrete structures (PCS) reduce workforce dependency and construction time. However, they are subjected to vibrations…
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Robotic pollinator: A fairy-like robot flies by the power of wind and light
The loss of pollinators, such as bees, is a huge challenge for global biodiversity and affects humanity by causing problems in food production. At Tampere University, researchers have now developed the first passively flying robot equipped with artificial muscle. Could this artificial fairy be utilised in pollination? The development of stimuli-responsive polymers has brought about…
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ABB robots help tackle Covid by automating testing, research and diagnostics
ABB Robotics has developed an automated neutralizing antibody testing system with the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) that is the most effective means of determining an individual’s immunity to various strains of Covid. Developed by ABB Robotics, Life Sciences and Healthcare Lab, located at the Texas Medical Center Campus in Houston, Texas, the system…
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Reinforcing the value of simulation: Teaching dexterity to a real robot hand
Nvidia researchers show how training in simulation enables the transfer of complex manipulation skills to a robot hand with project DeXtreme The human hand is one of the most remarkable outcomes of millions of years of evolution. The ability to pick up all sorts of objects and use them as tools is a crucial differentiator…