Archive 14.06.2024

A fully edible robot could soon end up on our plate if we overcome some technical hurdles, say EPFL scientists involved in RoboFood—a project which aims to marry robots and food.

A team of roboticists at the University of Tokyo has taken a new approach to autonomous driving—instead of automating the entire car, simply put a robot in the driver's seat. The group built a robot capable of driving a car and tested it on a real-world track. They also published a paper describing their efforts on the arXiv preprint server.

South Korea has Almost 7x more Robot Workers than the Global Average; the United States and Most European Countries are Far Behind

Claire chatted to Simone Schuerle from ETH Zürich all about microrobots, medicine and science.

Simone Schuerle is Assistant Professor at ETH Zurich in Switzerland, where she heads the Responsive Biomedical System Lab. With her team, she develops diagnostic and therapeutic systems at the nano- and microscale with the aim of tackling a range of challenging problems in medicine. One major focus of her current research is addressing limitations in drug delivery through scalable magnetically enhanced drug transport. In 2014, she co-founded the spin-off MagnebotiX that offers electromagnetic control systems for wireless micromanipulation.

Artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can play games with humans have become increasingly advanced and have already been deployed by countless videogame developers worldwide. Most of these systems, however, are designed to compete against humans online, on digital platforms and in virtual environments, as opposed to physically in the real-world.

Researchers have developed a technique that allows artificial intelligence (AI) programs to better map three-dimensional spaces using two-dimensional images captured by multiple cameras. Because the technique works effectively with limited computational resources, it holds promise for improving the navigation of autonomous vehicles.

Harvestance has received numerous inquiries for the design and manufacture of customized, lightweight, and strong grippers for collaborative robots, aimed at automating production lines.

SoR announces the latest Axon series microcontroller, this time with built-in wireless ZigBee and uSD card support.

SoR announces the 6th Robot Tutorial Contest. Create a tutorial video using the Axon microcontroller, and win either $100 or a free Axon!

Offline version of Axon series datasheets - for those emergency situations when you don't have internet access.

The first Android calculator app designed for robot engineers.

How to use a microcontroller to measure a (Frankenstorm) hurricane.

Learn how to give your Axon powered robot basic voice recognition.

Learn how to send a robot to space.

Learn how to write and publish your science paper.