MIT engineers have created soft, 3-D-printed structures whose movements can be controlled with a wave of a magnet, much like marionettes without the strings. The menagerie of structures that can be…
Category: Robots
“Blind” Cheetah 3 Robot can climb Stairs littered with Obstacles
MIT’s Cheetah 3 robot can now leap and gallop across rough terrain, climb a staircase littered with debris, and quickly recover its balance when suddenly yanked or shoved, all while essentially…
Beaver-inspired Robot to deal with Rough Terrain
Autonomous robots excel in factories and other manmade spaces, but they struggle with the randomness of nature.o help these machines overcome uneven terrain and other obstacles, University at Buffalo researchers have…
Personalized “deep learning” equips robots for autism therapy
Children with autism spectrum conditions often have trouble recognizing the emotional states of people around them — distinguishing a happy face from a fearful face, for instance. To remedy this, some…
Controlling Robots with Brainwaves and Hand Gestures
By monitoring brain activity, the system can detect in real-time if a person notices an error as a robot does a task. Using an interface that measures muscle activity, the person…