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Robotics
Robotic technology from humanoid robots, remote robots, origami robots to industrial robots.
Do Robots Lie?
Researchers at Georgia Tech designed a driving simulation to investigate how intentional robot deception affects…
Robotic System is a Window into Bee Behavior
Bees are fascinating. EPFL researchers just developed a temperature-modulating robotic system for seamless…
ePower Stage ICs Simplify Design Across Power Budgets
Efficient Power Conversion (EPC) expanded its family of footprint-compatible ePower Stage ICs to boost power…
Metamaterial Lenses Target Consumer Electronics
Refractive lenses have been around forever—800 years, in fact. The basic architecture of lenses, however, may be…
Robots Impact Wellbeing at Work—Depending on Their Looks
Robots as mental well-being coaches in the workplace may be useful– but it depends on what the robot looks like.…
TI’s Chipset for Self-Cleaning Cameras and Sensors
Texas Instruments recently unveiled purpose-built semiconductors with ultrasonic lens cleaning (ULC) technology so…
Columbia Engineers Bring Robots Home
Columbia computer scientists and the Toyota Research Institute are making advanced home robots a reality. Robots…
What Do a Robot and an Octopus Have in Common?
Octopus arms have almost infinite degrees of freedom and perform complex movements such as reaching, grasping,…
Dandelion Seeds Inspire Creation of FAIRY—A Robot that can Fly
Stimuli-responsive polymers, materials capable of altering their chemical and/or physical properties in response to…
Soft Robots for Agility
Untethered soft robots mechanically adapt to their surroundings and tasks and are becoming more agile and…