A four-legged robot can handle real-world obstacles that require scrambling up and down or leaping sizeable gaps. AI training lets it adapt to new terrain it hasn’t seen before Source link
A machine-learning model worked out how to keep this robot stable on three legs while it uses one leg to open doors Philip Arm, Mayank Mittal, Hendrik Kolvenbach, and Marco Hutter/Robotic Systems Lab A robot dog can use a leg to open doors, press buttons and pick up rucksacks while balancing on its other three … Read more
The robot has a gold and iron core and is surrounded by a gold cage. DNA serves as its clutch. Jinwoo Cheon A nanoscale robot with a clutch can engage or disengage its engine, allowing for more precise control over its motion. It could be used to kill harmful cells. Tiny clutches already exist in … Read more
A wheeled robot set loose on a college campus has figured out how to open all kinds of doors and drawers while rolling around in the real world. The robot adapted to new challenges on its own – paving the way for machines capable of independently interacting with physical objects. “You want the robots to … Read more
A tiny, bipedal robot that combines muscle tissue with artificial materials can walk and turn by contracting its muscles. While biohybrid robots that crawl and swim have been built before with lab-grown muscle, this is the first such bipedal robot that can pivot and make sharp turns. It does this by applying electricity to one … Read more
iCub3 is a humanoid avatar that people can embody remotely Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia A humanoid robot can relay video and touch sensations to a person wearing haptic feedback gloves and a virtual reality (VR) headset hundreds of kilometres away, offering a way for people to attend events without travelling. The iCub 3 robot … Read more