robotics
Robots with muscle memory can learn the same way toddlers do
Posted in Hardware on 13th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller
With a trio of soft, rubber pincers at its end, the bionic trunk could perform simple tasks like plucking produce off the vine and opening doors.
How these social robots are helping autistic kids
Posted in Hardware on 9th Mar, 2014
by Alex Muller
Researchers found that autistic children are more comfortable looking at a robot than a human therapist.
Foxconn's Pivot to America: Reverse Outsourcing With Robots
Posted in Business on 24th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
Foxconn said they would replace a million Chinese workers with robots. Now, the firm says they plan to transfer capital-intensive and high-tech manufacturing to the US.
World's strongest robot muscles made from everyday fishing line
Posted in Hardware on 22nd Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
For roughly a thousandth the cost of carbon nanotube muscles, fishing line muscle is capable of lifting objects 100 times heavier than natural muscle of the same size.
Amazon electric fish inspire underwater robotics
Posted in Science on 16th Feb, 2014
by Alex Muller
Electric fish from South America are opening up new ideas in robotics.