Research
If the ‘blogable item is research related, if it is part of a research project: at a university, at a company, by the Government of the X, or Republic of Y – it goes here.
By Dan on November 15, 2010
Robot is controlled entirely by lab grown rat brain cells. The team grows neurons on an electrode array, which via wireless (bluetooth) communication receives signals from the robot’s ultrasonic sensors.
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| Tagged AI, artificial intelligence, cyborg, neuron, New Robots, rat, research, robot, video, wireless
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By Dan on November 7, 2010
Using electricity in a robot hand to pick up objects! This new technology is called electroadhesive gripping, and it allows robots to grip a wide array of objects and surfaces. Traditionally, robots have had a hard time gripping objects because there are few good universal grippers. Most objects are very different from each other, with different textures, sizes, and physical properties. Using electroadhesion, grippers may be designed to pick up many more objects than previous robot grippers could.
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| Tagged climbing, electroadhesion, gripper, new
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By Dan on March 19, 2010
CMU Biorobotics Lab Shows Off Its “Unified Snake” Robot Sidewiding, Climbing Up A Pole, and Rolling. Carnegie Mellon University’s Biorobotics Lab shows off their new modular snake robot, Unified Snake. Watch as it climbs up a pole, performs rolls, and sidewinds.
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| Tagged biorobotics, climbing, cmu, modular, snake
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By Dan on February 20, 2010
MIT’s Firefly Robots Create Floating 3D Display From Colored Micro Helicopters.
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| Tagged 3D, display, firefly, floating, helicopter, microbot, MIT, swarm
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By Dan on December 13, 2009
These cyborg insects can be remotely controlled via a radio transmitter attached to the bug’s back. The insect is powered by Nickel-63, a radioactive isotope which is able to supply power for a small amount of electronics for up about 100 years. Too bad that bug won’t live that long!
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| Tagged aerial, cyborg, insect, nuclear, radioactive, remote, spy, surveillance
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By Dan on October 27, 2009
Interesting. This robotic hand is connected to nerve endings via electronic sensors. This allows the robotic hand and human to actually have some ability to feel what it is grasping.
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| Tagged hand, medical, nerves, robotics, sensors
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By Dan on October 13, 2009
TOTO the robot tracks thrown objects as part of a transportation by throwing research project. It uses cameras to lock on to the projectile and catch it.
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| Tagged aiming, automation, catching, throwing, TOTO, tracking
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By Dan on June 8, 2009
Programmable matter could be used to create shape-shifting robots capable of changing their shape and adapting to their environment.
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| Tagged DARPA, futuristic, programmable matter, shape shifting
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By Dan on June 5, 2009
The animals have super-hydrophobic legs. Hydrophobic, meaning, “water-fearing”, basically means there is a strong repulsion between the water and the hydrophobic surface.
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| Tagged insect, self-cleaning, super-hydrophobic, water
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By Dan on May 27, 2009
The main advantage of the chemical robots is that they do not need an electrical source of power. The robots gain energy through chemical reactions with their environment.
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| Tagged autonomous, chemical robots, New Robots
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