Robotics

Video: Dexterous robot hand learns the delicate art of silk embroidery

Agilink, a spin-off of Chinese robotics giant AgiBot, asked Fu Xianghong, a master of traditional Suzhou embroidery, to train its OmniHand 3 Ultra. The...

MIT’s paper-thin robot swims using living cells and light

An MIT robot powered by a single layer of living muscle cells swam through a watery maze, following a light held in a researcher’s...

Infrared light powers soft robot to jump perpetually

Robots – that is, self-guided mechanisms interacting with or changing their environments – exist in the popular imagination as large, blocky, metallic beings like R2D2...

FDA clears Eve: world’s first self-balancing personal exoskeleton

A robotic suit that lets someone with a spinal-cord injury stand up, look a friend in the eye, or stir a pot on the...

Cyborg cockroaches deliver medication with needles

If you think that cockroaches are creepy and useless, we can prove you wrong. Well, at least the “useless” part.In recent years, cockroaches have...

Robotic fish uses body bending for quiet, scalable underwater exploration

Nature is undoubtedly the smartest engineer. Scientists have borrowed ideas from armadillos, elephants and birds to build robots capable of doing things that conventional...

Frog muscle powers new swimming robotic manta ray

Few things make the career jump from regional cuisine delicacy to robotics actuator. Yet, in research vaguely reminiscent of RoboCop, scientists have used skeletal...

Microduck robot teaches robotics with fun, hackable design

This cute little robot duck isn't actually a toy. It's actually a platform for budding roboticists to train on and develop skills. But heck,...

Robot dog delivers packages and ads for easier deliveries

Today, you can buy almost anything with a few clicks on your phone. Online shopping has created millions of small deliveries, and a lot...
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