Watch swarms of “ant-like” robots conquer obstacles and carry heavy loads
Robots lifting and object. Credit: Device/Yang and Won et al. South Korean scientists have developed swarms of tiny magnetic robots ...
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Imitation learning framework improves loco-manipulation skills of quadruped robots in the wild
A robotic dog picking up a tennis ball from a lawn. Credit: Yuchen Song/UC San Diego. Quadruped robots incorporating manipulators ...
Mastering physical contact with a new algorithm for robots
Credit: DAIR Laboratory Penn Engineers has developed a new algorithm that allows robots to respond to complex physical contact in ...
New data augmentation algorithm could facilitate skills transfer between robots
Starting from robot images, RoVi-Aug uses state-of-the-art diffusion models to augment the data and generate synthetic images with different robots ...
Electricity-free circuit helps free up space for robots to ‘think,’ scientists say
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public domain Engineers have discovered for the first time how to give complex instructions to robots without electricity, ...
Miniature robots in convoy carry endoscopic instrument for microsurgery
Schematic illustration of a TrainBot carrying a surgical instrument through the bile duct for an endoscopic procedure. a) Insertion of ...
New method allows robots to map a scene, identify objects in order to accomplish a set of tasks
MIT's Clio works in real time to map task-relevant objects in a robot's environment, allowing the robot (Boston Dynamic's Spot ...
A computational approach could continuously teach robots new skills through dialogue
An example of running our framework in the user study where a user asks a robot to make a sandwich, ...
Combining soft artificial muscles with a rigid, magnetic exoskeleton to create building blocks for versatile robots
HEXEL modules snap together to form a long-stroke muscle and multimodal network. Credit: Zachary Yoder / MPI-IS Ellen Rumley / ...
Task planning framework supports collaborative furniture assembly between humans and robots
Schematic of a complete flow to achieve a collaborative furniture assembly. This work focuses on the components highlighted in red. ...
