Robots collect underwater litter
The robot of the SeaClear Project is able to detect and collect underwater litter. Credit:...
Drone flight trials in Poland bring EU-wide urban air mobility a step closer
Credit: FIO CRACHO, Shutterstock An initial series of test flights with drones has been launched...
Engineers bring a soft touch to commercial robotics
Inspired by the dexterity of a human hand, the NUS team has developed a hybrid...
Flexible tentaclelike robotic manipulators inspired by nature
Flexible tentaclelike manipulators driven by air pressure and inspired by nature designed to grasp and...
Researchers create a highly sensitive biohybrid olfactory sensor
Schematic diagrams showing the network of tubes and channels that make up the VOC sensor....
To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language
New research suggests that reading computer code does not rely on the regions of the...
The future of autonomous aircraft
Ella Atkins, professor of aerospace engineering, shows off one of her quadcopters at the new...
Data Action: Seeing the values behind the numbers
MIT urban planning professor Sarah Williams’ new book, “Data Action,” outlines ways of using big...
Raptor-inspired drone with morphing wing and tail
Enrico Ajanic with the raptor-inspired drone developped at EPFL. Credit: 2020 EPFL/Alain Herzog The northern...
Energy-generating synthetic skin for affordable prosthetic limbs and touch-sensitive robots
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new type of energy-generating synthetic skin could create more affordable...