Category: Nanowerk Robotics

New research reveals a scalable technique that uses synthetic data to improve the accuracy of AI models that recognize images.

With the help of artificial intelligence, researchers have succeeded in designing synthetic DNA that controls the cells’ protein production.

New system can teach a group of cooperative or competitive AI agents to find an optimal long-term solution.

Although blockchain is best known for securing digital currency payments, researchers are using it to track a different kind of exchange:?It’s the first time blockchain has ever been used to … Read More

Researchers make progress toward groups of robots that could build almost anything, including buildings, vehicles, and even bigger robots.

Researchers have developed a new model to describe how biological or technical systems form complex structures without external guidance.

Inspired by the biomechanics of the manta ray, researchers have developed an energy-efficient soft robot that can swim more than four times faster than previous swimming soft robots.

A new type of reconfigurable, scalable, low power hardware security device with high resilience to AI attacks has been developed by researchers using phase-change materials.

Researchers simplified the process of producing soft microrobots powered by biomolecular motor muscles by 3D-printing the constituent modules, including actuators and grabbers, in situ. This work may lead to significant … Read More

Researchers have designed a robotic system that enables a low-cost and relatively small legged robot to climb and descend stairs nearly its height; traverse rocky, slippery, uneven, steep and varied … Read More

It may be possible to use electrostatic actuators in artificial muscles thanks to research that makes use of ferroelectric materials to create an electrostatic actuator that can generate a strong … Read More

This manual is designed to allow the reader to develop a multidisciplinary vision of robotics. It is intended for those who wish to dive headfirst into the technical universe of … Read More

Researchers have developed the first mini-robot that can find its own way independently through networks of narrow pipes underground, to inspect any damage or leaks.

What if a robot could organize your closet or chop your vegetables? A sous chef in every home could someday be a reality.

Researchers use AI to teach robots to make appropriate reactive human facial expressions, an ability that could build trust between humans and their robotic co-workers and care-givers.

The technology uses tactile sensing to identify objects underground, and might one day help disarm land mines or inspect cables.

Engineers have developed a predictive control model that allows swarms of drones to fly in cluttered environments quickly and safely. It works by enabling individual drones to predict their own … Read More

A spray-on magnetic coat turns any object into a robot controlled by a magnetic field. The biocompatible robots can walk, crawl and roll, and switch motions on demand.

Computational model precisely replicates eye and finger movements of touchscreen users – could lead to better auto-correct and keyboard usability for unique needs.

Scientists develop a 3D printing-compatible strategy to actuate millimeter-scale robots using genetically modified biomolecular machinery.

At issue is something called elastohydrodynamic lubrication friction, which is the friction that occurs when two solid surfaces come into contact with a thin layer of fluid between them.

A team of scientists has developed a system with which they can fabricate miniature robots building block by building block, which function exactly as required. As one would do with … Read More

Researchers propose a novel auditory perception based feature for extracting emotions from human speech using neural networks.

Researchers have applied 3D bioprinting and engineering design for the development of biobots at the cm. range that can swim and coast like fishes, with unprecedented velocities.

Working safely is not only about processes, but context ? understanding the work environment and circumstances, and being able to predict what other people will do next. A new system … Read More

Researchers demonstrate a wheeled robot that can navigate its environment without a computer. By having the left and right wheels of the robot powered by different units, they show a … Read More

Artificial living organisms can work together in swarms and record information.

Electronics-free DraBot uses air pressure, microarchitectures and self-healing hydrogels to watch for changes in pH, temperature and oil.

Researchers study the expressiveness of android faces using motion capture cameras and identify ways in which they still lack the complexity of real human reactions, which may help guide future … Read More

Researchers created micron-sized robots that could enable locomotion, novel metamaterial design and high-fidelity sensors.