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Robotics & UAVs

US doctor performs telesurgery on patient in Africa

Sectors that could benefit from AEON include automotive, aerospace, transportation, manufacturing, warehousing, and logistics

Hexagon launches AI-powered humanoid robot

The F-TAC dexterous hand performing 33 different human grasp types

F-TAC robotic hand enables human-like grasp

Pipebot for rising mains

Collaboration develops Pipebots to find and fix leaks from water pipes

Scientists have developed a low-cost, durable, highly-sensitive robotic ‘skin’ that can be added to robotic hands like a glove, enabling robots to detect information about their surroundings in a way that’s similar to humans

Flexible robotic skin brings sense of touch to robots

Elizabeth Blackert, a Rice University doctoral alumna who is the first author on the study published in Advanced Intelligent Systems

Laser beams power and guide soft robotic arm

UK startup taps AI and robotics to solve housing crisis

Artist's impression of a lunar Max space habitation

The technologies that will underpin a sustainable long-term future in space

Robots could assemble space infrastructure without humans

Soft machines are made from compliant materials and have potential for use in nuclear decommissioning

Flex Printer builds walking soft robots without electronics

By controlling the chirality of the coiled springs, the direction of actuation could be reversibly designed

Light-powered artificial muscle works in water

Ten of Aurrigo’s autonomous vehicles now operating across the world

Swissport and Aurrigo launch autonomous ground handling pilot