Robotics & UAVs

Suction cups using suction intelligence to grasp object

Octopus-inspired soft robot uses suction intelligence to sense and act

Six of multiple possible assistance scenarios with a prototype of a new robot being developed at MIT. Top row: getting into/out of a bathtub, bending down to reach objects, and catching a fall. Bottom row: powered sit-to-stand transition from a toilet, lifting a person from the floor, and walking assistance

E-BAR robot prevents falls and improves home mobility for elderly

Nematodes can jump up to 20 times their body length

Nematodes inspire multi-terrain jumping soft robot

Made Smarter is offering match-funded grants of up to £20,000 to help SMEs adopt advanced technologies

Tech grants available for North West SME manufacturers

UK radio wave weapon takes down drone swarms

The robot systems cost between £500,000 and £1.5m and are typically found in specialist centres

NICE approves 11 robotic surgery systems

Extended reality enables off-site aircraft inspection

Auto-DollyTug at work at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport

Aurrigo tech set for lift off after validation in Amsterdam

Survival simulations could assist search and rescue

Surface vessel and autonomous underwater robot undergoing trials in Heriot Watt University's wave tank facility

Comment: How robotics is transforming offshore wind maintenance and cutting carbon emissions

Nine T-150s will conduct ship resupply logistics for UK Carrier Strike Group ships

Royal Navy embarks heavy lift drones for ship-to-ship resupply logistics

Auto-Cargo can move a total payload of 16,500kg

The Engineer Q&A: Aurrigo CEO David Keene, the man that likes to say ‘yes’