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Robotics & UAVs

Driving robots perform NASCAR crash test on track

Sci-Fi Eye: Touching the future

The robot chef tasted nine different variations of scrambled eggs and tomatoes at three different stages of the chewing process, and produced ‘taste maps’ of the different dishes

Robot chef trained to develop a taste for seasoning

Engineered Arts latest humanoid robot Ameca

Imitation game: Behind the scenes at Cornish robot specialist Engineered Arts

Dr. John Madden and Yuta Dobashi with one of the hydrogel sensors

Piezoionic effect makes sense for ionic skins

Highly integrated flexible microelectronic 3D sensorics perceive movement of fine hairs on artificial skin

Artificial hairs provide added sensitivity to e-skin

COBRA repair robot set for human surgery

Offshore friction stir welding robot passes design milestone

3D printed fingertip offers skin-like tactility

Robocrop project improves crop yields and cuts costs

The image shows a life-size model of part of a bronchial tree built from anatomical data. A section of the magnetic tentacle robot is seen on the right (Image: Leeds University)

Magnetic tentacle robot navigates smallest bronchial tubes

Subjects were instructed to perform reach-and-grasp movements to designate the locations of the target in three-dimensional space. (a) Subjects A and B were provided the visual cue as a real tennis ball at one of four pseudo-randomised locations. (b) Subjects A and B were provided the visual cue as a virtual reality clip showing a sequence of five stages of a reach-and-grasp movement (Image: KAIST)

Neural signals decoded to control robotic arm