Engineering
Albatross robot takes flight
18 May 2018
Meet the electronic rescue dog
17 May 2018
Robot teaches itself how to dress people
15 May 2018
Improving 3-D printing of plastic parts
03 May 2018
Why a robot can't yet outjump a flea
28 Apr 2018
Robot autonomously assembles an IKEA chair
19 Apr 2018
The robot that comprises a 3D camera and two robotic arms equipped with grippers to pick up objects assembled an IKEA's Stefan chair in 8 minutes and 55 seconds
Flexible ultrasound patch could make it easier to inspect damage in odd-shaped structures
26 Mar 2018
What plants can teach us about oil spill clean-up, microfluidics
21 Mar 2018
A new study takes a cue from leaf structure to fabricate material that can separate oil spills — one of the worst manmade disasters with environmental and economic consequences
Texas company building 3D printed houses for $10,000
14 Mar 2018
Austin startup ICON has devised a method of mass producing small homes using a massive 3D printer in a process that the company claims will take just 12 to 24 hours to build a home
ESA’s new thruster uses air as fuel
09 Mar 2018
Robo-picker grasps and packs
22 Feb 2018
The `pick-and-place' system consists of a standard industrial robotic arm that the researchers outfitted with a custom gripper and suction cup controlled by an 'object-agnostic' grasping algorithm that enables the robot to assess a bin of random objects and determine the best way to grip or suction onto an item amid the clutter, without having to know anything about the object beforehand
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