Wired to locate and destroy landmines, the drone is equipped with infrared, RGB sensor and thermal meter along with a 21-megapixel camera with a mechanical shutter that can take high resolution pictures as well

Fractional calculus helps control systems hit their mark

26 Dec 2016

Mimicking biological movements with soft robots

20 Dec 2016

BMW, IBM in joint efforts to utilise Watson computing to design and build future cars

16 Dec 2016

Researchers develop robotic arm that can be controlled by their mind

16 Dec 2016

US college student develops prosthetic hand using 3D printing

13 Dec 2016

Engineers get under robot's skin to heighten senses

10 Dec 2016

Most robots achieve grasping and tactile sensing through motorised means, which can be excessively bulky and rigid. A Cornell University group has devised a way for a soft robot to feel its surroundings internally, in much the same way humans do

New 'printone' tool allows users to create 3-D printed wind instruments in any shape or form

06 Dec 2016

A new twist on airplane wing design

11 Nov 2016

The basic principle behind the new concept is the use of an array of tiny, lightweight structural pieces, which Gershenfeld calls “digital materials,” that can be assembled into a virtually infinite variety of shapes, much like assembling a structure from Lego blocks