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Loughborough Academics Develop Robots To Care For Elderly

Apr 20, 2023 | Aging, Robots

Robots that look after frail elderly people in their homes are being developed by academics. The I’M-ACTIVE project is being worked on by experts at Loughborough University, in Leicestershire. The work looks at ways to install sensors to monitor vulnerable...

Robots In The Big Apple: Robo-Trash Cans Patrolling New York Plaza Make Friends, Creep Out Some

Apr 20, 2023 | Robots

Robots aren’t just lining up to do dangerous jobs such as helping police, fighting fires or assisting in disaster zones. They may wind up taking out the trash, too. Researchers at Cornell University recently deployed a pair of robotic trash cans in New...

NASA’s Snake-Like Robot Concept Could Search For Life On Saturn’s Moon

Apr 13, 2023 | Robots, Space

It is time to move over the traditional wheeled or legged robots. NASA has developed a robotic concept that sounds straight out of a science-fiction and has the potential to take space exploration to the next level. The US space agency has been working on...

3D-Printed Robot Hand Senses How To Grasp Objects

Apr 13, 2023 | Robots

Scientists have designed a 3D-printed robotic hand that can grasp and hold objects using the correct amount force. It was created by a team at the University of Cambridge who fitted 16 sensors to the device that enabled it to “sense” what it was touching....

The Role Of High Payload Drones In Agriculture As Flying Robots

Apr 13, 2023 | Agriculture, Drones, Robots

Drones are being used for an ever widening range of agricultural applications enabled by new technology and diminishing regulatory constraints. Most current drone options are small, battery powered units and when equipped with cameras or other sensors and they are...

NASA Releases Draft Strategy For Long-Term Robotic Mars Exploration

Mar 30, 2023 | Robots, Space

NASA has unveiled a draft strategy for long-term robotic exploration of Mars that emphasizes low-cost missions and potential commercial partnerships. At a meeting of two committees of the National Academies’ Space Studies Board March 29, Eric Ianson, director of the...