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Retroreflective Material Helps Robots to Analyze Surroundings
LUXEMBOURG, May 3, 2021 — A material developed and introduced by researchers at the University of Luxembourg will help robots analyze and understand their surroundings. The material relies on hardened retroreflective spheres made from cholesteric liquid crystals, which turn into a solid state by the process of polymerization. According to team members led by Jan Lagerwall, principal investigator of the study and a professor in the Department of Physics and Materials Science, the material can be used to introduce
Lasers Allow Mass-Producible Microscopic Robots to Walk
ITHACA, N.Y., Sept. 1, 2020 — A collaboration led by Cornell University has created microscopic robots with semiconductor components that allow them to be controlled and made to walk with laser light and standard electronic signals. The robots are roughly the size of a...
NSF Grant to Advance Sensing and Imaging Technologies for Precision Agriculture
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 21, 2020 — With a five-year, $26 million grant, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has established the Engineering Research Center for the Internet of Things for Precision Agriculture (ERC IoT4Ag). The center, which is headquartered at the University of...
Researchers Call for Robots to Fight COVID-19
PITTSBURGH, March 23, 2020 — Robots conceivably could perform such tasks as disinfecting surfaces, taking temperatures of people in public areas and at ports of entry, providing social support for quarantined patients, collecting nasal and throat samples for testing, and...
The New-Collar Workforce in Industry 4.0
Nov 28, 2018 — In the U.S., as the concept of the smart factory becomes a reality, blue-collar jobs have been transitioning to digital, “new-collar” jobs and changing manufacturing. A key plank in President Donald Trump’s campaign platform called...
Crop-Counting, Gene-Finding Robot Wins Systems Paper Award
URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, Ill., July 31, 2018 — A robot developed by the University of Illinois to find genes for high-yielding, hearty traits in the DNA of crop plants was recognized with the best systems paper award at the Robotics: Science and Systems conference. Developed by the University of...
Surveillance Robots Share and Interpret Images
ITHACA, N.Y., April 19, 2017 — A new system that allows a team of robots to share and interpret information as they move around could enable these same robots to relieve humans of dangerous jobs such as disposing of landmines, cleaning up after a nuclear meltdown or surveying the...
Additive Manufacturing from EOS Aids in European Collaboration to Develop Humanoid Robot
KRAILLING, Germany, March 1, 2017 — Additive manufacturing technology developer Electro Optical Systems (EOS) GmbH has helped further the Roboy project, a European collaboration led by the Swiss Devanthro Society and the Technical University of Munich, to develop humanoid robots with...
Far-Infrared Cameras and Drones Turn Construction Vehicle Into Disaster-Relief Robot
OSAKA, Japan, Jan. 25, 2017 — A group of Japanese researchers have developed a prototype construction robot for disaster relief situations equipped with far-infrared ray cameras and the ability to deploy a drone. This prototype has drastically improved operability and mobility...
New Robot Comes to Its Senses
Jun 14, 2016 — Robot design is often anthropocentric — the artificial agents have limbs, features and form factors analagous to our own. Surely the human body is a well-designed system, but now researchers are improving robot sensitivity by moving beyond the...
Inuitive Licenses Ceva Processor
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 9, 2016 — Fabless semiconductor company Inuitive Ltd. has licensed and deployed the CEVA-XM4 intelligent vision digital signal processor from signal processing IP licensor Ceva Inc. for its next-generation, augmented reality and computer vision...
Adept Technology Names Halio CFO
PLEASANTON, Calif., Oct. 7, 2013 — Adept Technology Inc., a provider of intelligent robots and autonomous mobile solutions, has named Seth Halio chief financial officer, effective Oct. 3. Halio, who received a Bachelor of Science in business administration from Bucknell...
Vision helps robots help you
Aug 1, 2013 — The robot extracts information from the videos on human motion and poses, and how these relate to objects and activities. Based on that information, it computes the probability for future human action in similar scenarios. Roomba may keep your...
Microactuator flexes under laser light
BERKELEY, Calif. – A microscale actuator that flexes like a tiny beckoning finger under a burst of laser light may point toward practical applications in artificial muscles, microfluidics and drug delivery. The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)...
Microactuator Flexes Under Laser Light
BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 17, 2012 — A microscale actuator that flexes like a tiny beckoning finger under a burst of laser light may point toward practical applications in artificial muscles, microfluidics and drug delivery.
Wearable sensor maps disasters on the fly
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A wearable sensor system that includes a stripped-down gaming camera and a laser rangefinder could give emergency responders a hand by digitally mapping hazardous environments on the fly. Developed at MIT, the device builds on previous research into...
Wearable Sensor Maps Disaster Areas on the Fly
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 26, 2012 — A wearable sensor system that includes a stripped-down gaming camera and a laser rangefinder could give emergency responders a boost by digitally mapping hazardous environments on the fly.
Virtual zones safeguard robots, co-workers
MAGDEBURG, Germany – A new imaging system monitors workplace environments to help employees and industrial robots, which typically work separately, to collaborate more closely on assembly jobs. Robots that assist humans at work are enclosed by a protective barrier. To...
Ford Invests in Robotic Laser Inspection
Aug 1, 2011 — Automotive manufacturer Ford Motor Company, based in Dearborn, Mich., is investing approximately $100 million globally in robotic plant laser inspection technology that improves finish and reduces wind noise in vehicles. Ford of Europe GmbH of...
Robotic navigation aids the visually impaired
LOS ANGELES – A robot vision-based mobility aid that was shown a year ago is now being further developed to help the visually impaired navigate city streets, neighborhoods, offices and other complex locations. This robotic navigation system has a binocular...
Ford Invests $100M in Robotic Laser, Vision Tech
COLOGNE, Germany, June 3, 2011 — Ford of Europe and Ford North America announced they will head a project to install robotic plant laser inspection technology in 17 assembly plants globally, a planned investment of approximately $100 million (€70 million), to improve fit and...
On the Road with Junior: A tale of optics and driverless cars
Oct 15, 2010 — Once accessible only to the likes of David Hasselhoff and Batman, autonomous driving is now finding its way into a range of consumer vehicles. Here, in following a car named Junior and its various progeny, we trace the recent history of driverless...
Getting Insight into Insect Sight
BIELEFELD, Germany, August 10, 2010 — Despite their tiny brains, bees have remarkable navigation capabilities based on their vision. Now scientists have recreated a lightweight imaging system that mimics a honeybee’s field of view, which could change the way we build mobile robots...
Robotic Automation for Solar Cell Manufacturing
Jun 7, 2010 — The global photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing community is on the cusp of a resurgence in investment, development and innovation, a revolution that largely will be driven by technology. It is vital to find the most effective – and most...
Future Visions, Near and Far Sighted
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 14, 2009 -- Kicked off with a bit of laser-driven music and the typical National Instruments flair, NIWeek 2009, the worldwide conference on measurement and automation held last week, had something for everybody – but the real vision news is probably a few...
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