Engineers from four countries developed a small X-shaped ornithopter with a mass of 26 grams with controlled tail and energy-efficient mechanical transmission. Experiments have shown that the new transmission allows to increase the efficiency of flight by 40 percent compared Read more
Engineers from the UK, China and Egypt turned industrial manipulator robot in the student massage therapist. We can identify the desired motion, and then he will remember them and be able to apply on other people, while maintaining a comfortable Read more
The engineers at Facebook and the UCL Robotics has developed a robot that can lay fiber optic cables to provide remote and poor regions with high-speed Internet access. The Autonomous robot moves through existing power cables and pulls on them Read more
American engineers have developed a wearable camera for beetles. Its mass is less than a quarter of a gram excluding the battery: a load does not prevent the bug to move and balance. The camera can change the angle, turning Read more
American and Chinese engineers developed programmable soft manipulator with actuators of twisted and coiled nylon fibers. The engineers have refined the existing technology of manufacture of such actuators and now they do not have pre-tensioners. In addition, the new actuators Read more
Company Hello Robot presented robot rolling Stretch RE1 with manipulator designed for research projects in the field of robotics. It is unusual for this class of devices design: this is a small wheeled platform sized robot vacuum cleaner, which is Read more
American company Skydio presented X2 foldable quadcopter, designed for industrial and military use. As with previous models, the new drone is equipped with multiple cameras for fully Autonomous detection and avoidance of obstacles on your way. It also comes with Read more
The authorities of Dubai, the largest city of the United Arab Emirates passed a law Sky Dome, under which the development of the city’s network of unmanned cargo and passenger routes, and a network konopatov. As written by Aviation Week, Read more
Israeli engineers have experienced a small odnostoronnego robot, placing it in pig intestines. Reducing wave motion mechanism, he was able to crawl along the walls. Many types of diagnostics of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are carried out with the Read more
Scientists from the UK, taught a robot to carry out chemical experiments using standard laboratory equipment and glassware. He moves through the lab on a wheeled platform with lidar and working with the tools blindly, realizing their position using high-precision Read more