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UBC Engineers Get Under the Skin / Ionic Skin

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In the quest to build smart skin that mimics the sensing capabilities of natural skin, ionic skins have shown significant advantages. They’re made of flexible, biocompatible hydrogels that use ions to carry an electrical charge. In contrast to smart skins..

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Robot Types

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Scientists say they have witnessed a type of replication not previously seen in organic robots created in a laboratory using frog cells. Researchers hope that someday these xenobots, described by the same team in an article published nearly two years..

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Robot Memory compared to Human Memory and Emotion

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Automation is no longer just a problem for those working in manufacturing. Physical labor was replaced by robots; mental labor is going to be replaced by AI and software. Andrew Yang Robot Memory VS Human Memory Memory is one of..

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Robots learn household tasks by watching humans

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It failed at first, missing the handle completely at times, grabbing it in the wrong spot or pulling it incorrectly. But after a few hours of practice, the robot succeeded and opened the door. “Imitation is a great way to..

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It’s not manipulators, despite whatever you may have heard

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The obvious question here is how exactly Grace and Carter are different from existing AMRs, because at first glance, a lot of this is stuff that other AMR companies already do—adaptable cloud-based software infrastructure, working in the same spaces as..

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An Easier Way to Teach Robots New Skills

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Researchers have developed a technique that enables a robot to learn a new pick-and-place task with only a handful of human demonstrations. With e-commerce orders pouring in, a warehouse robot picks mugs off a shelf and places them into boxes..

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Microrobot Collectives Display Versatile Movement Patterns

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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS), Cornell University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University have developed collectives of microrobots which can move in any desired formation. The miniature particles are capable of reconfiguring their swarm behavior quickly..

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