The concept of the active exploration and reconstruction strategy. Credit: Nature Machine Intelligence (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s42256-025-01012-y Angiography is a widely used medical imaging technique that […]
Category: Robotics
A new robotic gripper made of measuring tape is sizing up fruit and veggie picking
The gripper can pick a wide variety of objects, including fruit. Credit: David Baillot/University of California San Diego It’s a game a lot of us […]
Study shows English-speaking robots can enhance parent-child dialogue
Home deployment of an integrated robot system. The integrated system consists of two main components: (A) The hardware setup including Jibo robot, Android tablet, web […]
Text2Robot platform leverages generative AI to design and deliver functional robots with just a few spoken words
Overview of the four steps in Text2Robot framework. Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2406.19963 When personal computers were first invented, only a small group of people […]
Insect-sized jumping robot can traverse challenging terrains and carry heavy payloads
The robot size compared to a human hand. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu4474. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu4474 Insect-scale robots can squeeze into places their larger counterparts can’t, […]
Tiny, soft robot flexes its potential as a lifesaver
These tiny robots use magnetism to move and explore tight spaces, potentially including disaster rubble or the human body. Credit: Jennifer M. McCann A tiny, soft, […]
Autonomous innovation to serve the greater good
RoboScout, Maryland’s entry in a competition run by the defense agency DARPA, would rapidly survey and assess injuries at sites of disasters or violence. The […]
Wheel-less helical ring-based soft robot can move reliably in all directions
Side view of the WHERE-Bot turning inside-out (everting) and moving toward the heavier side (left). Credit: Feng et al. Over the past decades, roboticists have […]
Brain-like computer steers rolling robot with 0.25% of the power needed by conventional controllers
Target-tracking rover navigation task. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu2663 A smaller, lighter and more energy-efficient computer, demonstrated at the University of Michigan, could help […]
Fruit flies are a major source of inspiration in robotics
Pavan Ramdy. Credit: EPFL/Alain Herzog, CC-BY-SA 4.0 Researchers at EPFL’s Neuroengineering Laboratory, led by Pavan Ramdya, aim to replicate the workings of the brain of […]