Robots - Robotics - Autonomous Machines
Advancements in Robotics and Robots
Robotics
is a device consisting of a piece of
machinery that has moving
parts that perform some
function. A
mechanism that can be
programed to move
automatically.
Robot is
a constructed
replication of something that uses Robotics for the purpose
of
mimicking something else or achieving a task. Robots can be guided by
an external control device or the
control may be embedded within. Robots
may be constructed to
take on human form but most robots are machines
designed to perform a task with no regard to how they look.
Robots don't take Jobs
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Three Laws of Robotics
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Ethical
Robots -
Tesla Bot Optimus Gen 2 (youtube)
Atlas is
the world’s most dynamic humanoid robot, our fully electric Atlas robot is
designed for real-world applications.
Ai
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Half Man Half
Robot -
Bionic -
Robot
News -
Robotics Education -
Personal
Robots
Automaton is a moving
mechanical device
made in
imitation of a human being. A machine that performs a function
according to a
predetermined set of
coded instructions, especially one
capable of a range of
programmed responses to different circumstances.
Automaton is a
self-operating machine, or a
machine or control
mechanism designed to follow automatically a predetermined sequence of
operations, or respond to
predetermined instructions. Some automata, such
as bellstrikers in
mechanical clocks, are designed to give the
illusion to the casual observer that they are operating under their own
power.
Unmanned
Spacecraft -
Satellites
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Environmental Monitoring
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Telemetry
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Autonomous -
Remote
Control
Animatronics refers to the use of robotic devices to emulate a human
or an animal, or bring lifelike characteristics to an otherwise inanimate
object. A robot designed to be a convincing imitation of a human is more
specifically labeled as an
android. Modern
animatronics have found widespread applications in
movie special effects and theme
parks and have, since their inception, been primarily used as a spectacle
of amusement. Animatronics is a multi-disciplinary field which integrates
anatomy, robots,
mechatronics, and
puppetry resulting in lifelike animation. Animatronic figures are often
powered by
pneumatics,
hydraulics, and/or
by electrical means, and can be implemented using both
computer control and human
control, including
teleoperation. Motion actuators are often used to imitate muscle
movements and create realistic motions in limbs. Figures are covered with
body shells and flexible skins made of hard and soft plastic materials and
finished with details like colors, hair and feathers and other components
to make the figure more life like.
Humanoid is something
that has an appearance
resembling a
human
without actually being one. The earliest recorded use of the term, in
1870, referred to indigenous peoples in areas colonized by Europeans. By
the 20th century, the term came to describe fossils which were
morphologically similar, but not identical, to those of the human
skeleton.
For hundreds of years we have had imaginary friends,
then we made
dolls,
then we made talking dolls with a pull string, and
now we make talking
dolls with no strings. You could say that humans are advancing, but
not everyone is advancing. If we build intelligent robots like
Data from star trek, or like the
robot from lost in space, then maybe all humans could advance
together.
Ameca Advanced Humanoid Robot (video) - Designed as a platform
for AI and human robot interaction.
Apollo humanoid
robot is the first commercial robot that was designed for friendly
interaction, mass manufacturability, high payloads and safety. Apollo is 5
foot 8 inches tall and weighs 160 pounds. It can lift 55 pounds and will
cost around $50,000.
Humanoid Robot
is a robot with its body shape
built to resemble the human body. The
design may be for functional purposes, such as interacting with human
tools and environments, for experimental purposes, such as the study of
bipedal locomotion, or for other purposes. In general, humanoid robots
have a torso, a head, two arms, and two legs, though some forms of
humanoid robots may model only part of the body, for example, from the
waist up. Some humanoid robots also have heads designed to replicate human
facial features such as eyes and mouths.
Androids are humanoid robots
built to aesthetically resemble humans.
Android Robot is a humanoid robot or synthetic organism designed to
look and act like a human, especially one with a body having a flesh-like
resemblance. Historically, androids remained completely within the domain
of science fiction where they are frequently seen in film and television.
Only recently have advancements in robot technology allowed the design of
functional and realistic humanoid robots.
Human Operating System.
Uncanny Valley
is a hypothesized relationship between the degree of an object's
resemblance to a human being and the emotional response to such an object.
The concept suggests that humanoid objects which imperfectly resemble actual human beings
provoke uncanny or strangely familiar feelings of
eeriness and revulsion in observers. "Valley" denotes a dip in the human
observer's affinity for the replica, a relation that otherwise increases
with the replica's human likeness.
Health Industry Robotics
Robot-Assisted Surgery uses robotic systems to aid in
surgical procedures.
Robotically-assisted surgery was developed to overcome the limitations of
pre-existing minimally-invasive surgical procedures and to enhance the
capabilities of surgeons performing open surgery.
Operating Robots
with Virtual Reality (youtube).
Computer-Assisted Surgery represents a
surgical concept and set of methods, that use computer technology for
surgical planning, and for guiding or performing surgical interventions.
CAS is also known as computer-aided surgery, computer-assisted
intervention, image-guided surgery and surgical navigation, but these are
terms that are more or less synonymous with CAS. CAS has been a leading
factor in the development of robotic surgery.
Augmented Reality.
Da Vinci Surgical Robot is a robotic
surgical system made by the American company Intuitive Surgical. Approved
by the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2000, it is designed to
facilitate complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach, and is
controlled by a
surgeon from a console. The system is commonly used for
prostatectomies, and increasingly for cardiac valve repair and gynecologic
surgical procedures.
Medical Device Warnings.
Telemedicine
is the use of telecommunication and information technology to provide
clinical health care from a distance. It helps eliminate distance barriers
and can improve access to medical services that would often not be
consistently available in distant rural communities. It is also used to
save lives in critical care and emergency situations.
Virtual Patient is used to describe
interactive computer
simulations used in health care education. The special focus is
targeted on the simulation of clinical processes with virtual patients.
Virtual patients combine scientific excellence, modern technologies and
the innovative concept of game-based learning. Virtual patients allow the
learner to take the role of a health care professional and develop
clinical skills such as making diagnoses and therapeutic decisions.
Virtual patients have also been considered computer-based simulations
designed to complement clinical training. The use of virtual patient
programmes is increasing in healthcare, partly in response to increasing
demands on health care professionals and education of students but also
because they allow opportunity for students to practice in a safe
environment There are many different formats a virtual patient may take.
However the overarching principle is that of interactivity - a virtual
patient will have mechanisms for the learner to interact with the case and
material or information is made available to the learner as they complete
a range of learning activities. The interactivity is non-sequential.
Robot stand-in mimics movements in VR. Researchers have developed a
souped-up telepresence robot that responds automatically and in real-time
to a remote user's movements and gestures made in
virtual reality. The
robotic system, called VRoxy, allows a remote user in a small space, like
an office, to collaborate via VR with teammates in a much larger space.
VRoxy represents the latest in remote, robotic embodiment. Donning a VR
headset, a user has access to two view modes: Live mode shows an immersive
image of the collaborative space in real time for interactions with local
collaborators, while navigational mode displays rendered pathways of the
room, allowing remote users to "teleport" to where they'd like to go. This
navigation mode allows for quicker, smoother mobility for the remote user
and limits motion sickness.
Remote Patient
Monitoring -
Telemetry
- Remote Services.
Telepresence
is the use of virtual reality technology,
especially for
remote control
of machinery or for apparent participation
in distant events. A sensation of being elsewhere, created by the use of
virtual reality technology.
Telepresence Robots.
Teleoperation indicates operation of a system or the electronic remote
control of machine at a distance. It is similar in meaning to the phrase "
remote
control" but is usually encountered in research, academic and
technical environments. It is most commonly associated with robotics and
mobile robots but can be applied to a whole range of circumstances in
which a device or
machine is operated by a person from a distance. The
term teleoperation is in use in research and technical communities as a
standard term for referring to operation at a distance. This is as opposed
to telepresence which is a less standard term and might refer to a whole
range of existence or interaction that include a remote connotation.
Telecommand is a command sent to control a remote system or systems
not directly connected (e.g. via wires) to the place from which the
telecommand is sent.
Telerobotics.
Robotic Arm for Extremity Amputations
Tele-Doctors (house
calls anywhere) -
Sensors
How Augmented Reality could change the future of Surgery - Nadine Hachach-Haram
at TED Women 2017 (video and text)
Lifelike simulations that make real-life surgery safer: Peter Weinstock
(video and interactive text)
Virtual Reality turns a
patient's pre-procedural CT scans into
3-D images that the
radiologist can virtually move and examine while wearing virtual
reality-type glasses. By allowing the operator to manipulate routine,
two-dimensional images in an open three-dimensional space, VR provides a
look into a patients' organs and tissues that had not been possible
outside of the human body, until now. As a result, the operator is armed
with a deeper and intuitive understanding of spatial relationships, such
as between an aneurysm and the surrounding arteries.
Surgical
Theater is a 360-degree virtual reality reconstruction of the
patient's anatomy.
Sound Waves Levitate multiple objects.
Surgeons could
perform a range of medical procedures all without touching the patient
using a specialized array of mini-speakers to create an intricate sound
field that 'traps' and manipulates selected objects in '
acoustic
tweezers' for manipulation within tissue.
Sound Waves.
Robotic Implants spur Tissue Regeneration inside the Body. Mechanical
pull stimulates stunted hollow organs to grow, which could help treat
defects like esophageal atresia and short bowel syndrome. An implanted,
programmable medical robot can gradually lengthen tubular organs by
applying traction forces -- stimulating tissue growth in stunted organs
without interfering with organ function or causing apparent discomfort. (mechanostimulation).
Robot therapist Manipulative Massage Automation a single,
6-axis robotic arm capable of highly articulated movements.
Flexdex - Minimally
Invasive Surgery.
Application of See One, Do One, Teach One Concept in Surgical Training.
The traditional method of teaching in Surgery is known as “
See
One,
Do One,
Teach One.” However, many have argued that this method is no longer
applicable mainly because of concerns for patient safety. Studies have
shown that
Learning is
most efficient when learners are actively involved either physically or
mentally in the learning process. This can be accomplished by writing
notes or drawing diagrams while studying, asking residents appropriate
questions, and engaging residents in surgery. The
retention rate is greater the more
multisensory and active a
learning activity is. Accordingly, only 5% of information is retained when
it is learned in a lecture format.
Innovative surgical simulator is a significant advance in training trauma
teams. Simulators have long been used for training surgeons and
surgical teams, but traditional simulator platforms typically have a
built-in limitation: they often simulate one or a limited number of
conditions that require performance of isolated tasks, such as placing an
intravenous catheter, instead of simulating and providing opportunities
for feedback on the performance of multiple interventions that a trauma
victim may require at the same time. To overcome this limitation, the
Advanced
Modular Manikin (AMM), an innovative simulation platform that allows
integration of other simulation devices, was developed and field testing
was conducted, with support from the Department of Defense (DoD).
Robot performs first laparoscopic surgery without human help. A robot
has performed laparoscopic surgery on the soft tissue of a pig
without the guiding hand of a human -- a
significant step in robotics toward fully automated surgery on humans. The
robot excelled at intestinal anastomosis, a procedure that requires a high
level of repetitive motion and precision. Connecting two ends of an
intestine is arguably the most challenging step in gastrointestinal
surgery, requiring a surgeon to suture with high accuracy and consistency.
Even the slightest hand tremor or misplaced stitch can result in a leak
that could have catastrophic complications for the patient.
New flexible, steerable device placed in live brains by minimally invasive
robot. Scientists have successfully placed a bioinspired steerable
catheter into the brain of an animal. The early-stage research tested the
delivery and safety of the new implantable catheter design in two sheep to
determine its potential for use in diagnosing and treating diseases in the
brain.
Adapting laboratory techniques for remote instruction. Researchers
designed a
laboratory exercise to teach students how to use micropipettes,
through
remote learning,
using at-home kits.
Disaster Relief Robots
Rescue Robot
is a robot that has been designed for the purpose of rescuing people.
Common situations that employ rescue robots are mining accidents,
urban
disasters, hostage situations, and explosions. The benefits of rescue
robots to these operations include reduced personnel requirements, reduced
fatigue, and access to otherwise unreachable areas. Rescue robots in
development are being made with abilities such as searching,
reconnaissance and mapping, removing or shoring up rubble,
delivery of
supplies, medical treatment, and evacuation of casualties. Even with all
these ideas coming about there are still some technical challenges that
remain. Robin Murphy, a professor of computer science and engineering,
says that “Real disasters are infrequent, and every one is different. The
robots never get used exactly the way you think they will, and they keep
uncovering new bottlenecks and problems. So it’s an emerging technology.”
There are three main levels of challenges. First, the information
processing of the robot. Second, the mobility of the robot. Third, the
manipulation of the robot. Bringing these robots into real-world use and
being able to utilize them in all situations is so close to becoming a
reality. “We're just inches away” Murphy says, “a lot of software is just
waiting for the hardware to catch up”.
4WD 100mm Mecanum
Wheel Learning Arduino Kit C009 Robot Can Move In Every Direction
Without Turning Its Wheel.
Flying Machines - Drones
Drones
(types, rules and regulations) -
Autonomous
Drone n Base: Race & Battle Drones at Home
Eyes in the Sky
(Environmental Monitoring using Drones)
Radio Controlled -
Remote Control -
Remote
Telerobotics is
the area of robotics concerned with the control of
semi-autonomous robots
from a distance, chiefly using Wireless network (like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth,
the Deep Space Network, and similar) or tethered connections. It is a
combination of two major subfields,
Teleoperation and
Telepresence.
Sensors -
Telemetry.
Underwater Inspection Robots
Aquabotix -
2 Grobotics -
Inspector Bots -
Openrov
Submarines (scuba) -
Oceans
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Underwater Drones
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Decompression
Deepfield Robotics
Robotic Ultra-Precise Weed Control (youtube) You can turn weed
killing and pest control into a video game that anyone can play from
around the world.
Manufacturing Robots
Industrial Robot is a robot system used for
manufacturing.
Industrial robots are automated, programmable and capable of movement on
two or more axes. Typical applications of robots include welding,
painting, assembly, pick and place for printed circuit boards, packaging
and labeling, palletizing, product inspection, and testing; all
accomplished with high endurance, speed, and precision. They can help in
material handling and provide
interfaces.
Laboratory Robotics
is the act of using robots in biology or chemistry labs. For example,
pharmaceutical companies employ robots to move biological or chemical
samples around to synthesize novel chemical entities or to test
pharmaceutical value of existing chemical matter. Advanced laboratory
robotics can be used to completely automate the process of science, as in
the
Robot Scientist project.
Robotic Process Automation is an emerging form of business process
automation
technology based on the notion of software robots or artificial
intelligence (AI) workers. In traditional workflow automation tools, a
software developer
produces a list of actions to automate a task and interface to the
back-end system using internal
application
programming interfaces (APIs) or dedicated scripting language. In
contrast, RPA systems develop the action list by watching the user perform
that task in the application's
graphical user
interface (GUI), and then perform the automation by repeating those
tasks directly in the GUI. This can lower the barrier to use of automation
in products that might not otherwise feature APIs for this purpose. RPA
tools have strong technical similarities to graphical user interface
testing tools. These tools also automate interactions with the GUI, and
often do so by repeating a set of demonstration actions performed by a
user. RPA tools differ from such systems including features that allow
data to be handled in and between multiple applications, for instance,
receiving email containing an invoice, extracting the data, and then
typing that into a bookkeeping system.
Programming by Demonstration is an end-user development technique for
teaching a computer or a robot new behaviors by
demonstrating the task
to transfer directly instead of programming it through machine commands.
Engineering Machines
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3D Printing
Biorobotics covers the
fields of cybernetics, bionics and even genetic engineering as a
collective study.
Cybernetics is used for exploring regulatory systems—their structures,
constraints, and possibilities. Norbert Wiener defined cybernetics in 1948
as "the scientific study of control and communication in the animal and
the machine.
Universal
Robots.
Collision Avoidance Using the Reflexxes Motion Libraries (youtube)
Artificial Robot Nervous System to Teach Robots How to Feel Pain (youtube)
Madeline the Robot Tamer (vimeo)
Quipt is a gesture-based control software that gives industrial robots
basic spatial behaviors for interacting closely with people.
How to Tame Your Robot
Robotnik Summit XL
OMNI - Mecanum Wheels | Омни боты (youtube)
Get a Grip with
Soft Electronics (youtube) Soft Robotic Gripper
Electroadhesion
SALTO
- Berkeley's leaping robot (youtube)
Robots Sorting
System sorts 200,000 packages a day in Chinese warehouse. (youtube)
Vention -
Manufacturing automation platform enables its clients to design, program,
order and commission automated equipment directly. We enable engineers and
manufacturing professionals to design, order and assemble custom
industrial equipment in just a few days. Design Your Machine Today. Deploy
It Tomorrow. Powerful tools to help you design.
Association for Computing Machinery.
Artificial muscles made of proteins. The autonomous contractions of
the material, can be controlled with the help of pH and temperature
changes. The movements are driven by a chemical reaction that consumes
molecular energy for this purpose.
How to help assembly-line robots shift gears and pick up almost anything.
A University of Washington team created a new tool that can design a
3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an
object. The team tested this system on a suite of 22 objects -- including
a 3D-printed bunny, a doorstop-shaped wedge, a tennis ball and a drill.
Artificial Muscles give soft Robots Superpowers. Origami-inspired
muscles are both soft and strong, and can be made for less than $1.
Origami-inspired artificial muscles are capable of lifting up to 1,000
times their own weight, simply by applying air or water pressure powered
by a vacuum. They can generate about six times more force per unit area
than mammalian skeletal muscle can and are also incredibly lightweight
(water-soluble polymer PVA); a 2.6-gram muscle can lift a 3-kilogram
object, muscles is that they're programmable and soft actuators are highly scalable.
Gelbots crawling through human bodies to deliver medicine. A new
gelatinous robot that crawls, powered by nothing more than temperature
change and clever design, brings 'a kind of intelligence' to the field of
soft robotics. New robot does 'the worm' when temperature changes.
Tiny Machines.
Bionics - Electronic Physiological Functions - Prosthesis
Bionics
is the application of
biological methods and systems found in nature to the study and design
of
engineering systems and modern technology.
Sensors
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Haptic -
Bio-Mimicry -
Self Healing
Bio-Robotics
covers the fields of cybernetics, bionics and even genetic engineering.
Powered Exoskeleton is a wearable mobile machine that is powered by a system
of electric motors, pneumatics, levers, hydraulics, or a combination of
technologies that allow for limb movement with increased strength and
endurance.
Exoskeleton is the external skeleton that supports and protects an
animal's body, in contrast to the internal skeleton (endoskeleton) of, for
example, a human. In usage, some of the larger kinds of exoskeletons are
known as "shells". Examples of animals with exoskeletons include insects
such as grasshoppers and cockroaches, and crustaceans such as crabs and
lobsters. The shells of certain sponges and the various groups of shelled
molluscs, including those of snails, clams, tusk shells, chitons and
nautilus, are also exoskeletons. Some animals, such as the tortoise, have
both an endoskeleton and an exoskeleton.
Hybrid Assistive Limb is a powered exoskeleton suit designed
to support and expand the physical capabilities of its users, particularly
people with physical disabilities. There are two primary versions of the
system: HAL 3, which only provides leg function, and HAL 5, which is a
full-body exoskeleton for the arms, legs, and torso.
Phantom Limb.
Soft
Robotics is the specific subfield of robotics dealing with
constructing robots from highly compliant materials, similar to those
found in living organisms. Soft robotics draws heavily from the way in
which living organisms move and adapt to their surroundings. In contrast
to robots built from rigid materials, soft robots allow for increased
flexibility and adaptability for accomplishing tasks, as well as improved
safety when working around humans. These characteristics allow for its
potential use in the fields of medicine and manufacturing.
Lifelike Robots.
Dynamic Hydrogel used to make 'Soft Robot' components and LEGO-like
building blocks. A new type of hydrogel material could soon make
assembling complex microfluidic or soft robotic devices as simple as
putting together a LEGO set. Using a new type of dual
polymer material capable
of responding dynamically to its environment, Brown University researchers
have developed a set of modular hydrogel components that could be useful
in a variety of "soft robotic" and biomedical applications. The
components, which are patterned by a
3D printer, are capable of
bending, twisting or sticking together in response to treatment with
certain chemicals.
Self-healing materials for robotics made from ‘jelly’ and salt.
Researchers have developed self-healing, biodegradable, 3D-printed
materials that could be used in the development of realistic artificial
hands and other soft robotics applications. The self-healing hydrogels
bond well with a range of different materials, meaning they can easily be
incorporated with other types of robotics.
Technique speeds up thermal actuation for soft robotics. Researchers
have come up with a new design for
thermal actuators, which can be used to create rapid movement in soft
robotic devices.
Controls.
Robotic Skins
are made of elastic sheets embedded with
sensors
and remotely operated actuators, which work together to create the
makeshift bots.
Touch Bionics.
Robotics Skins”
turn everyday objects into Robots (youtube)
Soft Robotic Muscles Created by CU Engineering Researchers.
Liquefied Soft Artificial Muscle Electrically Activated to Mimic the
Expansion and Contraction of Natural Muscles.
Better understanding of soft artificial muscles. Research sheds light
on the underlying mechanics of soft filaments.
Will strong and fast-switching artificial muscle be feasible? A
research team has developed a bifunctional polymer electrolyte with
enhanced mechanical strength and ionic conductivity. The new technology
can be applied to producing strong artificial muscles with fast switching
speeds.
Advancing trajectory tracking control of pneumatic artificial muscle-based
systems. Pneumatic artificial muscles are artificial devices that can
simulate the mechanics of
human muscles, and have shown great promise in industries requiring
human-robot interaction systems. Despite their potential, controlling the
trajectory performance of PAM-based systems is challenging owing to their
nonlinear characteristics. Now, researchers have developed a novel
adaptive sliding mode controller that uses fuzzy logic to estimate
PAM-based system's parameters, promising enhanced tracking accuracy and
adaptability compared to traditional control methods.
Pneumatics.
Peano-HASEL Actuators: Muscle-Mimetic, Electrohydraulic Transducers that
Linearly Contract on Activation. Hydraulically Amplified
Self-Healing Electrostatic (HASEL).
Artificial muscle device produces force 34 times its weight.
Scientists developed a soft fluidic switch using an ionic polymer
artificial muscle that runs with ultra-low power to lift objects 34 times
greater than its weight. Its light weight and small size make it
applicable to various industrial fields such as soft electronics, smart
textiles, and biomedical devices by controlling fluid flow with high
precision, even in narrow spaces. A polysulfonated covalent organic
framework (pS-COF) made by combining organic molecules on the surface of
the artificial muscle electrode was used to generate an impressive amount
of force relative to its weight with ultra-low power (~0.01V). As a
result, the artificial muscle, which was manufactured to be as thin as a
hair with a thickness of 180 µm, produced a force more than 34 times
greater than its light weight of 10 mg to initiate smooth movement.
Amputees Merge with their Bionic Leg. A smart artificial hand for
amputees merges user and robotic control. Scientists from a European
consortium led by Swiss Institutions, ETH Zurich and EPFL spin-off SensArs
Neuroprosthetics, with clinical trials in collaboration with institutions
in Belgrade, Serbia, successfully characterized and implemented bionic leg
technology with three amputees.
Amputees feel warmth in their missing hand. An unexpected discovery
about temperature feedback has led to new bionic technology that allows
amputees to sense the temperature of objects ¬-- both hot and cold --
directly in the
phantom hand.
The technology opens up new avenues for non-invasive
prosthetics.
Underactuation is a technical term used in robotics and
control
theory to describe mechanical systems that cannot be commanded to
follow
arbitrary trajectories in
configuration space. This condition can occur for a number of reasons, the
simplest of which is when the system has a lower number of actuators than
degrees of freedom. In this case, the system is said to be trivially
underactuated. The class of underactuated mechanical systems is very rich
and includes such diverse members as automobiles, airplanes, and even
animals.
Allen Zderad, uses Bionic
Eye to see (youtube)
Body
Builders Bionics (youtube)
ABENICS: Active Ball Joint Mechanism.
How insects activate muscles to adapt to limbs removed. Adaptability
explains why insects spread so widely and why they are the most abundant
animal group on earth. Insects exhibit resilient and flexible locomotion,
even with drastic
changes
in their body structure such as losing a limb.
Patient controls Prosthesis with own Thoughts. Radboud university
medical center connects first click-on arm prosthesis to nerves.
Amputees can Learn to Control a Robotic arm with their Minds through
Electrodes Implanted in the Brain.
Engineers light the way to nerve-operated prosthetics of the future. A
multi-disciplinary team has found a way to convert nerve impulses into
light, opening the way for more scalable neural implants.
The Force is Strong: Amputee Controls Individual Prosthetic Fingers.
Luke Skywalker’s bionic hand made possible by ultrasound technology.
Surgical and engineering innovations enable unprecedented control over
every finger of a bionic hand. For the first time, a person with an
arm amputation can manipulate each finger of a bionic hand as if it was
his own. Thanks to revolutionary surgical and engineering advancements
that seamlessly merge humans with machines, this breakthrough offers new
hope and possibilities for people with amputations worldwide. A study
presents the first documented case of an individual whose body was
surgically modified to incorporate implanted sensors and a skeletal
implant. A.I. algorithms then translated the user's intentions into
movement of the prosthesis.
The First Dexterous and Sentient Hand Prosthesis has been successfully
implanted. A Swedish patient with hand amputation has become the first
recipient of an osseo-neuromuscular implant to control a dexterous hand
prosthesis. In a pioneering surgery, titanium implants were placed in the
two forearm bones (radius and ulnar), from which electrodes to nerves and
muscle were extended to extract signals to control a robotic hand and to
provide tactile sensations. This makes it the first clinically viable,
dexterous and sentient prosthetic hand usable in real life.
AI helps robots manipulate objects with their whole bodies. With a new
technique, a robot can reason efficiently about moving objects using more
than just its fingertips.
This touchy-feely glove senses and maps tactile stimuli. The design
could help restore motor function after stroke, enhance virtual gaming
experiences. The team has designed a new touch-sensing glove that can
"feel" pressure and other tactile stimuli. The inside of the glove is
threaded with a system of sensors that detects, measures, and maps small
changes in pressure across the glove. The individual sensors are highly
attuned and can pick up very weak vibrations across the skin, such as from
a person's pulse.
Rewalk - Robotics
Mobility for Stroke Victims.
Brain Computer Interfaces
(implants) -
Hearing Aids
Prosthesis driven by the nervous system helps people with amputation walk
naturally. With a new surgical intervention and neuroprosthetic
interface, researchers restored a natural walking gait in people with
amputations below the knee. Seven patients were able to walk faster, avoid
obstacles, and climb stairs more naturally than people with a traditional
amputation. State-of-the-art prosthetic limbs can help people with
amputations achieve a natural walking gait, but they don't give the user
full neural control over the limb. Instead, they rely on robotic sensors
and controllers that move the limb using predefined gait algorithms.
Neurolutions
is a medical device company developing neuro-rehabilitation solutions that
utilize a patient’s own brain activity to facilitate motor recovery.
Neurorobotics is a combined study of
neuroscience, robotics,
and
artificial intelligence.
Artificial Skin with Solar Cells could Power Prosthetics. Scientist
creates graphene skin that's more sensitive than our own.
The Six Million Dollar Man is an American science fiction
television
series in 1973 about a former astronaut who was given superhuman strength
due to bionic implants. A spin-off television series,
The Bionic Woman, featuring the lead female character
Jaime Sommers,
ran from 1976 to 1978.
Advanced Artificial Limbs Mapped in the Brain. Neuroprosthetics have
used functional MRI to show how the brain re-maps motor and sensory
pathways following targeted motor and sensory reinnervation (TMSR), a
neuroprosthetic approach where residual limb nerves are rerouted towards
intact muscles and skin regions to control a robotic limb.
Prosthetic is the branch of medicine
dealing with the production and use of artificial body parts. A
replacement for a part of the body.
Neuroprosthetics or neural prostheses, are sometimes contrasted with a
brain–computer interface, which connects the brain to a computer
rather than a device meant to replace missing biological functionality.
Neural prostheses are a series of devices that can substitute a motor,
sensory or cognitive
modality that might have been damaged as a result of an injury or a
disease.
Prosthesis is an artificial device that replaces a missing body part,
which may be lost through trauma, disease, or congenital conditions.
Prostheses are intended to restore the normal functions of the missing
body part. Amputee rehabilitation is primarily coordinated by a
physiatrist as part of an inter-disciplinary team consisting of
physiatrists, prosthetists, nurses, physical therapists, and occupational
therapists. Prostheses can be created by hand or with computer-aided
design (CAD), a software interface that helps creators design and analyze
the creation with computer-generated 2-D and 3-D graphics as well as
analysis and optimization tools.
Open Bionics 3d Printed Prosthetic Limbs
Exoskeleton therapy improves mobility, cognition and brain connectivity in
people with MS. A team of multiple sclerosis (MS) experts led a pilot
randomized controlled trial of robotic-exoskeleton assisted exercise
rehabilitation (REAER) effects on mobility, cognition, and brain
connectivity in people with substantial MS-related disability. Their
results showed that REAER is likely an effective intervention, and is a
promising therapy for improving the lives of those with MS.
Open Bionics -
Open Bionics -
Limbitless Solutions
Orthotics externally applied device used to modify the structural and
functional characteristics of the neuromuscular and skeletal system. An
orthosis may be used to Control, guide, limit and/or immobilize an
extremity, joint or body segment for a particular reason, Restrict
movement in a given direction. Assist movement generally. Reduce weight
bearing forces for a particular purpose. Aid rehabilitation from fractures
after the removal of a cast. Otherwise correct the shape and/or function
of the body, to provide easier movement capability or reduce pain.
Artificial Muscles power up with new Gel-Based Robotics.
Wearable Computing Ring Allows Users to Write Words and Numbers with Thumb.
Technology provides eyes-free way to interact with smart devices.
UCLA scientists make Cells that enable the Sense of Touch. Researchers
are the first to create
sensory
interneurons from
stem
cells.
A Prosthetic that Restores the Sense of where your Hand is.
Researchers have developed a next-generation bionic hand that allows
amputees to regain their proprioception. The results of the study are the
culmination of ten years of robotics research.
Mind-Controlled Arm Prostheses.
Amart Artificial Hand for Amputees merges user and robotic control.
Scientists have successfully tested new neuroprosthetic technology that
combines robotic control with users' voluntary control, opening avenues in
the new interdisciplinary field of shared control for
neuroprosthetic
technologies.
How 3D printers can give robots a soft touch. Soft skin coverings and
touch sensors have emerged as a promising feature for robots that are both
safer and more intuitive for human interaction, but they are expensive and
difficult to make. A recent study demonstrates that soft skin pads
doubling as sensors made from thermoplastic urethane can be efficiently
manufactured using
3D printers.
Even after long-term exposure, bionic touch does not remap the brain.
A new study by neuroscientists demonstrates that the
brain does not remap itself
even with long-term bionic limb use, posing challenges for the development
of realistic prosthetic limbs.
Seeing through a Robot's Eyes helps those with profound Motor Impairments.
An interface system that uses
augmented reality
technology could help individuals with profound motor impairments
operate a humanoid robot to feed themselves and perform routine personal
care tasks such as scratching an itch and applying skin lotion. The
web-based
interface displays a
'robot's eye view'
of surroundings to help users interact with the world through the machine.
Highly sensitive sensors show promise in enhancing human touch.
Ultrathin crack-based sensors operate on a principle similar to a spider's
sense organ and display remarkable sensitivity to movement. People rely on
a highly tuned sense of touch to manipulate objects, but injuries to the
skin and the simple act of wearing
gloves can impair this
ability. Surgeons, for example, find that gloves decrease their ability to
manipulate soft tissues. Astronauts are also hampered by heavy spacesuits
and find it difficult to work with equipment while wearing heavy gloves.
Robots and prosthetic hands sense of touch could be as fast as humans.
Research could pave the way for a prosthetic hand and robot to be able to
feel touch like a human hand. The technology could also be used to help
restore lost functionality to patients after a stroke. The skin contains
millions of receptors. Current e-skin technology cannot deliver enough
receptors, but this technology makes it possible, so we would like to
produce artificial skin for a whole robot.
Mind-Controlled Arm Prostheses that 'feel' are now a part of everyday life.
Our study shows that a prosthetic hand, attached to the bone and
controlled by electrodes implanted in nerves and muscles, can operate much
more precisely than conventional prosthetic hands. We further improved the
use of the prosthesis by integrating tactile sensory feedback that the
patients use to mediate how hard to grab or squeeze an object. Over time,
the ability of the patients to discern smaller changes in the intensity of
sensations has improved. The new concept of a neuromusculoskeletal
prosthesis is unique in that it delivers several different features which
have not been presented together in any other prosthetic technology in the
world: It has a direct connection to a person's nerves, muscles, and
skeleton. It is mind-controlled and delivers sensations that are perceived
by the user as arising from the missing hand. It is self-contained; all
electronics needed are contained within the prosthesis, so patients do not
need to carry additional equipment or batteries. It is safe and stable in
the long term; the technology has been used without interruption by
patients during their everyday activities, without supervision from the
researchers, and it is not restricted to confined or controlled
environments.
Virtual Reality Reduces Phantom Pain in Paraplegics -
Phantom Pain
Tech makes it possible to digitally communicate through human touch.
Researchers have developed the first technology capable of sending digital
information, such as a photo or password, by touching a surface with your
finger. Instead of inserting a card or scanning a smartphone to make a
payment, what if you could simply touch the machine with your finger? A
prototype developed by Purdue University engineers would essentially let
your body act as the link between your card or smartphone and the reader
or scanner, making it possible for you to transmit information just by
touching a surface.
Versatile new material family could build realistic prosthetics,
futuristic army platforms. Researchers have developed a new family of
polymers that can self-heal, have shape memory and are recyclable.
Nature's blueprint for the human limb is a carefully layered structure
with stiff bone wrapped in layers of different soft tissue, like muscle
and skin, all bound to each other perfectly. Achieving this kind of
sophistication using synthetic materials to build biologically inspired
robotic parts or multicomponent, complex machines has been an engineering
challenge.
Scientists craft living human skin for robots.
Robots sense human touch using camera and shadows. Researchers have
created a low-cost method for soft, deformable robots to detect a range of
physical interactions, from pats to punches to hugs, without relying on
touch at all. Instead, a USB camera located inside the robot captures the
shadow movements of hand gestures on the robot's skin and classifies them
with machine-learning software.
Robotic 'Third Thumb' use can alter brain representation of the hand.
A brain-computer interface that evokes tactile sensations improves robotic
arm control. Robotic arm provides tactile feedback directly to the
man's brain as he
uses his thoughts to control the device, a team reports
Thursday in the journal Science.
Slender robotic finger senses buried items. The technology uses
tactile sensing to identify objects underground, and might one day help
disarm land mines or inspect cables. Researchers developed a '
Digger
Finger' robot that digs through granular material, like sand and
gravel, and senses the shapes of buried objects. The technology could aid
in disarming buried bombs or inspecting underground cables.
The powerhouse future is flexoelectric. 'Giant flexoelectricity'
breakthrough in soft elastomers paves way for improved robots and
self-powered pacemakers. Researchers have demonstrated "giant
flexoelectricity" in soft elastomers that could improve robot movement
range and make
self-powered pacemakers a real possibility.
Robotics Education
Roboticist is a person who
designs, builds,
programs, and
experiments with
robots. Since robotics is a highly interdisciplinary field, roboticists
often have backgrounds in a number of disciplines including
computer
science, mechanical
engineering, electrical engineering,
physics,
human–computer interaction and interaction design. Roboticists often work
for university, industry, and government research labs, but may also work
for startup companies and other entrepreneurial firms. Amateur Robotics is
also a growing hobby all over the world.
Robotics Education.
Robotics is an
interdisciplinary
branch of computer
science and
engineering.
Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The
goal of robotics is to
design machines that can
help and assist humans. Robotics integrates fields of mechanical
engineering, electrical engineering, information engineering,
mechatronics, electronics, bioengineering, computer engineering, control
engineering, software engineering, mathematics, etc. Robotics develops
machines that can substitute for humans and replicate human actions.
Robots can be used in many situations for many purposes, but today many
are used in dangerous environments (including inspection of radioactive
materials, bomb detection and deactivation),
manufacturing
processes, or where humans cannot survive (e.g. in space, underwater, in
high heat, and clean up and containment of hazardous materials and
radiation). Robots can take on any form, but some are made to resemble
humans in appearance. This is claimed to help in the acceptance of robots
in certain replicative behaviors which are usually performed by people.
Such robots attempt to replicate walking, lifting, speech, cognition, or
any other human activity. Many of today's robots are inspired by nature,
contributing to the field of bio-inspired robotics. Certain robots require
user input to operate while other robots function autonomously. The
concept of creating robots that can operate autonomously dates back to
classical times, but research into the functionality and potential uses of
robots did not grow substantially until the 20th century. Throughout
history, it has been frequently assumed by various scholars, inventors,
engineers, and technicians that robots will one day be able to mimic human
behavior and manage tasks in a human-like fashion. Today, robotics is a
rapidly growing field, as technological advances continue; researching,
designing, and building new robots serve various practical purposes,
whether domestically, commercially, or militarily. Many robots are built
to do jobs that are hazardous to people, such as defusing bombs, finding
survivors in unstable ruins, and exploring mines and shipwrecks. Robotics
is also used in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics)
as a teaching aid.
Robots don't take Jobs.
Robotics Education Courses could help
you learn and understand
algorithms,
sensors,
control
systems and the
mechanisms used in robotics. A Robotics Course List could include an
Intro to Robotics where students take on the roles of
mechanical engineers, computer
scientists and electrical engineers. A
Motion Planning Course. A
Computer Vision
Course. An
Artificial
Intelligence Course. Learning the purpose of computerized intelligence
course. A
Machine Learning Course.
Open Robotics
supports the development, distribution, and adoption of
open software
and hardware for use in robotics research, education, and product
development.
Locorobo-Master Programming Robotics
Robotics Trends
Cloud Robotics
Boston Dynamics
µTug: Micro robot pulls
2000 times its
weight on glass (youtube)
Revolve Robotics
kubi
Festo Automation
Kiva Systems
KOOV: all-in-one
Coding &
Robotics design Kit.
Anki toy robot
that is also a programming platform.
Fect
Robotics Toys
Romotive
RoboSimianRobotics
and Automation (ICRA 2014)
Petman, Atlas (youtube)
Robot Restaurant
Another great reason why we need to improve education
is to make sure that students learn about
human relationships and the
relationships and interactions that we have with machines,
technology and
robots.
Techno-Stress.
Grade-school students teach a robot to help themselves learn geometry
Lost in Space STS-117 B9 Robot Presentation Video (youtube)
Janken
(rock-paper-scissors) Robot with 100% winning rate (youtube)
Nano-Robotics
Learning Code
Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
(body smart)
Engineering Machines
Information Stations
Artificial Intelligence
3D Printing
Computers
Software -
Hardware
Technology News
Technology Apps and Accessories
Virtual Reality
Science Kits
The Media Equation is a general communication theory that claims that
people tend to treat computers and other media as if they were either real
people or real places. The effects of this phenomenon on people
experiencing these media are often profound, leading them to behave and to
respond to these experiences in unexpected ways, most of which they are
completely unaware.
Robot Competitions
Robot Competition is an event where the abilities and characteristics
of robots may be tested and assessed. Usually they have to beat other
robots in order to become the best one. Many competitions are for schools
but several competitions with professional and hobbyist participants are
also arising.
Battle-Bots -
Robo-Cup -
The Robotics Challenge
-
Robot Events -
Robo Games
MIT Zero Robotics -
Robot Hall of Fame
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Robot Festival -
Vacation Ideas
The Robotics Challenge
-
Robots for Humanity (video)
Rescue Robot League
is an international
competition for urban search and rescue robots, in
which robots compete to find victims in a simulated earthquake
environment. The rescue robot league is run alongside Robocup Rescue
Simulation, as part of the RoboCup robot competition. Robots perform 20
minute search and rescue missions in a test arena measuring approximately
10m by 6m, which features a number of obstacle zones designed to challenge
autonomous operation, mobility during tele-operation, and object
manipulation. Points are allocated based on the number of victims found,
the detail with which victims were detected, and the quality with which
the arena has been mapped.
Robot Building Kits
Robot Building Kits
-
Robotics Electronic Kits
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Robotics Parts
-
Science Kits and Tools
Antbo: An Insect Robot Anyone Can Build
DRONOID Modular Drone for Kids & Adults
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Tinkerbots Robotics Wheeler Set
Personal Home Robots
Personal Robot is one whose
human interface
and design make it useful for individuals. This is by contrast to
industrial robots which are generally configured
and operated by robotics specialists. A personal robot is one that enables
an individual to automate the repetitive or menial part of home or work
life making them more
productive.
Domestic Robot is a type of
service robot,
an autonomous robot that is primarily used for
household chores, but
may also be used for education, entertainment or therapy. While most
domestic robots are simplistic, some are connected to Wi-Fi home networks
or smart environments and are autonomous to a high degree. There were an
estimated 16.3 million service robots in 2018.
Leka Robotic Toy for Exceptional Children with motor, cognitive, social, and emotional disorders.
Could Robots have the same
beneficial qualities as owning a Pet?
Jibo: The World's First Family Robot -
Alpha 2, the First Humanoid Robot for the Family!
Buddy: Family's Companion Robot
Robit - The World's Most Affordable Home Robot.
Baxter -
Baxter
Robot (wiki) -
Baxter
Robot Video
Aido: Next Gen Home Robot -
Voice-Activated Assistants -
Riley Mobile Companion
Charli-2 (youtube)
Romela -
Saffir Autonomous Humanoid -
Human Operating System
i robot -
Robotic -
Musio Robot
Tamaggo Panoramic Videos
Rp-7i Robot -
Cobot (wiki)
-
irobot
Virtual Robots
Zenbo Asus
-
Moorebot -
Nao Robot
(wiki)
Robelf - Multi-camera home security robot Moving Monitor.
Home Monitoring.
Toddlers show increased physical activity with a robot playmate moving
around the room. Movement plays a key role in the overall health of
children, both in youth and later on in adulthood, the authors note. Toys
that motivate crawling and assist with walking are widespread.
Robot News
Alter: a new
type of robot has its own neural network Takashi Ikegami (University of
Tokyo) (youtube)
Boston Dynamics
-
Atlas uses
its whole body -- legs, arms, torso -- to perform a sequence of dynamic
maneuvers that form a gymnastic routine. We created the maneuvers using
new techniques that streamline the development process. First, an
optimization algorithm transforms high-level descriptions of each maneuver
into dynamically-feasible reference motions. Then Atlas tracks the motions
using a model predictive controller that smoothly blends from one maneuver
to the next. Using this approach, we developed the routine significantly
faster than previous Atlas routines, with a performance success rate of
about 80%.
Boston Dynamics Robots Dancing (youtube) - The anthropomorphic Atlas,
Spot the robot dog, and even Handle, a box moving robot, danced to the
classic song "Do You Love Me" by the Contours. "First they dance for us,
then they start killing us".
Unitree G1 -
Humanoid Agent AI Avatar for $16,000.
AI designs new robot from scratch in seconds. Researchers developed
the first AI to date that can intelligently design robots from scratch by
compressing billions of years of evolution into mere seconds. It's not
only fast but also runs on a lightweight computer and designs wholly novel
structures from scratch — without human-labeled, bias-filled datasets.
COWAROBOT R1: Robotic Suitcase, Autonomous Navigation, High-tech
Security. There are probably more
practicable uses for
this technology besides just a suitcase.
Lifelike Robots. A self-contained soft actuator three times stronger
than natural muscle, without the need of externals, signals a breakthrough
in
Soft Robotics.
FenSens Smart Wireless Parking Sensor - Installs in less than 5 min,
no wires, and hands-free App .
3D-Printed Robot
wave-propelled that can swim, climb and crawl. 3D printed wave producing
robot (SAW).
Let's all Pull
Together: Team of µTug Microrobots Pulls a Car (microTug
microrobots).
Everybot RS500 Robotic Spin Mop
Largest
Walking Robot (youtube) - 400-year-old festival has the world's
largest walking robot
weighs 11 tonnes, has a 12-metre wingspan, and
breathes fire.
Team designs four-legged robotic system that can walk a balance beam.
Spacecraft-inspired system enhances quadruped agility and balance.
Peeqo - The
GIF Bot (youtube)
Transparent Gel
Robot that Can Snatch Fish Right Up (youtube)
Now you can "build your own" bio-bot Optogenetic skeletal
muscle-powered adaptive
biological machines.
Robotic Meta-Material: An endless domino effect. If it walks like a
particle, and talks like a particle... it may still not be a particle. A
topological soliton is a special type of wave or dislocation which behaves
like a particle: it can move around but cannot spread out and disappear
like you would expect from, say, a ripple on the surface of a pond.
Researchers now demonstrate the atypical behavior of topological solitons
in a robotic metamaterial, something which in the future may be used to
control how robots move, sense their surroundings and communicate.
Robotic Proxy brings remote users to life in real time. Researchers
have developed a robot, called
ReMotion,
that occupies physical space on a remote user's behalf, automatically
mirroring the user's movements in real time and conveying key body
language that is lost in standard virtual environments. The lean, nearly
six-foot-tall device is outfitted with a monitor for a head,
omnidirectional wheels for feet and game-engine software for brains. It
automatically mirrors the remote user's movements -- thanks to another
Cornell-made device, NeckFace, which the remote user wears to track head
and body movements. The motion data is then sent remotely to the ReMotion
robot in real-time.
Uncanny Lover:
Building a Sex Robot | Robotica | The New York Times (youtube) -
Sex Dolls with
AI
will replace most
prostitutes.
RealDoll
could be used for practice and education.
Three-dimensionally printed biological machines powered by skeletal
muscle.
Robo-Thread (youtube) - MIT engineers have developed a magnetically
steerable, thread-like robot that can actively glide through narrow,
winding pathways, such as the labyrinthine vasculature of the brain.
Engineers have designed a microfluidic device they call a
"tree-on-a-chip," which mimics the pumping mechanism of trees and
plants. The more sugar there is in the phloem, the more water flows from
xylem to phloem to balance out the sugar-to-water gradient, in a passive
process known as osmosis. The resulting water flow flushes nutrients down
to the roots. Trees and plants are thought to maintain this pumping
process as more water is drawn up from their roots. engineers have
previously attempted to design tree-inspired
microfluidic pumps,
fabricating parts that mimic xylem and phloem. Hosoi envisions that the
tree-on-a-chip pump may be built into a small robot to produce
hydraulically powered motions, without requiring active pumps or parts.
Nano Robots
Physicists propose path to faster, more flexible robots. Physicists
revealed a microscopic phenomenon that could greatly improve the
performance of soft devices, such as agile flexible robots or microscopic
capsules for drug delivery. Living organisms use osmosis for such
activities as bursting seed dispersing fruits in plants or absorbing water
in the intestine. Normally, we think of osmosis as a flow of water moving
through a membrane, with bigger molecules like polymers unable to move
through. Such membranes are called semi-permeable membranes and were
thought to be necessary to trigger osmosis.
Smart microrobots learn how to swim and navigate with artificial
intelligence. The AI-powered swimmer is able to switch between
different
locomotory gaits
adaptively to navigate toward any target location on its own. Researchers
have been able to successfully teach microrobots how to swim via
deep
reinforcement learning, marking a substantial leap in the progression
of microswimming capability.
Physicists take first step toward Cell-Sized Robots. An
electricity-conducting, environment-sensing, shape-changing machine the
size of a human cell. A robot exoskeleton that can rapidly change its
shape upon sensing chemical or thermal changes in its environment. And,
they claim, these
microscale machines – equipped with electronic, photonic and chemical
payloads – could become a powerful platform for robotics at the size scale
of biological microorganisms, with the computational power of the
spaceship Voyager onto an object the size of a cell. The machines move
using a motor called a bimorph. A bimorph is an assembly of two materials
– in this case,
graphene
and glass – that bends when driven by a stimulus like heat, a chemical
reaction or an applied voltage. The shape change happens because, in the
case of heat, two materials with different thermal responses expand by
different amounts over the same temperature change.
Bimorph
is a cantilever used for actuation or sensing which consists of two active
layers. It can also have a passive layer between the two active layers. In
contrast, a piezoelectric unimorph has only one active (i.e.
piezoelectric) layer and one
passive (i.e. non-piezoelectric) layer. The term is most commonly used
with piezoelectric bimorphs. In actuator applications, one active layer
contracts and the other expands if voltage is applied, thus the bimorph
bends. In sensing applications, bending the bimorph produces voltage which
can for example be used to measure displacement or acceleration. This mode
can also be used for energy harvesting. A bimetal could be regarded as a
thermally activated bimorph. The first theory about the bending of
thermally activated bimorphs was given by Stoney. Newer developments also
enabled electrostatically activated bimorphs for the use in
Microelectromechanical systems.
First walking robot that can explore its environment randomly and go home
automatically, without GPS or mapping.AntBot, the brand-new robot
designed by CNRS and Aix-Marseille University (AMU) researchers at ISM,
copies the desert ants' exceptional
navigation capacities. It is
equipped with an optical compass used to determine its heading by means of
polarized light, and by an optical movement sensor directed to the sun to
measure the distance covered. Armed with this information, AntBot has been
shown to be able, like the desert ants, to explore its environment and to
return on its own to its base, with precision of up to 1 cm after having
covered a total distance of 14 meters. Weighing only 2.3 kg, this robot
has six feet for increased mobility, allowing it to move in complex
environments, precisely where deploying wheeled robots and drones can be
complicated (disaster areas, rugged terrain, exploration of
extraterrestrial soils, etc.).
Mori3: A polygon shape-shifting robot for space travel. By combining
inspiration from the digital world of polygon meshing and the biological
world of swarm behavior, the Mori3 robot can morph from 2D triangles into
almost any 3D object. The research shows the promise of modular robotics
for
space travel.
What happens when a Gorilla meets a
Robot that looks like a small Ape? Animals can be fooled just like Humans
can.
Alpha
Silverback Gorilla Welcomes Spy Gorilla To The Family | BBC Earth (youtube).
Giving Robots Social Skills, but not to humans. A new
machine-learning system helps robots understand and perform certain
social interactions.
Researchers have developed a control framework that enables robots to
understand what it means to help or hinder one another and incorporate
social reasoning into the tasks they are accomplishing.
Magnetically propelled cilia power climbing soft robots and microfluidic
pumps. The rhythmic motions of hair-like cilia move liquids around
cells or propel the cells themselves. In nature, cilia flap independently,
and mimicking these movements with artificial materials requires complex
mechanisms. Now, researchers have made artificial cilia that move in a
wave-like fashion when a rotating magnetic field is applied, making them
suitable for versatile, climbing soft robots and microfluidic devices.