Robotics

12 May 23

Video Friday: AcroMonk

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.ICRA 2023: 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDONEnergy Drone & Robotics Summit:…

05 May 23

Video Friday: May the Fourth be With You

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videosVideo Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.Robotics Summit & Expo: 10–11…

04 May 23

Robot Hand Manipulates Complex Objects By Touch Alone

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

In terms of human features that robots are probably the most jealous of, fingers have to be right up there with eyeballs and brains. Our fleshy little digits have a crazy amount of dexterity relative to their size, and so many sensors packed into them that allow you to manipulate…

01 May 23

Neato Robotics, a Robotic Vacuum Pioneer, Shuts Down

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The parent company of robot vacuum maker Neato Robotics, Germany’s Vorwerk Group, announced late last week that a broad restructuring of its robotics division will result in the closure of Neato and the end of the Neato product line. Vorwerk is promising five years of parts and service availability, along…

28 Apr 23

Video Friday: Reflex Grasping

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.Robotics Summit & Expo: 10–11 May 2023, BOSTONICRA 2023: 29 May–2…

28 Apr 23

Little Robots Learn to Drive Fast in the Real World

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Without a lifetime of experience to build on like humans have (and totally take for granted), robots that want to learn a new skill often have to start from scratch. Reinforcement learning is a technique that lets robots learn new skills through trial and error, but especially in the case…

27 Apr 23

“Liquid” Neural Network Adapts on the Go

Civil, Structural & Architecture

In the realm of artificial intelligence, bigger is supposed to be better. Neural networks with billions of parameters power everyday AI-based tools like ChatGPT and Dall-E, and each new large language model (LLM) edges out its predecessors in size and complexity. Meanwhile, at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory…

21 Apr 23

Video Friday: Googly Eye

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion.Robotics Summit & Expo: 10–11 May 2023, BOSTONICRA 2023: 29 May–2…

18 Apr 23

Quadrupeds Are Learning to Dribble, Catch, and Balance

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

Now that anyone, anywhere can get themselves a quadrupedal robot without having to apply for a major research grant, we’re seeing all kinds of fun research being done with our four-legged electromechanical friends. And by “fun research” I mean very serious research that is making valuable contributions toward practical robotics.…

17 Apr 23

Winners of the IET Impact in Society Awards revealed

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical, Production & Manufacturing

The winning teams at the IET Impact in Society Awards, which celebrate global teams providing innovative solutions to world challenges, have been revealed. The awards celebrate people and projects that provide solutions to societal challenges through science, technology, engineering and maths. In the awards, the UK Atomic Energy Authority’s (UKAEA) RACE…

Video Friday: AcroMonk

Video Friday: May the Fourth be With You

Robot Hand Manipulates Complex Objects By Touch Alone

Neato Robotics, a Robotic Vacuum Pioneer, Shuts Down

Video Friday: Reflex Grasping

Little Robots Learn to Drive Fast in the Real World

“Liquid” Neural Network Adapts on the Go

Video Friday: Googly Eye

Quadrupeds Are Learning to Dribble, Catch, and Balance

Winners of the IET Impact in Society Awards revealed

Machine Learning Turns Up COVID Surprise

Psychedelics startups counter stereotypes to bring hallucinogens into mental healthcare

EV Startups, Running Out Of Juice

Video Friday: Autonomous Car Drifting, Aerial-Aquatic Drone, and Jet-Powered Robot

Green hydrogen production costs could be lowered with new method