At the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) this week, Japanese researchers presented a novel idea of how to cool humanoid robots…
Our hands don't just hold things-- they need to sense pressure and texture in order to help us grip and manipulate. This robot hand can…
Roboticists at UC Berkeley have designed a small robot that can leap into the air and then spring off a wall, or perform multiple vertical…
Google-owned Boston Dynamics has developed the humanoid robot Atlas for over three years and over the years we have seen many examples of how the…
This robotic tackling dummy was created by a team of Dartmouth College engineering students. Short for Mobile Virtual Player, the MVP robot is designed to…
Self-assembling robots are referred to as von Neumann machines after the man responsible for originally proposing them, John von Neumann. Since then, the potential of…
The humanoid robot Atlas balancing on a line contact (plywood edge approx. 2cm thick). This video was recorded during a lucky run, usually the robot…
Hitachi has developed EMIEW since 2005, and now released the third version in the series. This model has a top speed of 3.7 kilometers per…
A robot that consists entirely of soft materials has been developed by researchers at the Harvard University. Its the first completely soft-bodied robot, dubbed the…
The Mine Kafon Drone, an airborne demining system developed to clear all land mines around the world in less than 10 years
The FDA has approved the DEKA Arm System, a mind-controlled prosthetic funded by DARPA and developed by a company founded by Segway inventor Dean Kamen.…
Perhaps Boston Dynamics’ SpotMini is the worlds first robotic dog, about the size of a German Shepherd. But PneuHound could very well be the world's…
Meet SwagBot – our latest farming robot. SwagBot proved successful in its first field test. SwagBot successfully demonstrated the ability to operate in the rugged…
Human-like walking on the humanoid robot DURUS. The robot displays the natural heel-strike and toe push-off behaviors that play a key role in human locomotion.
SpotMini is a new smaller version of the Spot robot, weighing 55 lbs dripping wet (65 lbs if you include its arm.) SpotMini is all-electric…
The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) introduces the world’s first infant exoskeleton which is designed to help children with spinal muscular atrophy, a degenerative illness…
This video summarized the developments with the ADROIT Manipulation Platform along the lines of hardware capabilities and manipulation behaviors. Video posted by Vikash Kumar, who…
A pioneering surgical technique has allowed Johnny Matheny, an amputee, to attach the Modular Prosthetic Limb developed by APL directly to his residual limb, enabling…
A microprocessor-based onboard computer, a 6 DOF IMU sensor package, five DC motors with encoder feedback for flapping and wing articulation (asymmetric wing folding and…
We present a new type of hydrostatic transmission that uses a hybrid air-water configuration, analogous to N+1 cable-tendon transmissions, using N hydraulic lines and 1…