All posts tagged with robotics
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-(Natural News) American and Korean researchers have given robots yet another sense once restricted to living organisms: the sense of touch. An article in Science Daily stated that the researchers developed artificial sensory nerves that work like the real thing. When attached to a cockroach’s leg, the artificial nerves can trigger the twitch reflex. The […]
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-(Natural News) European researchers have designed autonomous robots that will be accepted by real animals. According to a Your Is article, these robot bees and fish can investigate, understand, and even influence the animals. The robot bees will expand current understanding of pollinators, which occupy immensely important roles in the ecosystem. Bees and other pollinators support biodiversity by promoting the […]
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-(Natural News) What makes a muscle able to carry over 12,000 times its own weight? Carbon fiber and silicone, according to research published in the journal Smart Materials and Structures. The artificial muscle, the creation of researchers from the University of Illinois, is made from siloxane rubber reinforced with carbon fiber. It is capable of […]
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-(Natural News) Do you know what’s really going on in the world of technology, or do you just think you do? When it comes to the latest gadgets, robots or AI, many are loath to admit when something goes awry. But like anything else, new technology should be taken with a grain of salt — and […]
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-(Natural News) Robots and AI are poised to take over a host of human jobs — especially in the fast food industry, if McDonald’s is any indication. Now, it looks like there may be hope for robots to replace pesticides, too. Chemical pesticides peddled by the biotech and agricultural industries have proven themselves to be […]
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-(Natural News) An exoskeleton may sound cool, but too much use can give you a painful back. This is what researchers found in a study by the Ohio State University published in the journal Applied Ergonomics. The study followed 12 volunteers who were made to use two pneumatic tools: A torque wrench weighing about 10 […]
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-(Natural News) Bees are different from other insects in lots of little ways. But a new study now shows that as a group, they also behave rather differently, even when compared with individual bees. To be more specific, a group of researchers has determined that the way honey bees usually function, when they are in […]
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-(Natural News) Just because painting a wall – much less an entire house – is an arduous job doesn’t mean a robot should take over the job. But that is what a startup company called MIST has decided. An article in Digital Trends reports that they have developed an autonomous robot called Maverick that can complete […]
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-(Natural News) The number of robots involved in the manpower-deprived construction industry has been increasing as of late. An architectural startup has decided to automate much of the construction process using 3D-printing robots. In a Business Insider article, the robot home-builders can print a 1,000-square-foot dream house in just half a year for as low […]
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-(Natural News) The latest job to be taken over by robots is also one of the oldest and hardest ever invented. Robotic weeders are starting to become a common sight at farms that cultivate specialty crops. Experts claim they are going to be the “future of weeding,” according to an American Society on Agronomy article. […]
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