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Friction-based landing gear enables drones to safely land on fast-moving vehicles
Drones have become a more common sight in our skies and are used for everything from consumer hobbies like aerial photography to industrial applications such as farming, surveillance and logistics. However, they are not without ...
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'FlyingToolbox' drone system achieves accurate mid-air tool exchange despite airflow interference
Flying manipulator robots have shown themselves to be useful in many applications, such as industrial maintenance or construction. Their utility in hard to reach or hazardous locations makes them particularly promising in ...
Oct 6, 2025
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Developing an autonomous crack segmentation and exploration system for civil infrastructure
Identifying cracks is critical for the monitoring of civil infrastructure. To enhance inspection efficiency, a proposed autonomous crack segmentation and exploration system enables the agent to navigate itself without human ...
Oct 6, 2025
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Humanoid robots in the home? Not so fast, says expert
It's been a goal for as long as humanoids have been a subject of popular imagination—a general-purpose robot that can do rote tasks like fold laundry or sort recycling simply by being asked.
Oct 3, 2025
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The importance of a leader–follower relationship for performing tasks
When multiple people work together, things sometimes turn out better than doing the same task alone. Then, there are other times, when cooperation actually seems to hinder progress, making things much more inefficient.
Oct 2, 2025
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Shape-changing robots: New AI-driven design tool optimizes performance and functionality
Like octopuses squeezing through a tiny sea cave, metatruss robots can adapt to demanding environments by changing their shape. These mighty morphing robots are made of trusses composed of hundreds of beams and joints that ...
Oct 1, 2025
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Security researchers say G1 humanoid robots are secretly sending information to China and can easily be hacked
Researchers have uncovered serious security flaws with the Unitree G1 humanoid robot, a machine that is already being used in laboratories and some police departments. They discovered that G1 can be used for covert surveillance ...
Sep 30, 2025
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Fidget-controlled robots show the power of metastability
Fidget poppers are an example of "bistability," as the popped circles rest in one of two stable states. Purdue University researchers have taken this idea to its extreme, building robots that can be preprogrammed and controlled ...
Sep 30, 2025
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Using generative AI to diversify virtual training grounds for robots
Chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude have experienced a meteoric rise in usage over the past three years because they can help you with a wide range of tasks. Whether you're writing Shakespearean sonnets, debugging code, or need ...
Sep 29, 2025
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Robot navigation improves 30% by mimicking how humans spread and forget information
A research team has developed a new "Physical AI" technology that improves the efficiency of multi-robot autonomous navigation by modeling the spread and forgetting of social issues. This achievement is expected to become ...
Sep 29, 2025
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Tiny amphibious soft robot hauls cargo across land and water with ease
Could the future of rescue missions and exploration lie in the hands—or rather, the flexible movements—of a swarm of lightweight, soft, and intelligent robots? Imagine swarms of soft-bodied robots working with the coordinated ...
Sep 29, 2025
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Novel film manufacturing technique lets robots walk on water
Imagine tiny robots zipping across the surface of a lake to check water quality or searching for people in flooded areas. This technology is moving closer to reality thanks to work by researchers at the University of Virginia's ...
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Lightweight framework enables faster, more accurate object detection for UAV remote sensing
Remote sensing object detection is a rapidly growing field in artificial intelligence, playing a critical role in advancing the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for real-world applications such as disaster response, ...
Sep 26, 2025
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Next-generation humanoid robot can do the moonwalk
KAIST research team's independently developed humanoid robot boasts world-class driving performance, reaching speeds of 12km/h, along with excellent stability, maintaining balance even with its eyes closed or on rough terrain. ...
Sep 24, 2025
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Study captures how humans touch unfamiliar objects, offering lessons for human–robot interaction
To estimate the weight of a rock, you pick it up. Is it rough, or smooth? You run a finger over it. We're constantly gathering information through our sense of touch, which is closely connected to how we move.
Sep 23, 2025
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Creating robots that adapt to your emotion
Robots might be getting smarter, but to truly support people in daily life, they also need to become more empathetic. That means recognizing and responding to human emotions in real time.
Sep 23, 2025
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Robot umpires are coming to MLB. Here's how they work
Robot umpires are coming to the big leagues in 2026 after Major League Baseball's 11-man competition committee on Tuesday approved use of the Automated Ball/Strike System.
Sep 23, 2025
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Robots are prone to privacy leaks despite encryption
A new study from the University of Waterloo has unveiled major privacy weaknesses in collaborative robots—calling for stronger defenses.
Sep 22, 2025
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Bird-like robot with novel wing system achieves self-takeoff and low-speed flight
In 2021, a group of scientists from China engineered the RoboFalcon—a bird-inspired flapping-wing robot with a newly engineered mechanism made to drive bat-style morphing wings capable of flight. While this bio-inspired ...
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AI-backed robot painting aims to boost artist income
Montreal-based artist Audrey-Eve Goulet was initially uncertain as she watched an AI-powered robotic arm reproduce one of her works, but said the outcome was "really impressive."
Sep 19, 2025
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A robot programmed to act like a 7-year-old girl works to combat fear and loneliness in hospitals
Days after Meagan Brazil-Sheehan's 6-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia, they were walking down the halls of UMass Memorial Children's Medical Center when they ran into Robin the Robot.
Sep 19, 2025
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Robotic assembly lines gain flexibility as algorithm plans tasks, teams and floor layouts
Developments in autonomous robotics have the potential to revolutionize manufacturing processes, making them more flexible, customizable, and efficient. But coordinating fleets of autonomous, mobile robots in a shared space—and ...
Sep 18, 2025
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Engineers show humans and robots can build smarter, safer and faster
Monash University researchers have trialed a new system demonstrating how humans and robots can team up on the job to make construction faster, safer and less physically demanding.
Sep 17, 2025
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Autonomous underwater waste collection could soon be a reality
Marine litter is a major environmental problem around the world. As part of the EU project SEACLEAR, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has now developed an autonomous diving robot that can detect ...
Sep 17, 2025
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Biohybrid crawlers can be controlled using optogenetic techniques
The body movements performed by humans and other animals are known to be supported by several intricate biological and neural mechanisms. While roboticists have been trying to develop systems that emulate these mechanisms ...
