WPI researchers are enabling aerial robots, smaller than 100 mm and weighing less than 100 g, to navigate without relying on vision.
Loomia Smart Skin Developer Kit to help give humanoid robots a sense of touch
Loomia created its tactile sensing developer kit after surveying 100 engineers as part of the NSF I-Corps program.
NSF awards Northwestern with $26M for dexterous hand research
The center at Northwestern aims to create robots capable of intelligent and versatile grasping, fine motor skills, and hand-eye coordination.
WPI researchers win NSF grant to study human-robot interaction in the workplace
WPI’s projects are designed to immerse 120 graduate students in interdisciplinary research and training that will help tackle future workplace challenges.
A dilemma of high risk high reward
The following article by Frank Tobe, editor and publisher of The Robot Report, first appeared on Robohub.org in their special focus series: High-risk / High-reward. Often funding sources – the groups taking the risk – are not the beneficiaries of the rewards of the venture. Intuitive Surgical and Rethink Robotics are two examples. NSF, DARPA and…