Industria 4.0

Industria 4.0

SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING REDUNDANT PULSE-WIDTH MODULATION (PWM) THROTTLE CONTROL
24/03/2024 - Systems and methods are provided for providing redundant pulse-width modulation (PWM) throttle control. The system includes a manual throttle controller configured to generate a manual PWM...
Research could advance soft robotics manufacturing and design
18/03/2024 - Soft robots use pliant materials such as elastomers to interact safely with the human body and other challenging, delicate objects and environments. A team of Rice University researchers has...
Physicists develop a modular robot with liquid and solid properties
10/03/2024 - Schools of fish, colonies of bees, and murmurations of starlings exhibit swarming behavior in nature, flowing like a liquid in synchronized, shape-shifting coordination. Through the lens of fluid...
Researchers develop non-contact touch sensors for robotics
27/02/2024 - A radical new type of touch sensor for robotics and other bio-mimicking (bionic) applications is so sensitive it works even without direct contact between the sensor and the objects being detected....
HEALTH INDICATOR SYSTEM FOR A SENSOR POD
18/02/2024 - A health indicator system for a sensor pod includes one or more sensors associated with the sensor pod, a sensor pod housing, an internal sensor status monitoring system configured to determine a...
Are shape-shifting 'soft machines' in our future? Scientists advance light-responsive material
13/02/2024 - Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have furthered a new type of soft material that can change shape in response to light, a discovery that could advance "soft machines"...
How ancient sea creatures can inform soft robotics
11/02/2024 - Soft robotics is the study of creating robots from soft materials, which has the advantage of flexibility and safety in human interactions. These robots are well-suited for applications ranging from...
Researchers develop and test the first unmanned forestry machine
07/02/2024 - A study published in the Journal of Field Robotics assessed the world's first unmanned machine designed for autonomous forestry operations.
Research team develops metamaterial to enable real-time shape and property control
06/02/2024 - Inspired by the remarkable adaptability observed in biological organisms like the octopus, a breakthrough has been achieved in the field of soft robotics. A research team, led by Professor Jiyun Kim...
Exploring the eating experience of a pneumatically-driven edible robot: Perception, taste, and texture
06/02/2024 - In a landmark study, Associate Professor Yoshihiro Nakata of the University of Electro-Communications, Japan, in collaboration with researchers from Osaka University, conducted research on edible...
Perspective paper explores the debate over sentient machines
01/02/2024 - A researcher from the New Jersey Institute of Technology has published a perspective paper that examines sentience and its application to artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. Sentience...
Biomechanics model that shows how humans efficiently walk at varied speeds could pave way for new robotics
22/01/2024 - We typically don't think about it while doing it, but walking is a complicated task. Controlled by our nervous system, our bones, joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments and other connective tissues...
Novel snake-like robot 3D prints its own body to grow longer
21/01/2024 - A trio of soft robotics researchers at Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, in Italy, working with a colleague from the University of Montpellier, in France, has developed a unique type of...
Robots that can autonomously build structures out of lattice blocks
18/01/2024 - A combined team of engineers from NASA Ames Research Center and KBR has designed and built a robot system that can autonomously build structures using specially designed lattice blocks. In their...
A hybrid control architecture that combines advantages of current quadruped robot controls
18/01/2024 - A team of robotics engineers at Robotic Systems Lab, in Switzerland, has developed a hybrid control architecture that combines the advantages of current quadruped robot control systems to give...
Researchers develop a versatile, reconfigurable and damage-tolerant single-wire sensor array
14/01/2024 - Researchers from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have developed a sensor array design technology inspired by the human auditory system. By mimicking the human ear's ability...
Laser-controlled liquid metals herald new era for soft robotics
11/01/2024 - Researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) are developing new 4D printing technology that produces shape-shifting liquid metals for soft robotics.
Network combines 3D LiDAR and 2D image data to enable more robust detection of small objects
10/01/2024 - Robotics and autonomous vehicles are among the most rapidly growing domains in the technological landscape, potentially making work and transportation safer and more efficient. Since both robots and...
Mobile ALOHA robot able to help with multiple household tasks
08/01/2024 - A trio of robotics engineers at Stanford University, working with colleagues from Google's Deep Mind, has built on Google's ALOHA system to create a mobile robot capable of carrying out a wide...
Ant behavior inspires autonomous material assembly research
07/01/2024 - The survival strategies employed by one of the most aggressive, territorial and venomous ant species may pave the way to revolutionize robotics, medicine and engineering.
Research team develops absolute taste 'electronic tongue' technology
28/12/2023 - A research team led by Professor Kyung-In Jang at the Department of Robotics and Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, DGIST, and another led by Professor Jihwan Choi at the Department of Aerospace...