Robotics

Wall-Climbing Robot Shelves to Keep You Organized

IEEE Spectrum: I don’t know about you, but being stuck at home during the pandemic made me realize two things. Thing the first: My entire life is disorganized. And thing the second: Organizing my life, and then keeping organized, is a…

Real driverless cars are now legal in Shenzhen, China’s tech hub

TechCrunch: There are plenty of autonomous driving vehicles testing on the roads of Shenzhen today: Pony.ai, Baidu, DeepRoute, AutoX, you name it. But these vehicles are not really the unmanned vehicles that tech upstarts envision for the future, as they…

Necrobotics: Dead Spiders Reincarnated as Robot Grippers

IEEE Spectrum: Bugs have long taunted roboticists with how utterly incredible they are. Astonishingly mobile, amazingly efficient, super robust, and in some cases, literally dirt cheap. But making a robot that’s an insect equivalent is extremely hard—so hard that it’s frequently…

Artificial Muscles Woven Into Smart Textiles Could Make Clothing Hyperfunctional

IEEE Spectrum: Recent advances in soft robotics have opened up possibilities for the construction of smart fibers and textiles that have a variety of mechanical, therapeutic, and wearable possibilities. These…