Robotics

Tesla has recently announced its plans to implement its humanoid robot, Optimus, internally starting as early as 2025.

TU Delft drone researchers have created an insect-inspired autonomous robot navigation strategy based on how ants visually recognise their environment and count their steps to return home. By applying these biological insights, they have developed an insect-inspired navigation strategy for tiny, lightweight robots. This strategy enables robots to return home after long journeys, requiring minimal computation and memory (1.16kB per 100m). Potentia...

In a study from UC San Diego, researchers have developed a method for teaching humanoid robots to perform expressive, whole-body movements, including dance, to improve interactions with humans.

The market for delivery drones is ready to take off. The potential benefits of using autonomous drones for delivery include alleviating road traffic, reducing carbon emissions (by using battery-powered delivery drones instead of gas-powered vehicles), faster delivery, and reduced delivery costs.

An action-packed programme of free interactive events for the whole family will showcase how UCL engineers are creating the future, in fields such as artificial intelligence, space exploration, robotics, and medicine.

Peter Swanson, Managing Director of adhesives specialist Intertronics, reflects on eight innovations from the last five years.

Musti Group, a pet care brand in the Nordics, has launched an awareness campaign to warn dog owners against leaving their pets in hot cars.

Improving the dexterity of robot hands has remained an ongoing development in the field of robotics as it can have real-world implications for automating tasks such as handling supermarket goods or sorting through waste for recycling.

Paige West speaks with Yang Gao, Professor of Robotics, Head of Centre for Robotics Research, King's College London about robots in extreme environments.

Robots are increasingly mimicking humans – aping their capabilities, expressions, and thought patterns, so it seems only natural that researchers would start to look at the appearance of humanoid machines to figure out how they can construct lifelike materials that will enable them to look just like people.