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Electronics-free robots can walk right off the 3D-printer
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Electronics-free robots can walk right off the 3D-printer

This robot can walk, without electronics, and only with the addition of a cartridge of compressed gas, right off the 3D-printer. Credit: David...

Legged robots skateboard successfully with reinforcement learning framework
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Legged robots skateboard successfully with reinforcement learning framework

Credit: Liu et al. Legged robots, which are often inspired by animals and insects, could help humans to complete various real-world tasks, for...

3D printing approach strings together dynamic objects to assemble bionic robots, sculptures and more
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3D printing approach strings together dynamic objects to assemble bionic robots, sculptures and more

Xstrings facilitates how cables are integrated into the object it’s producing. Users can choose exactly how the strings are secured, including its endpoint,...

“The age of generalist robotics is here” – Nvidia’s latest GROOT AI model just took us another step closer to fully humanoid robots
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“The age of generalist robotics is here” – Nvidia’s latest GROOT AI model just took us another step closer to fully humanoid robots

Nvidia has taken the world a step closer to smart, humanoid robots with the launch of its latest advanced AI model. At its...

Artificial muscle flexes in multiple directions, offering a path to soft, wiggly robots
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Artificial muscle flexes in multiple directions, offering a path to soft, wiggly robots

MIT engineers grew an artificial, muscle-powered structure that pulls both concentrically and radially, much like how the iris in the human eye acts...

An evolving robotics encyclopedia characterizes robots based on their performance
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An evolving robotics encyclopedia characterizes robots based on their performance

The Robot Performance and Safety Test center and test setups for tacile robot performance being explained by Robin Kirschner. Credit: TUM-MIRMI, Dayana Ramirez....

‘We could not achieve that with puppetry or animatronics’: Joe and Anthony Russo didn’t want to build real-life robots for The Electric State for two big reasons
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‘We could not achieve that with puppetry or animatronics’: Joe and Anthony Russo didn’t want to build real-life robots for The Electric State for two big reasons

The Electric State directors have revealed why they didn’t use animatronic robots Joe and Anthony Russo say it would’ve been too expensive to...

Silk-inspired in situ web spinning for situated robots
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Silk-inspired in situ web spinning for situated robots

A spun bridge supporting a steel balance weight to demonstrate good load capacity. Credit: Authors, CC-4.0 Researchers at the Institute of Technology, University...

Framework allows a person to correct a robot’s actions using the kind of feedback they’d give another human
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Framework allows a person to correct a robot’s actions using the kind of feedback they’d give another human

Graduate student Felix Yanwei Wang nudges a robotic arm that is manipulating a bowl in a toy kitchen set up in the group’s...