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Exposure to soft robots decreases human fears about working with them

Seeing robots made with soft, flexible parts in action appears to lower people's anxiety about working with them or even being replaced by...

Snail-inspired robot could scoop ocean microplastics

Inspired by a small and slow snail, scientists have developed a robot protype that may one day scoop up microplastics from the surfaces...

A color-based sensor to emulate skin’s sensitivity

In a step toward more autonomous soft robots and wearable technologies, researchers have created a device that uses color to simultaneously sense multiple...

Researchers develop novel deep learning-based detection system for autonomous vehicles

Autonomous vehicles require object detection systems to navigate traffic and avoid obstacles on the road. However, current detection methods often suffer from diminished...

Nearly 400,000 new compounds added to open-access materials database

New technology often calls for new materials -- and with supercomputers and simulations, researchers don't have to wade through inefficient guesswork to invent...

Network of robots can successfully monitor pipes using acoustic wave sensors

An inspection design method and procedure by which mobile robots can inspect large pipe structures has been demonstrated with the successful inspection of...

Researchers engineer a material that can perform different tasks depending on temperature

Researchers report that they have developed a new composite material designed to change behaviors depending on temperature in order to perform specific tasks....

New method uses crowdsourced feedback to help train robots

A new technique enables an AI agent to be guided by data crowdsourced asynchronously from nonexpert human users as it learns to complete...

Breakthrough in tackling increasing demand by ‘internet of things’ on mobile networks

A novel technology to manage demands on mobile networks from multiple users using Terahertz frequencies has been developed by computer scientists.

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