Tag: robot
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Tiny electromagnetic robot runs fast and re-forms after being squished
A squishy robot smaller than a postage stamp can run 70 of its body lengths every second – more than three times faster than a cheetah, relative to its body size. “It is really, really fast and, to be honest, that was a little bit of a surprise,” says Martin Kaltenbrunner at Johannes Kepler University…
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Octobot, autonomous, entirely soft robot
Powered by a chemical reaction controlled by microfluidics, 3D-printed, the first autonomous, entirely soft robot, has no electronics. A team of Harvard University researchers with expertise in 3-D printing, mechanical engineering, and microfluidics has demonstrated the first autonomous, untethered, entirely soft robot. This small, 3-D-printed robot — nicknamed the “octobot” — could pave the way…
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Driverless robot taxis
Dozens of people in Japan will be whisked to the local shops in driverless taxis from next year in an experiment with robot technology that could be fully commercial by the time Tokyo hosts the Olympics in 2020. From March 2016, the taxis will take about 50 residents of Fujisawa, a large coastal town near Tokyo, from…