Month: February 2018

Some toddlers never seem to learn that if you run too fast you’ll bump your head. Skittering cockroaches
Cockroach-inspired robot is no crash-test dummy

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos

Video Friday: Boston Dynamics, Autonomous Drone, and Robot Drum Man

A mysterious hardware problem has kept the ISS Robonaut out of action since at least 2015, so it’s returning to Earth for a fix

Robonaut Has Been Broken for Years, and Now NASA Is Bringing It Home

A team of researchers have developed state-of-the-art software to predict reaction yields while varying up to four components. Their software can work for any reaction on any substrate, using Spartan data. The researchers hope it will prove to be a valuable tool in expediting the synthesis of new medicines.
Chemists harness artificial intelligence to predict the future (of chemical reactions)

AI2-THOR, an interactive simulation based on home environments, can prepare AI for real-world challenges

AI2-THOR Interactive Simulation Teaches AI About Real World

A new type of all-terrain microbot that moves by tumbling could help usher in tiny machines for various applications.
All-terrain microbot moves by tumbling over complex topography

Circuit keeps up to 5.5-meter accuracy after 3 kilometers

Accurate Navigation Without GPS

To make drone package delivery green, look at drone size, electricity source, and warehouses, researchers say

Drone Delivery, If Done Right, Could Cut Emissions

Researchers build a robot that moves more like a cockroach.
Can a cockroach teach a robot how to scurry across rugged terrain?

The Skydio R1 is years ahead of just about any other autonomous drone we’ve ever seen

Skydio Demonstrates Incredible Obstacle-Dodging Full Autonomy With New R1 Consumer Drone