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2017
We Are Getting Closer to Making Robots You Can Eat
Researchers have presented an edible robotic actuator, offering a potential leap forward towards the overall goal of an edible robot.
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2017
Weak, Brainless Quadruped Robot Autonomously Generates Gaits
This robot has no sensors, no controller, and weak actuators, but it can autonomously generate a variety of gaits.
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2017
Vanilla sets new drone endurance record after five days aloft
Last January, Vanilla Aircraft's VA001 set the world record for the longest unmanned internal combustion powered flight in history. Now the 36-ft (11-m) wingspan, diesel-powered drone has broken that record by staying aloft for 5 days, 1 hour and 24 minut
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2017
Tiny swimming robot blasts its way out of the water
This Aerial-Aquatic Microrobot named RoboBee is the World's first insect-sized winged robot which can even swim now..
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2017
Octopus-Inspired Robot Can Swim, Grasp Objects and Crawl Around
Researchers in Italy built a soft robot based on the anatomy and physicality of an octopus that moves and propels almost exactly like the real thing, they even tossed their prototype in the Mediterranean for a test drive.
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2017
BAE envisions spinning fixed-wing drones
This UAV would fly with both of their motor/propeller units facing forward when in fixed-wing mode...
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2017
This Robot Tractor is ready to disrupt construction
ZIPPING AROUND LIKE a bumblebee, the little black-and-yellow tractor claws its bucket into one of San Francisco’s few vacant lots, kicking up a puff of dust. Payload secured, it backs up—beep, beep, beep—whips around, and speeds to its dirt pile, stopping
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2017
Quantum Computing Will Change Everything, and Sooner Than You Expect
When we say an emerging technology represents a “paradigm shift,” it’s often hyperbole. In the case of quantum computers, it’s an understatement.
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2017
Robotic Hand That Can ‘Feel’
Human engineering is often seen as the pinnacle for technological achievement, be it the wheel, the steam engine or the space rocket. Human-engineering has also come a long way, especially in recent times. While the reality of fiction such as RoboCop is s
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2017
A Semi-Automatic Road Laying Robot
Engineers are always busy finding simpler solutions to problems and strive to decrease the time that a particular activity requires.
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