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02/28/2018 / By David Williams

New self-healing “e-skin” is malleable, recyclable, making it perfect for robotics and biomedical devices

Researchers from the University of Colorado (CU) Boulder have just devised a new method of forming “electronic skin” which is said to be malleable, self-healing, and could potentially be used in the fields of robotics, biomedicine, and more. This new e-skin could serve as the basis for future basis in various engineering, medical, or scientific […]

02/07/2018 / By David Williams

Researchers develop tiny robot that moves like caterpillars and jellyfish, could be used for medical treatment inside the human body

Would you allow your doctor to insert a tiny robot into your body if it meant curing you of one or more of your illnesses? That’s the promise of a newly-developed nanobot made by a group of researchers led by Metin Sitti, the head of the physical intelligence department at the Max Planck Institute for […]

01/09/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Researchers have developed “artificial muscles” with superhuman speed and strength, and the ability to self-heal

Forget cold, metal shells — the robots of the tomorrow could be covered in soft, artificial muscles. That’s certainly what researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder appear to be working towards. Taking inspiration from organic muscle, the team of scientists has come up with robotic muscles that combine incredible strength and impressive flexibility. On […]

10/16/2017 / By Robert Jonathan

Technology from the movies is on the way: A look at the many ways it will change our future

Science fiction may become reality sooner rather than later. Of course, when predictions about the future are thrown around, past performance is no guarantee of future results, as they say in the financial industry. A 10-part anthology series airing on Channel 4 in the U.K. called “Electric Dreams” explores the works of Blade Runner author […]

09/11/2017 / By D. Samuelson

Rise of the robots will force employers to have “human hiring quotas” even if robots can do their job better

The International Bar Association (IBA), says Ibanet.org, is the “world’s leading organization of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies.” IBA’s global reach extends to 160 countries with 80,000 individual lawyers as members worldwide. Their expertise “covers all practice areas and professional interests,” and include, among other agendas, a large human rights component. Their global corporate reach provides an […]

06/16/2017 / By Russel Davis

Scientists developing laser robot that can zap weeds without using pesticides

A team of researchers from the Institute of Geodesy and Geoinformation at the University of Bonn in Germany are currently developing a robotic tool that readily identifies weeds and shoots laser to eliminate them, thus reducing the need to use herbicides. The project received an EXIST Business Start-up Grant from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. […]

04/07/2017 / By Earl Garcia

Breakthrough brick-laying robot to put millions of brick layers out of work

New York-based Construction Robotics has developed a bricklaying robot that can build walls six times faster than a human worker. The Semi-Automated Mason 100, nicknamed Sam, can lay up to 3,000 bricks daily compared with an average builder’s capacity of only 500 bricks a day. The robot Sam is made up of various parts including a […]

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