This robot uses artificial brain cells to navigate like a human
The behavior and interplay of two types of neurons in the brain helps give humans and other animals an uncanny ability to navigate by building a mental map of their surroundings. Now one robot has been...
View ArticleRobotic hands with a human connection (Engineers Australia)
(Source: Engineers Australia) Researchers from the University of Washington are engineering a robotic hand that replicates both the look and the functionality of the human hand. Highly biomimetic,...
View ArticleInspired by humans, a robot takes a walk in the grass (Oregon State University)
(Source: Oregon State University) CORVALLIS, Ore. - In a rolling, outdoor field, full of lumps, bumps and uneven terrain, researchers at Oregon State University last week successfully field-tested for...
View ArticleResearchers Create Robot Skeleton With Human-Like Muscles
In the hunt to create the ultimate cyborg researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have unveiled a robot which uses human-like muscles to move. The robot has been, rather worryingly, built...
View ArticleResearchers create skeleton robot with human-like muscles
If robots that mimic animal or human behavior are your nightmare fuel, turn away now. Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology went one step further with a skeleton robot, giving it human-like...
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