Bringing Skynet to the masses
The guys at Purdue University are developing a robotic fabric that can be used to make “soft” robots out of foam and other lightweight material by using fabric with an embedded flexible polymer that changes shape...
Amazing and beautiful at the same time! I think these guys have created a commercially viable and good-looking drone for their delivery services to remote locations. http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/2bd70505f6ffd255f4b2cc861d8722dd/200813540/dhl-paketkopter-juist-boden-630.jpg This technology is absolutely taking off, and...
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/ed3967017da7e4214fe8074cc74ab152/200787149/MIT-GelSight-01-press.jpg Researchers at MIT and Northeastern University are showing off a new fingertip version of the GelSight sensor, that uses a camera and a sensitive rubber film to 3D map the objects they’re grabbing. They say...
Interesting project that shows how a South Korean team have created a robot to actually fly a plane using human controls. For now of course it is flying a simulator but I find it fascinating...
MIT back at it again! I had a great time when I visited MIT this summer. I was inside their legendary CSAIL lab and all around campus :)))) http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/e1c3b98df2c03b78d34eb7861c439d40/200757363/MIT-Cheetah-05.jpg Check the video 😉 http://www.engadget.com/2014/09/15/mit-darpa-cheetah-robot/
