Robots now have much greater dexterity thanks to fingertip sensors
Good as robots are at repeating the same motion over and over, they can’t adapt to situations nearly as well as good ‘old flesh-and-bones. That’s where MIT’s new fingertip sensor…
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Good as robots are at repeating the same motion over and over, they can’t adapt to situations nearly as well as good ‘old flesh-and-bones. That’s where MIT’s new fingertip sensor…
MIT’s Cheetah robot has finally been let off the leash — and boy can it run. Watch as it bounds across a grass field, and even jumps over a hurdle. It isn’t quite up to…
It’s great that manufacturers recover lead from discarded car batteries to use in new ones, since lead production from ores yields toxic residues. The problem is, when we shift…
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have devised a way to augment the puny flesh and bone accouterments on human hands. The researchers have actually developed…
Water is pretty wild when you think about it: all of its three states of matter are consumable by humans, and one in particular can even give off electrical power. A team at…
Models, you’ll never have to fear being photographed in bad lighting again. Researchers at MIT and Cornell University are looking to give modern photographers a helping hand…