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🤖 How Robots Build Maps of Places They Have Never Seen Before
A robot entering an unfamiliar warehouse, cave, home, disaster zone, or planetary surface faces a…
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🤖 How Robots Plan the Best Path From One Point to Another
When a warehouse robot carries a package across a fulfillment center, a self-driving vehicle navigates…
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🤖 How Robots Know How Hard to Grip an Object Without Breaking It
Picking up an object seems effortless for a human. 🖐️ You can hold a paper…
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How Robots See the World: Understanding Cameras, LiDAR, and Computer Vision 🤖👁️📡
Robots do not “see” the world in the same way humans do. A person can…
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🤖 How Surgical Robots Help Doctors Perform Highly Precise Operations
Modern surgery has changed dramatically over the past few decades. Procedures that once required large…
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Microcontrollers vs. Microprocessors: What’s Best for Your Robot? 🤖⚙️
When building a robot, one of the most important decisions is choosing between a microcontroller…
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3D Printed Algae Ball Robots Promise a Practical Way to Monitor Water
Marimo, commonly known as algae balls or moss balls, is a sphere-shaped and endangered species…
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High-Energy Shape Memory Polymer Could Help Robots Flex Their Muscles
When stretched or deformed, shape memory polymers return to their original shapes after heat or…
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Giving robots better moves
For most people, the task of identifying an object, picking it up, and placing it…
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MIT Engineers Showed a Robotic Cheetah How to Take One Giant Leap
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) engineers have developed a 'mini cheetah' that can jump…