Robotics

Soft Legged Robot Uses Pneumatic Circuitry to Walk Like a Turtle

IEEE Spectrum: Soft robots are inherently safe, highly resilient, and potentially very cheap, making them promising for a wide array of applications. But development on them has been a bit slow relative to other areas of robotics, at least partially because…

Boston Dynamics’ robot dog gets an arm attachment, self-charging capabilities

Ars Technica: Boston Dynamics’ “Spot” robot is getting some upgrades. The robot dog officially went on sale to the public last year for a cool $74,500. For the first time…

Meet Blueswarm, a Smart School of Robotic Fish

IEEE Spectrum: Anyone who’s seen an undersea nature documentary has marveled at the complex choreography that schooling fish display, a darting, synchronized ballet with a cast of thousands. Those instinctive movements have inspired researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School…

Self-Driving Tech Heads To Transit With New Flyer’s Autonomous Electric Bus

Forbes: Billions of dollars have poured into research and testing by companies like Waymo, GM-backed Cruise, Amazon’s Zoox and startup TuSimple to teach cars and trucks how to drive…