Why are so many robots white?Problems of racial and gender bias in artificial intelligence algorithms and the data used to train large language models like ChatGPT have...
28 Jan, 2024, 12.03 PM IST
Robots can now feel 'pain'! Team of UK scientists led by Indian-origin engineer develop e-skinThe artificial skin comes with a new type of processing system based on synaptic transistors.
03 Jun, 2022, 11.13 AM IST
This electronic glove can give robots a human-like sense of touchIt imitates the way layers of human skin work together to give hands extraordinary sensitivity.
22 Nov, 2018, 06.35 PM IST
OmniSkin: 'Robotic muscle' that brings stuffed toys to lifeThis robotic skin can make any soft object move.
07 Oct, 2018, 10.46 AM IST
Goosebumps and spikes: This robot can feel, express emotionsThe robot's skin covers a grid of texture units whose shapes change based on its feelings.
18 Jul, 2018, 06.30 PM IST
Flexible 'skin' for robots to perform everyday tasksIt mimics the way a human finger experiences tension and compression as it slides along a surface or distinguishes among different textures.
18 Oct, 2017, 12.40 PM IST
New soft robotic gripper can screw in light bulbsThe gripper is unique because it brings together three different capabilities. It can twist objects; it can sense objects; and it can build...
11 Oct, 2017, 12.43 PM IST
- Colour-changing e-skin developed; can have robotics uses
Beijing, July 26 (IANS) Chinese researchers have developed a user-interactive electronic skin that can change colour -- an ability associat...
26 Jul, 2017, 07.02 PM IST
- 3D printed bionic skin could allow robots 'feel'
Washington, May 14 (IANS) US researchers have developed a "revolutionary" process for 3D printing stretchable electronic sensory devices th...
14 May, 2017, 09.50 AM IST
- Shock-absorbing skins to protect 3-D-printed robots
New York, Oct 6 (IANS) Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new method for 3-D printing soft materia...
06 Oct, 2016, 12.32 PM IST
Touching humanoid robot evokes emotional response in peopleA large body of research in communication shows how touch is used as a social "glue" between people - building relationships and influencin...
06 Apr, 2016, 06.42 PM IST
Scientists develp new human-like social robot 'Nadine' developedNadine is a friendly robot which smiles while greeting you and will remember your name and your previous conversation the next time you mee...
30 Dec, 2015, 01.51 PM IST
A humanoid robot that can interact with peopleA humanoid robot which can mimic human expressions greeted visitors at a recent Hong Kong electronics fair.
24 Apr, 2015, 12.47 PM IST
New fabric may lead to 'active clothing,' wearable robotsThe robotic fabric contains sensors made of a flexible polymer and threadlike strands that return to a coiled shape when heated, causing th...
29 Sep, 2014, 06.26 PM IST
Humans mirror robot emotionsEinstein, a lifelike android, has a humanlike skin and the ability to stretch its face into angry or happy expressions.
24 Jul, 2014, 05.57 PM IST
Indian-origin scientist researching on new Robotics technologyDr Ravinder Dahiya has got the grant from Britain's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to work on the technology th...
03 May, 2014, 01.53 PM IST
- Will Tintin & Secret of Uncanny Valley's realistic animation psyche audiences out?
What comes somewhere in between an eerily too human to be real character and a truly cartoonish one, too cartoonish to be accepted as human?
10 Nov, 2011, 04.30 AM IST