Honor’s Robot Phone is a bad robot, an interesting camera, and maybe your friend

The Robot Phone could more accurately be called the Gimbal Phone, though I suspect the company’s marketing department would ...

I study why zebrafish larva prefer to circle left or right, to understand how and why human brains encode right‑ and left‑handedness

Being left- or right-handed – and the paw, eye, fin and wing equivalents – is a product of genes, development and the environment.
IEEE

A Pseudo-Hip Dual-Rotor-Motor Design for Quadruped Robots: Integrating Wheel Propulsion into Leg Joints toward Lightweight and Efficient Wheeled-Legged Locomotion

Abstract: Current wheeled-legged quadrupeds typically mount powered wheels under the feet to harvest both the high efficiency of wheels and the terrain adaptability of legs. However, the extra wheel ...
Tech Xplore

Palm-sized piezo robot combines mobility with sub-micrometer positioning accuracy

With the speed at which technology advances, there is little room for suboptimal performance and out-of-date tech. Precise ...
Tech Xplore

Simulated cats and elephants with touch-based memory help usher in new age of robotics

A new approach to simulating biologically inspired robotics can cut the design and training of tactile robots from eighteen months to two weeks, new research suggests. Published in Cyborg & Bionic ...
IEEE

Design and Implementation of a Servo-Actuated Quadruped Robot with Optimized Locomotion Control

Abstract: The paper presents a prototype of a four-legged robotic platform capable of basic activities like standing. sitting, and walking aided by a servo-actuated leg mechanism. One Arduino uno ...
Electronic Design

GaN Powers Up High-Efficiency Motor Joints in Humanoid Robots

Texas Instruments is developing GaN power devices to enable more compact and efficient motor joints for humanoid robots.