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Get pleasure from at this time’s movies!
Is “scamperiest” a phrase? If not, it ought to be, as a result of that is the scamperiest robotic I’ve ever seen.
[ ABS ]
GITAI is happy to announce that its 1.5-meter-long autonomous twin robotic arm system (S2) has efficiently arrived on the Worldwide Area Station (ISS) aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (NG-20) to conduct an exterior demonstration of in-space servicing, meeting, and manufacturing (ISAM) whereas onboard the ISS. The success of the S2 tech demo might be a serious milestone for GITAI, confirming the feasibility of this expertise as a totally operational system in area.
[ GITAI ]
And if you wish to get exhausted on behalf of a robotic, the complete 400-meter sprint is under.
[ Hybrid Robotics ]
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter pushed aerodynamic limits in the course of the closing months of its mission, setting new data for velocity, distance, and altitude. Hear from Ingenuity chief engineer Travis Brown on how the info the crew collected may ultimately be utilized in future rotorcraft designs.
[ NASA ]
BigDog: 15 years of fixing mobility issues its personal approach.
[ Boston Dynamics ]
[Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences] researchers are serving to develop resilient and autonomous deep area and extraterrestrial habitations by growing applied sciences to let autonomous robots restore or exchange broken parts in a habitat. The analysis is a part of the Resilient ExtraTerrestrial Habitats institute (RETHi) led by Purdue College, in partnership with [Harvard] SEAS, the College of Connecticut and the College of Texas at San Antonio. Its aim is to “design and function resilient deep area habitats that may adapt, take up and quickly get better from anticipated and sudden disruptions.”
[ Harvard SEAS ]
Researchers from Huazhong College of Science and Expertise (HUST) in a latest T-RO paper describe and assemble a novel variable stiffness spherical joint motor that allows dexterous movement and joint compliance in omni-directions.
[ Paper ]
Thanks, Ram!
We’re informed that this new robotic from HEBI is named “Mark Suckerberg” and that they’ve acquired a reasonably cool software in thoughts for it, to be revealed later this 12 months.
[ HEBI Robotics ]
Thanks, Dave!
Dive into the primary version of our new Actual-World-Robotics class at ETH Zürich! Our college students launched into an unimaginable journey, creating their human-like robotic arms from scratch. In simply three months, the groups designed, constructed, and programmed their tendon-driven robotic arms, mastering dexterous manipulation with reinforcement studying! The outcome? A spectacular show of innovation and ability throughout our grand closing.
[ SRL ETHZ ]
Adaptive Cell Manipulation mission from Carnegie Mellon College! Primarily based on AgileX Robotics’s RangerMini2.0 cell robotic, Combine sensors similar to robotic arm and depth digital camera to finish to be a accomplished answer, which might notice the capabilities of clever motion and processing.
[ AgileX ]
Picassnake is our custom-made robotic that paints photos from music. Picassnake consists of an arm and a head, embedded in a luxurious snake doll. The robotic is linked to a laptop computer for management and music processing, which will be fed by way of a microphone or an MP3 file. To open the media supply, an operator can use the graphical consumer interface or place a textual content QR code in entrance of a webcam. As soon as the media supply is opened, Picassnake generates distinctive strokes primarily based on the music and interprets the strokes to bodily motion to color them on canvas.
[ Picassnake ]
In April 2021, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter grew to become the primary spacecraft to attain powered, managed flight on one other world. With 72 profitable flights, Ingenuity has far surpassed its initially deliberate expertise demonstration of as much as 5 flights. On Jan. 18, Ingenuity flew for the ultimate time on the Pink Planet. Be a part of Tiffany Morgan, NASA’s Mars Exploration Program Deputy Director, and Teddy Tzanetos, Ingenuity Mission Supervisor, as they focus on these historic flights and what they may imply for future extraterrestrial aerial exploration.
[ NASA ]