Robots

10 May 23

Matician Brings a Service Model to Home Cleaning Robots

Metallurgy & Material Science

In industry, it’s pretty common for robots to be sold as a service. That is, rather than buying the robot and managing it yourself, you instead rent the service that the robot provides. This service includes renting the robot itself, but it also includes stuff like installation, maintenance, repairs, tech…

23 Mar 23

Caterpillar-like soft robot showcases great mobility skills

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

The caterpillar-like robot developed by the North Carolina researchers could offer a new approach to locomotion for soft robotics. The caterpillar-bot’s movement is driven by a novel pattern of silver nanowires that use heat to control the robot's bending, allowing users to steer its movements in either direction. “A caterpillar’s…

07 Mar 23

Mini Robot Enters Blood Vessels, Completes Surgery

Biotechnology & Biomedical

This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore.When a patient has a blocked artery or blood vessel, a team of surgeons must carefully thread an ultrathin catheter through the person’s blood vessel to reach the lesion or blocked area. But whereas surgeons…

14 Dec 21

Love is everywhere in this year’s digital Christmas issue

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

‘The love theme’ sounds like an instrumental song from the late, great Barry White. But we’re thinking broader than romantic, sexy lurve. There’s motherly love and brotherly love; love for our friends, fellow human beings and family pets. We examine how technology can help make and maintain those relationships, especially…

24 May 21

Autonomous robot designed for Covid-safe communications in hospital

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation

Designed by University of Malaga researchers, the robot has Covid-specific design functions in order to adapt it to the pandemic needs and aims to facilitate the work of professionals in nursing homes and hospitals. “We have enabled people that are isolated in a room to have a video call with…