Future automation and Industry 4.0: What lies in store for the engineering profession?
From robotics and autonomous systems to distributed sensing networks, 3D mapping, AI, computer vision and cybernetics, there's a lot happening ...
Tag: robotics
Can robot pets help people in the same way as the real thing?
Companionship and mental stimulation can make a big difference to an elderly care patient’s quality of life. Could a robot ...
Brick by brick, Lego is helping robots build their construction skills
Can machine learning and collaboration help robots learn to build Lego models? Yotto Koga hopes so, and that the construction ...
Automation in the construction industry: From small robots, big things can grow
Building services engineer Daniel Messina is combining his passions for robotics and automation to take some of the grunt work ...
World-first robot takes on the dirty and dangerous work of removing toxic chemical waste
Christopher Jansen knew how dangerous catalyst removal could be for workers. His hardy robot can do its job in places ...
Meet the engineer using rats to teach robots how to find their way
Humans have often looked to nature to build better machines. Professor Michael Milford discusses what path-finding robots can learn from ...
Swarms of pipe-mending robots could keep roadworks from slowing us down
Roadworks can be frustrating and time consuming. The UK is researching microrobotic tech that could carry out underground maintenance without ...
What can robots learn from playing with Lego?
Why do robots play with Lego? It's not just for fun – the toy is helping them learn the skills ...
‘Morphing’ gull-like wings could help drones soar farther
Canadian engineers and zoologists are working together to understand how gulls can change the shape of their wings to stabilise ...
Picking up objects within reach for robots thanks to new ‘grasp maps’
Picking up an object from a cluttered table is a task humans can do without even thinking. But for robots, ...
