Robotics
Australian-engineered smart robotic recycling system has soft plastics in the bag
In 2017-18, only six per cent of Australian soft plastic waste was recycled. The rest added to the growing mountain...
This burrowing robot mimics nature to snake underground
Engineers have developed a soft robot that can burrow through sand and other difficult terrain.
Could this apple picking robot provide a solution to Australia’s labour shortage?
Engineers from Monash University have developed a robot capable of autonomous apple picking that could help fill the labour gap...
Engineers create dragonfly robot to check for water anomalies
Engineers in the US have developed an electronics-free robotic dragonfly that can detect impurities in water.
This tiny drone uses a live moth antenna to sniff out odours
Meet the Smellicopter: a drone with a real moth antenna that blurs the line between nature and technology.
Removing weeds without herbicides could prove a boon for farmers
Western Australian agricultural engineers have added a novel piece of technology to the farming industry’s arsenal against increasingly resilient weeds.
This soft, snake-like gripper could revolutionise the use of robotics in surgery
A team from the University of New South Wales has created a device that could pave the way for new...
By flapping its ‘wings’, this drone soars above the rest
Drawing inspiration from the natural world, a group of engineers has created a drone with flapping wings that can do...
Engineers are training this ice-crawling rover in preparation for its trip to another world
To get to Europa’s ice-water interface, BRUIE first will need to bury through an ice shell that scientists believe is...
This robot ventures into Sydney’s sewers so people don’t have to
A UTS team has developed an award-winning robotics system that can inspect pipes without having humans crawl into sewers.
