The modular exoskeleton system will help workers and the elderly, boosting ankle, knee and/or hip joints by mounting new motors to off-the-shelf orthotics.
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An open-source perception and movement system, to be developed with NSF funding, could enable robots that partner with humans in fires and disaster areas.
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$2M project aims to partner humans with robots for safer jobsites.
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Splitting the path into difficult and easy terrain speeds up path planning for robots that use “hands” to maintain balance on uneven ground.
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What should a robot do when it cannot trust the model it was trained on?
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ASEE Prism magazine explores how linear algebra could level the playing field.
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In the midst of outfitting a new building, Michigan roboticists shape a world where robots empower, instead of imperil, our humanity.
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The researchers compare them to fat deposits in living creatures.
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Getting rid of some gears enabled a free-swinging knee, regenerative braking and brought the noise level down from vacuum cleaner to fridge.
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A Q&A with Chad Jenkins.
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