Empathic robots on future health care teams: Researchers review Pepper and NAO robot effectiveness

A child with a new cochlear implant works on auditory rehabilitation exercises at home in Toulouse, France, aided by Pepper, a human-looking robot. In Canada, another child interacts with Pepper, who ...
Nature

Flexible joints: robot morphs into a range of cyborg species

For a low-cost solution, Karthik Urs, then at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and his colleagues 3D printed a robot with legs that can be adapted to match those of various species — complete ...

Uncanny ‘warm-skinned’ robot built to feel as human as possible could show up in service worker roles

Techsperts are sounding alarm bells following the release of an eerily realistic humanoid service bot named Moya with camera ...
IEEE

RoTipBot: Robotic Handling of Thin and Flexible Objects Using Rotatable Tactile Sensors

Abstract: This article introduces RoTipBot, a novel robotic system for handling thin, flexible objects. Different from previous works that are limited to singulating them using suction cups or soft ...
IEEE

A Precise Autonomous Parking System Using Ultrasonic Sensors

Abstract: In this paper, we propose the use of ultrasonic sensors for autonomous parking systems. In general, LiDAR sensors are evaluated to be advantageous in autonomous parking systems, but this ...