Real-world stories, launches, and funding about robots for research.
HRI Hand derivative · research
A project adapts the open-source HRI Hand design into a six-degree-of-freedom robotic hand driven by servo motors. It pairs a rigid PLA structure with flexible TPU fingertips and provides editable design files for customization.
Source · Reddit r/roboticsThe design gives robotics builders a customizable platform for grasping experiments.
ESCAPE · research
Researchers introduce ESCAPE, an online framework for egocentric sensing, collision avoidance, and policy execution. The work addresses blind spots and sensitivity to occlusion, clutter, and calibration associated with external-camera visuomotor policies.
Source · arXiv cs.ROThe framework targets perception limitations that complicate robot operation in unstructured environments.
Humanoid walking control research · research
A new research paper addresses humanoid walking when the supporting ground moves in unknown ways. It formulates a control problem involving persistent disturbances and the changing dynamics of legged motion.
Source · arXiv cs.ROAccounting for moving ground addresses a practical obstacle to using humanoids in unstable environments.
Morphing wing-sail monitoring robot · research
Scientists have created a robotic platform that descends like a maple seed before using a sail to travel on water. The design is intended to support rapid deployment and extended monitoring of remote waters.
Source · New Atlas RoboticsCombining aerial delivery with sailing could make distant bodies of water easier to monitor.
Fast Feature Field (F3) · research
A Science Robotics paper introduces Fast Feature Field, or F3, as a predictive representation of events for robot perception. The supplied excerpt provides publication details but no performance measurements or deployment results.
Source · Science RoboticsThe research presents a representation intended to support predictive perception in robots.
NYU Tandon water-pumping robot · research
Researchers at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering have developed a water-pumping robot that moves across rugged coastal terrain. The machine uses a wormlike approach to locomotion inspired by nature.
Source · New Atlas RoboticsThe prototype explores how biologically inspired movement can help robots navigate difficult shorelines.
SANDO · research
Researchers have developed SANDO, a planning method designed to keep a robot’s flight path free of collisions. The method could help flying robots navigate dangerous environments they have not previously mapped.
Source · MIT News RoboticsCollision-safe planning could improve the usefulness of aerial robots in disaster response.