Five UK universities will jointly receive a share of £25million in funding for a new national robotics research centre aimed at improving collaborative technology and helping businesses to unlock the full potential of automated industrial manufacturing. Led by Loughborough University, the Made Smarter Innovation Research Centre for Smart, Collaborative Industrial Robotics … [Read more...] about New research centre to transform relationship between people and robots
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Engineers create salt-grain-sized camera
Researchers at Princeton University and the University of Washington have designed an ultracompact camera the size of a coarse grain of salt that’s capable of producing crisp, full-colour images on a par with a conventional compound camera lens 500,000 times larger in volume. According to the research team, the system could enable minimally invasive endoscopy with medical … [Read more...] about Engineers create salt-grain-sized camera
Industrial robots get the human touch
Eureka Robotics, a tech spin-off from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, has upgraded its force-feedback Dynamis software technology for industrial robots to give it improved touch sensitivity and precision. The engineers behind the software say that it makes industrial robots almost as sensitive as human hands. Dynamis is a complex artificial intelligence … [Read more...] about Industrial robots get the human touch
Taking the heat: how tiny metal droplets could revolutionise wearable tech
A team of engineers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has come up with a novel way of using droplets of liquid metal to dissipate heat and prevent overheating in devices that use microelectronics. The new technique has the potential to revolutionise the design of wearable technology, soft robotics and other microelectronics-packed applications. ‘As computing power … [Read more...] about Taking the heat: how tiny metal droplets could revolutionise wearable tech
New cable design could allow electric vehicles to recharge in less than five minutes
Currently, charging times for electric vehicles can vary from 20 minutes to several hours, and long waiting times are cited as a major source of anxiety for people considering buying an electric vehicle. But now, engineers at Purdue University in Indiana have invented a new charging station cable that’s capable of fully recharging certain EVs in less than five minutes – roughly … [Read more...] about New cable design could allow electric vehicles to recharge in less than five minutes
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