Robotics

IDTechEx is hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 20 June 2017 titled How Progress and Innovation in Robotic Technology is Transforming Agriculture.

A robot automatically identifies weeds in a field and combats them with a short laser pulse. Sustainable agriculture, which avoids the use of herbicides as far as possible, could benefit from this smart idea.

Grabbing the awkwardly shaped items that people pick up in their day-to-day lives is a slippery task for robots.

By mounting GelSight sensors on the grippers of robotic arms, teams have given robots greater sensitivity and dexterity.

An intelligent check-in kiosk that will autonomously move to busy or congested areas in the airport as needed, promising to relegate check-in queues to the past.

Electroadhesion channels the same static cling that makes a balloon stick to hair and uses it to automate the handling of virtually any material.

A new interactive design tool enables both novices and experts to build customized legged or wheeled robots using 3D-printed components and off-the-shelf actuators.

Engineers are using soft robotics technology to make light, flexible gloves that allow users to feel tactile feedback when they interact with virtual reality environments.

C-Turtle has to dig hard to propel itself across the sand, but not so hard it digs holes. Nature-inspired, the design succeeds.

Agriculture is one of the world's least digitized major industries. This is however all about to change. Indeed, data acquisition and analytics companies are already a hot topic, and as such are subject to growing capital investments. This trend is captured in the figure below.

With the recent boom of the robotic exoskeleton industry, more and more patients are being strapped into machines that apply forces to their legs as they walk, gently prodding them to modify their movements by lengthening their strides, straightening their hips, and bending their knees. But, are all patients benefiting from this kind of treatment?

May 10th-11th saw the 2017 European-leg of the IDTechEx Show! In this article IDTechEx analysts share some of the most interesting innovations on offer at the show.

Automated valets have arrived at Paris-Charles De Gaulle airport to park your cars thanks to Stanley Robotics.

The research team took an animal's locomotive abilities to apply the theory of using a robot as a parasite. The robot is attached to its host animal in a way similar to an actual parasite, and it interacts with the host through particular devices and algorithms.

A robotics system, trained entirely in simulation and deployed on a physical robot, which can learn a new task after seeing it done once.

Strong positive feedback and growth at Europe's most important event on emerging technologies

IDTechEx analyst Dr David Pugh attended the recent Hannover Messe - in this article he shares his key findings from the event.

Artificial intelligence doesn't have to be super-sophisticated to make a difference in people's lives, according to a new Yale University study. Even "dumb AI" can help human groups.

Engineers have developed the first soft robot that is capable of walking on rough surfaces, such as sand and pebbles

Researchers have created a team of free-flying robots that obeys the two rules of the air: don't collide or undercut each other. They've also built autonomous blimps that recognize hand gestures and detect faces.