In this tutorial, I will be describing the robot control software architecture that comes with v1.0.0 of Sobot Rimulator, and providing snippets from the Python source (with slight modifications ...

While child-sized humanoid robots like the Unitree R1 have come down in price, not everybody has a spare $6,000 to throw ...

A better way to control shape-shifting soft robots Date: May 9, 2024 Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Summary: A new machine-learning technique can train and control a reconfigurable ...

Engineers at UC Riverside have unveiled an air-powered computer memory that can be used to control soft robots. The innovation overcomes one of the biggest obstacles to advancing soft robotics ...

Soft robots that interact with their environments, such as the continuously learning modular robot and the relaxation oscillator robot, exhibit higher levels of control autonomy.

Soft robotics has “really come a long way over the past decade,” says study first author Daniel Preston. “What’s really been missing is the ability to control things with a completely soft ...

The team modified microfluidic valves to handle larger airflow rates producing an eight-bit pneumatic RAM chip that controls larger and faster-soft robots. The system is incorporated into a pair ...

Air-powered computer memory helps soft robot control movements Date: July 16, 2021 Source: University of California - Riverside Summary: Engineers made a pneumatic RAM chip using microfluidic ...