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ICRA 2023: 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDON
Energy Drone & Robotics Summit: 10–12 June 2023, HOUSTON
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RSS 2023: 10–14 July 2023, DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA
IEEE RO-MAN 2023: 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, SOUTH KOREA
IROS 2023: 1–5 October 2023, DETROIT
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Humanoids 2023: 12–14 December 2023, AUSTIN, TEXAS
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[Robots Guide]
The qualities that make a knitted sweater snug and simple to put on are the identical issues that may enable robots to higher work together with people. RobotSweater, developed by a analysis staff from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute, is a machine-knitted textile “skin” that may sense contact and stress.
RobotSweater’s knitted material consists of two layers of conductive yarn made with metallic fibers to conduct electrical energy. Sandwiched between the 2 is a net-like, lace-patterned layer. When stress is utilized to the material—say, from somebody touching it—the conductive yarn closes a circuit and is learn by the sensors. In their analysis, the staff demonstrated that pushing on a companion robotic outfitted in RobotSweater instructed it which technique to transfer or what path to show its head. When used on a robotic arm, RobotSweater allowed a push from an individual’s hand to information the arm’s motion, whereas grabbing the arm instructed it to open or shut its gripper. In future analysis, the staff needs to discover easy methods to program reactions from the swipe or pinching motions used on a touchscreen.
[CMU]
DEEP Robotics Co. yesterday introduced that it has launched the most recent model of its Lite3 robotic canine in Europe. The system combines superior mobility and an open modular construction to serve the schooling, analysis, and leisure markets, stated the Hangzhou, China–primarily based firm.
Lite3’s introduced value is US $2,900. It ships in September.
[Deep Robotics]
Estimating terrain traversability in off-road environments requires reasoning about complicated interplay dynamics between the robotic and these terrains. We suggest a way that learns to foretell traversability costmaps by combining exteroceptive environmental data with proprioceptive terrain interplay suggestions in a self-supervised method. We validate our methodology in a number of short- and large-scale navigation duties on a big, autonomous all-terrain automobile (ATV) on difficult off-road terrains, and exhibit ease of integration on a separate massive floor robotic.
This work can be introduced on the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023) in London subsequent week.
[Mateo Guaman Castro]
Thanks, Mateo!
Sheet Metal Workers’ Local Union 104 has launched a coaching course on automating and innovating area structure with the Dusty Robotics FieldPrinter system.
[Dusty Robotics]
Apptronik has half of its general-purpose robotic able to go!
The different half continues to be a piece in progress, however right here’s progress:
[Apptronik]
A spotted-lanternfly-murdering robotic is my form of murdering robotic.
[FRC]
ANYmal is rated IP67 for water resistance, however this nonetheless terrifies me.
[ANYbotics]
Check out the spectacular ankle motion on this humanoid strolling over squishy terrain.
[CNRS-AIST JRL]
Wing’s progress might be charted alongside the more and more dense environments through which we’ve been in a position to function: from rural farms to evenly populated suburbs to extra dense suburbs to massive metropolitan areas like Brisbane, Australia; Helsinki, Finland; and the Dallas Fort Worth metro space in Texas. Earlier this month, we did an indication supply at Coors Field–dwelling of the Colorado Rockies–delivering beer (Coors after all) and peanuts to the sphere. Admittedly, it wasn’t on a sport day, however there have been 1,000 individuals within the stands having fun with the kickoff occasion for AUVSI’s annual autonomous techniques convention.
[ Wing ]
Pollen Robotics’ staff can be going to ICRA 2023 in London! Come and meet us there to strive teleoperating Reachy by your self and provides us your suggestions!
[ Pollen Robotics ]
The most effective drone engine is not any engine in any respect.
[ MAVLab ]
Is your robotic spineless? Should or not it’s? Let’s discover out.
[ UPenn ]
Looks like we’re getting nearer to that robotic butler.
[ Prisma Lab ]
This episode of the Robot Brains podcast options Raff D’Andrea, from Kiva, Verity, and ETH Zurich.
[ Robot Brains ]