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The March issue of Science #Robotics is now out! On the cover, an autonomous snake-like #robot that could one day search for life on the icy, geologically active surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus.

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The May issue of Science #Robotics is now out! The cover study features a new system that can help robots to recognize places by using a novel brain-inspired sensing approach.

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A @UCL_ICN , @PlasticityUCL study of human hand #augmentation in 36 participants suggests that our brains can readily adapt to an extra thumb, but using the additional appendage may alter the relationship between the #brain and biological hand. #robots

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In comparison to #drones that use standard #cameras , which can take as much as 40 milliseconds to react, a drone equipped with event cameras and running on an algorithm devised by @UZH_en scientists reacted on an average of 3.5 milliseconds:

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The October issue of Science #Robotics has arrived! Roboticists present new advances in prosthetics, including a prosthetic foot that replicates neural sensations to allow its users to walk more naturally, and a three-year case study of a bionic hand.

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📣 The May issue of Science #Robotics is out! The cover article features a method that optimizes path planning for #drone swarms. Check out the issue🔀

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Read how a swarm of micro flying #robots was capable of navigating in a dense forest whilst avoiding obstacles as well as tracking targets. @ZJU_China 📄: Focus:

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The July issue of Science #Robotics is out! The cover features a team of legged robots consisting of a scout, a hybrid, and a scientist. Other work features a Viewpoint on artificial empathy and a Focus on social companion robots.

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2 years

#DeepLearning and manual training taught a #robot to open a door successfully more than 96% of the time, completing 15 rounds of back-and-forth in 30 minutes. @tetsuyaogata1 @Hitachi_Japan @HitachiGlobal @waseda_univ @tetsuyaogata1 📎:

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The first 2024 issue of Science #Robotics is now live! The January cover shows a robotic system that uses reconfigurable metamaterials to build light and strong structures, with the potential for space construction projects.

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Off-the-shelf #robotic hardware, coded by @NTUsg scientists, were able to complete a chair-building task in roughly 20 minutes…after some trial-and-error #RoboFail

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The February issue of Science #Robotics is now live! This month is a special issue on magnetic #robots for medical application. The cover spotlights a new study with a dexterous continuum robot for endovascular navigation.

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1 year

Thanks in large part to the novel design of its magnetic feet, a quadrupedal climbing robot is faster and more agile than existing climbing robots. @kaistpr

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📣 The June issue of Science #Robotics is out! The cover article showcases an #AI interface capable of remote robotic physiochemical sensing. Check out the issue:

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3 years

Check out the new cover for Science #Robotics ! In this issue: A tunable tail improves TunaBot's swimming abilities and a lamprey-inspired #robot successfully slithers underwater by combining its central and peripheral "nervous systems."

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5 years

New @veritasium video features 3 recent @SciRobotics studies involving #magnetic #microrobots that readily change shapes, form swarms and clear biofilms.

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4 years

"Metal or muscle? The future of biologically inspired #robots ," according to Barry Andrew Trimmer from @TuftsEngineer . Read the new Focus piece here:

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#Robots of the future may be softer, squishier and bendier than robots today. But why soft robots? One of their most promising applications may be in #space . Check out @veritasium 's new video, featuring research from #ScienceRobotics :

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Why can animals outrun robots? The answer lies in integrated systems, according to a new Science #Robotics Review.

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3 years

To build tiny #robots , you need tiny robot-building tools. A new platform built by @PolytechBXL , @ULBruxelles scientists demonstrates how the water’s surface can act as an effective assembly stage for #microrobots :

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A new motor- and spring-based actuator design has the potential to reduce energy consumption by 50% to 97% depending on the device, and could be used to improve efficiency of #robots . Read more in Science #Robotics : @Stanford

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Researchers at @GoogleDeepMind used deep reinforcement learning to train humanoid bipedal robots to play agile one-on-one soccer with each other. Read more in Science #Robotics : #deepRL

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📢 The July issue of Science #Robotics is out! The cover spotlights a system able to "self-model" its position in space and time to conduct task planning in dynamic environments. Other topics include enhancing explainable #AI and more. Check it out ➡️

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📢 The December issue of Science #Robotics is out! The cover study features an untethered climbing #robot , called "MARVEL," with magnetic elastomeric feet that enhance its dexterity and speed. Other work presents heat-responsive hydrogel-based robots:

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A new technique for controlling #prosthetic limbs by @uniGoettingen scientists allows a person to move respective parts of the limb in different directions at once -- more like #natural limb motion:

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The April issue of Science #Robotics is now out! The cover study features a liquid neural network that enabled quadrotor robots to navigate to specific targets in settings distinct from their training environments.

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The June issue of Science #Robotics is now out! The cover spotlights a new framework that created airtight, electronics-free, soft grippers that held onto and released objects by responding to gravity sensors or contact.

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Soft #robots may now be able to prevent instability by sweating off excess heat, thanks to a new actuator design by @CornellMAE , @CornellMSE #engineers inspired by mammalian cooling systems:

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3 years

ICYMI: Check out the new June cover Science #Robotics ! In this Special Issue on #Robots in Extreme Environments, read about a robot that grows and blows to burrow under sand, and a stealthy underwater bot that tracks sea creatures of the twilight zone:

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The new May issue of Science #Robotics is out! Read about robotic hands that can "fidget" with objects, thanks to its palm; why building robotic mothers may not be the best idea; #kirigami robotic grippers; and more to come:

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February's issue of Science Robotics is out! The cover study shows that exoskeleton boots improve standing balance when they react to instability before their wearers do. Other work includes an artificial vision system inspired by how cuttlefish see:

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April's Special Section on #electronic skins is out! Includes a review on e-skin and research on a new sweat-powered e-skin that can monitor metabolic activity and be used to control #prosthetics . Check them out here:

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A 2022 study in Science #Robotics developed a gyroscope-free visual-inertial flight control and wind sensing system for milligram flying #robots .

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. @MPI_IS scientists found that the fastest magnetic helical #microrobot may not be the safest for the body. Based on these results, they engineered “immunobots" that can move effectively and function in harmony with the #immune system: #robotics

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Watch as this lifelike, remote-controlled #robotic fish from @MITCSAIL navigates the #Pacific ocean. Read the research behind it here:

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3 years

The new September cover of Science #Robotics is out! In this Special Issue on Human-Robot Interaction, #prosthetics users test a human-machine interface that stimulates limb embodiment; a robot's gaze may influence our decision-making; and more to come:

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The April issue of Science #Robotics is now out! Miniature robots trained using deep #ReinforcementLearning can play one-on-one soccer. They can walk, kick the ball, and recover from falls—and can also adapt to the game with emergent behaviors.

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An electromyographic #EMG -controlled ankle #robotic #prosthesis helps achieve postural stability in lower limb amputees. @jointbme Read more in Science #Robotics :

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Thanks to its self-rotate ability, a new, highly energy efficient drone can detect and respond to obstacles with its LiDAR sensor during various testing scenarios, including mapping and exploration of a cave.

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Construction #robot from @stevenkeating & @medialab builds one of the largest #3Dprinted structures, in record time

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Watch how the artificial #spiderweb created by @SNUnow scientists detects, captures, and shakes off objects that touch its strands. A new animation by @ACKdraws . Read more about the study here: and here:

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A recent study showed how targeted motor and sensory reinnervation was used to integrate touch, kinesthesia and motor control with an upper limb #prosthesis . Article: Focus:

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Our first issue of 2020 is out! Read about how PigeonBot, a robot made of pigeon feathers and synthetic joints, helped scientists learn new things about #bird flight. More to come in this Special Issue on Biohybrid #Robots :

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When tasked with scientific missions on a lunar-like surface, a team of 3 legged robots collected and analyzed data faster than a single robot could. @leggedrobotics @ETH_en 📄:

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New #nanotechnology research from @OxfordPhysics presents an all #DNA printer that uses #DNAorigami actuators to precisely print ink in specific locations on a molecular canvas 🔀

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#Robots have come a long way since Karel Čapek first coined the term in his play #RUR in 1921. Now, robots of all shapes, sizes, and abilities occupy fields from manufacturing to marine sciences. Learn more about #humanoid robots in this 2017 Editorial:

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A Science #Robotics study shares a #NeuralNetwork that helped autonomous drones race at velocities of up to 108 kilometers per hour, beating counterparts piloted by competitive human drone racers. @realyunlong @davsca1

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A quadrupedal #robot was capable of climbing on metallic ceilings and walls by using feet made of electro-permanent magnets and magnetorheological elastomers. Learn more:

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Autonomous exploration in large complex worlds could be achieved with single and multiple #robots , using an approach of low- and high-resolution representation of the environment. Check out the study from earlier this year in Science #Robotics :

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Inspired by wind-vision sensing in fruitflies, scientists designed a gyroscope-free visual-inertial flight control system for milligram-scale "gnat" robots.

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A new #DeepLearning control framework can help exosuits for the lower body autonomously adapt to their wearer’s locomotive needs. Now out in Science #Robotics :

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The study of neuroscience and animal motor control has pivotally influenced robotic locomotion and has also helped robotics to inform basic science, according to a new Review by @ramdya @BIOROB_EPFL @EPFL_en .

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4 years

The new August issue of Science #Robotics is out! Introducing a methanol-powered beetle bot, flexible zinc-air #batteries , and more to come:

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4 years

A new @MPI_IS study explored how medical #microrobots impact the #immune system and created proof-of-concept "immunobots" to maximize safety. This represents “the new challenge” in microrobotics, says @EPFL 's Mahmut Selman Sakar. Read the discussion here:

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A new gnat-inspired flight control system could help milligram-scale robots stabilize themselves while flying and hovering in response to changing air conditions, without increasing power consumption or mass. @blinkminster @ME_at_UW 📄:

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In comparison to #drones that use standard cameras, which can take as much as 40 milliseconds⏰ to react, a #drone equipped with event cameras and running on an #algorithm devised by @UZH_ch scientists reacted on an average of 3.5 milliseconds. 📝:

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A new type of soft pneumatic artificial muscle actuator can be scaled down to 1 centimeter and could enhance functional devices such as #robotic hands. @IITalk @ScuolaSantAnna

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A #NeuralNetwork can direct armed robots to pick up and reorient replicas of objects, including a coffee mug, a tea pot, a truck, a duck, an elephant, and a cow. @taochenshh @pulkitology @MIT_CSAIL Learn more in Science #Robotics :

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November's issue of Science #Robotics is out! The cover image features a deep sea mobile robot that has been scouring the seafloor to better understand the deep sea carbon cycle. Read about that research and more:

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A new 3D printing strategy enables monolithic fabrication of complex pneumatic soft robotic grippers. @UCSanDiego 📄:

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3 years

It’s a cold and dark job, but Benthic Rover II is roaming the seafloor in one-year intervals to help learn about the deep sea carbon cycle, scientists at @MBARI_News and @MLMLmarinesci say.

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3 years

The new December issue of #Science #Robotics is out! Check out a deep learning #AI that controls a 4-legged robot by combining skillsets on the fly; tiny walking bots that rely on both magnetism and light; a commentary on robotic swarms, and more to come:

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The first issue of the new year is out! Read about schools of #robotic fish, one of the smallest laser-firing devices for surgery, and a #robot team that samples phytoplankton hotspots in whirlpools. More to come in this January 2021 issue:

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January's issue of #ScienceRobotics is out now! The cover study features a drone that can land on tree branches no matter their pliability, offering a better way to collect eDNA from forest canopies and monitor land #biodiversity : #robotics

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A new robot constructed from parts of two-legged #robots and #drones has conquered both air and land, able to fly and/or walk in consecutive periods or at the same time. Engineered by @Caltech , @NASAJPL :

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A brain-inspired liquid neural network enhances how effectively autonomous drones can learn to complete tasks when exposed to new surroundings. @makinai_ @ramin_m_h @MIT_CSAIL Learn more:

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A new #MachineLearning framework enables robots to self-learn their morphology, kinematics, and topology. Learn more in Science Robotics:

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2 years

A robotic waist tether pulls at a wearer’s center of mass to reduce the energy needed to walk by 48%, offering a new potential approach for assistive rehabilitation. @UNOBiomechanics @UNOCEHHS

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The very first cover of Science Robotics!

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The August issue of Science #Robotics is out! The cover article features in situ fabrication for sub-millimeter #robots in a fluid system, while other research highlights advancements in micro-scale robotic assembly and manipulation. Read more here 📢:

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It may not be as tasty as a turkey leg, but this bird-inspired robotic leg in Science #Robotics can perch on trees. Learn more on #Thanksgiving :

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The March issue of Science #Robotics is out! The cover features a damage-resilient dielectric elastomer actuator design that may prolong aerial robots' lifetimes. Other work spotlights an energy-efficient drone that can build 3D reconstructions:

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Creating artificial empathy is the key to preventing robots and AI from turning malicious, apathetic, and/or antisocial, asserts a new Viewpoint. @ChristovMoore @USC @UCLA

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A planning and control approach from @ETH_en for robots generates versatile whole-body, multi-contact solutions in loco-manipulation tasks.

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Inspired by the landing gear on a peregrine falcon, researchers from @StanfordEng , @univgroningen , and @ESRIG_Institute have developed a bird-like #robotic leg, called SNAG, that grasps branches while landing and catches tennis balls.

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A new Viewpoint presents a conceptual framework to improve sensing, haptics, and dexterity of robotic devices by integration with human users. @unige_en @aalborg_uni Read more:

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The August issue of Science #Robotics is out! The cover spotlights a new learning framework deployed an aerial robot and used for, such as dodging moving and navigating static obstacles. Other studies include advancements in loco-manipulation planning:

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An autonomous underwater #robot team works together to sample phytoplankton hotspots in whirlpools, in this new study designed by @MBARI_News , @WHOI : #marinescience #robotics

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We've reached 5,000! A big #ThankYou to all of our followers. Stay tuned for more research on soft, micro, bioinspired, prosthetic #robotics , and #artificialintelligence , from machine learning to language processing, and more!

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This #ValentinesDay , learn about this biohybrid #robotic #heart composed of organic endocardial tissue and a synthetic myocardium. Check out the Science #Robotics 2020 study:

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A new review outlines the key research themes in #MedicalRobotics for the past decade: robotic #laparoscopy , #capsule robots, and more.

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New 3D-printable pneumatic artificial muscle actuators could be used for the control of biomimetic devices. Learn more in #ScienceRobotics : @ScuolaSantAnna @IITalk

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By better defining how jet-propelled #swimmers such as squids and jellyfish use resonance to sustain their movements, @UoSEngineering researchers built a squid-inspired #robot with a swimming efficiency comparable to its biological counterparts:

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New @nike -funded research conducted by @CMU_Mech , @StanfordEng scientists has resulted in a tethered, wearable ankle #robot that can make running easier. Wearers of the device spent an average of 14% less energy than running in normal shoes:

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. @Caltech researchers present a battery-free, sweat-powered #eskin that can be worn like a patch on human skin, where it senses metabolic biomarkers during prolonged physical activity and wirelessly transmits these data via #Bluetooth : #WeekendReads

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A new millimeter-scale wheeled robot published in Science #Robotics relies on environmental power and external magnetic field guidance to traverse tiny pipelines over long distances. @metin_sitti @MPI_IS @kocuniversity

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In Science #Robotics , see how #Robots can traverse through doors and open dishwashers using a versatile multi-contact planning and control approach. @leggedrobotics

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Robots and modeling can be used to study self-organized undulatory swimming of aquatic creatures. Read the 2021 study: @EPFL_en @KMRoBoTa

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These fiberglass-spinning #robots from @medialab led by @NeriOxman can weave strong architectural-scale structures -- this one lasted through a New England fall and winter:

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The Japanese Railway company JR West is testing a humanoid #robot to fix overhead wires that are too hard to reach by humans. Watch⤵️

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Here is a giant robot fixing railway wires in Japan that are too hard to reach for humans

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Two separate studies from @UCSDJacobs and @BristolEngMaths , @BristolRobotLab present new ways to build air pressure-powered, or pneumatic, soft #robots that are less bulky and can perform in challenging environments: 🤖 🤖

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Why are #robots still clumsy? Roboticist @Ken_Goldberg explains in his Guest Editorial "Getting a Grip on Reality" in the Science #Robotics Special Issue on Robotic Grasping and Manipulation:

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Plant-inspired #robot from @Stanford moves from Point A to B by growing thousands of times its original body length

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A new soft robotic system can deploy electrocorticography electrode arrays over a large surface area of the brain cortex via a small entry point on the skull. @EPFL_en @SongSukho @splacour40 📄: Focus:

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📢 The September issue of Science #Robotics is out! The cover study features a solar-powered chip that supports onboard control in untethered #robots invisible to the naked eye, with potential uses in environmental remediation and medicine. More here:

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By generating both low-resolution and high-resolution maps, a new environmental representation strategy helps autonomous robots quickly and thoroughly explore their surroundings—securing an award during the @DARPA Subterranean Challenge. @CMU_Robotics

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A new Focus details how a drone successfully brought a donated lung to a 63-year-old patient for ensuing organ transplant surgery. @AndrewTSage @SKeshavjee @UHN

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Inspired by the intuitive swarming of schools of #fish , @hseas , @wyssinstitute researchers have engineered miniature underwater #robots that produce and sense blue light to communicate and coordinate their movements:

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A new prosthesis design from @LabBionic @OttobockUK adds an actuated toe joint, offers a lower weight, and extends battery life by regenerating energy during walking. Learn more:

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The new February issue of Science #Robotics is out! Learn about two new ways to make pneumatic robotic systems “softer,” more versatile, and less bulky...and more to come!

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