He showed how the basic RC servo motor ... size Ultron robot swinging its arms around, someone could get hurt. Which led him to designing his own prototype Series Elastic Actuators using an ...

A humanoid race exposed the measure of mechanical precision and patience required to develop two-legged robots. Plus, a look ...

"If a soft robot hit a person ... Previous versions of HSA soft actuators used common servo motors to twist the materials into extended and expanded states. But the researchers only achieved ...

Harmonic Drive developed actuators that have integrated ... In this little robotic arm demo, a typical servo drive solution for a robot arm would require 12 to 14 wires per axis of motor.

Students recently unveiled their invention of a robotic actuator -- the 'muscle' that converts energy into a robot's physical movement -- that has the ability to detect punctures or pressure, heal the ...

They are a possible substitute for conventional actuators in automobiles, industrial machinery, and robots since they are ...

At just under one and a half inches tall—about the height of a LEGO minifigure—Zippy is the world’s smallest self-powered bipedal robot. Despite its tiny size, Zippy is surprisingly agile. It can ...

If users wish to "freeze" the soft robot's shape, they can apply moderate heat (64°C, or 147°F), and then let the robot cool briefly. This prevents the soft robot from reverting to its original ...

Once the actuator is released, the resultant amplified boost propels the tiny robots upward, allowing it to maneuver over obstacles at roughly the same speed as the real bug. The movement ...