Science robotics
Apr 24, 2024
Animals are much better at running than robots. The difference in performance arises in the important dimensions of agility, range, and robustness. To understand the underlying causes for this performance gap, we compare natural and artificial techno...
Science robotics
Apr 24, 2024
A smart suction cup uses haptics to supplement vision for exploration of objects in a grasping task.
Science robotics
Apr 24, 2024
Advances in engineering enable wheeled-legged hybrid locomotion, an achievement not feasible in biological systems.
Science robotics
Apr 17, 2024
Humanoid robots that can autonomously operate in diverse environments have the potential to help address labor shortages in factories, assist elderly at home, and colonize new planets. Although classical controllers for humanoid robots have shown imp...
Science robotics
Apr 10, 2024
We investigated whether deep reinforcement learning (deep RL) is able to synthesize sophisticated and safe movement skills for a low-cost, miniature humanoid robot that can be composed into complex behavioral strategies. We used deep RL to train a hu...
Science robotics
Mar 27, 2024
Humanoid robots can now learn the art of social synchrony using neural networks.
Science robotics
Mar 27, 2024
Large language models are enabling rapid progress in robotic verbal communication, but nonverbal communication is not keeping pace. Physical humanoid robots struggle to express and communicate using facial movement, relying primarily on voice. The ch...
Science robotics
Mar 20, 2024
Robotic lower-limb exoskeletons can augment human mobility, but current systems require extensive, context-specific considerations, limiting their real-world viability. Here, we present a unified exoskeleton control framework that autonomously adapts...
Science robotics
Mar 13, 2024
Performing agile navigation with four-legged robots is a challenging task because of the highly dynamic motions, contacts with various parts of the robot, and the limited field of view of the perception sensors. Here, we propose a fully learned appro...
Science robotics
Feb 28, 2024
Postoperative ileus (POI) is the leading cause of prolonged hospital stay after abdominal surgery and is characterized by a functional paralysis of the digestive tract, leading to symptoms such as constipation, vomiting, and functional obstruction. C...