Kris Hauser is an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, and of mechanical engineering and materials science at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering. He has developed an algorithm that effectively stops a bipedal robot from falling over by putting…
The Volvo Ocean Race is held every three years and covers 45,000 nautical miles in 10 legs. Starting in Alicante, Spain and finishing in The Hague, Netherlands, it takes around nine months to complete with gaps in between legs –…
Gary Taylor from Dundee’s Abertay University found an original, but water-damaged, K9 BBC TV prop in his University’s lab and, because he is an enormous Doctor Who and robotics fan, wanted to resurrect it. This formed the basis for his final…
Every minute, we lose an estimated six seconds of vision when we blink, according to research at the University of Tokyo. To combat this “problem”, students at the University of Bremen have developed a wearable camera that takes video footage when you blink.…
Mat Kelcey set-up a bee hive and wondered if there was a way to count the number of bees in the hive. This, he reasoned, would give him a good indication of the health of the hive and some interesting…
Hi everyone. Been battling “the blues” for a few days. I still am, but less so, so I thought I’d “get back on the horse” so to speak. Scientists from Germany’s Saarland University, led by Prof. Jürgen Steimle, have been developing a…
James Adams from Raspberry Pi Trading has written a fascinating article about the new power management chip on the 3B+, which is the MXL7704 from MaxLinear. There’s lots of technical detail here, but it’s quite accessible. You can read more…
You’ll either love it, or you’ll hate it. That’s the most important thing about the Fribo, a Korean research project. The Fribo is a black cat-alike construction with an in-built screen that, thanks to sensors and microphones, detects when someone…
There are many sea-borne creatures that are notoriously difficult to film and photograph. To solve this problem, researchers at MIT have developed SoFi, a rubber-encased robotic fish. Mimicking the movement and look of a real fish, SoFi can swim without…
On 14th March 2018, when Stephen Hawking died, the world lost one of its great minds. His courage, his determination and his sheer brilliance in his chosen field made him stand out as someone who made his mark on the…
