Infographic: The making of a collaborative robot
Research News Over five years, National Robotics Initiative has helped answer questions in robotics, but many remain June 6, 2016 This month marks the fifth anniversary of the National Robotics…
A Foundation for Robotics: Designing cooperative, intelligent systems of the future
1 2 3 4 5 6 Welcome to the robotic age. Long-term federal investments in fundamental science and engineering research, and the researchers who pursue them, have led to novel…
NASA Awards Contract for Project and Engineering Support Services
NASA has selected Millennium Engineering and Integration Services LLC of Arlington, Virginia, for a contract providing support for flight and mission projects, including all advanced engineering capabilities needed to support…
World Oceans Day: Deltas critical to food production, fisheries health, storm protection
Research News Sustainable Deltas Project researchers focus on importance of deltas across globe June 7, 2016 Delta: A place where sediment carried downstream by a river enters the sea, forming…
Service robots are coming to help us
Research News Industry, university partnership program tests robot-human interactions June 8, 2016 In the not so distant future, robots could help us do everyday tasks like fetching the remote, offering…
World Oceans Day: Coral reefs falling victim to overfishing, pollution fueled by climate change
Research News Combination of factors affecting corals’ microbiomes June 8, 2016 The following is part 20 in a series on the National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Environmental Research and Education (ERE)…
Bringing programming — and social change — to girls
Research News ‘Co-Robots for CompuGirls’ gets students to think about how robots can address human problems June 8, 2016 Survey after survey has shown a lack of women engaged in…
Roach-like robots run, climb and communicate with people
Research News Biological inspiration for robot locomotion, control and design may save lives in disasters June 10, 2016 Insects make themselves at home in the most unwelcoming terrain: on steep…