The OriRing achieves a high power-to-weight ratio with origami-inspired joints powered by a soft pneumatic actuator.
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Lightweight haptic ring delivers high force feedback | Science Robotics
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MassRobotics Announces 5th Cohort of Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst Program
MassRobotics, in collaboration with Festo, Novanta and Mitsubishi Electric Automation, announces the selection of 11 startups for the 2026 Healthcare Robotics Startup Catalyst. Now in its fifth cohort, the program empowers global…
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PI Introduces Miniaturized Alignment Engine Platform for Scalable, Parallel E/O Wafer-Level Test
Parallel piezo aligners with fly height sensors enable faster PIC wafer testing.
San Francisco, CA – PI (Physik Instrumente) announced a new technology platform for electro-optical wafer-level testing designed to validate electrical…
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Engineers develop a robotic hand that can detach, crawl, and reattach
Engineers have showcased a robotic hand that can detach from its arm and move independently to grasp objects.
The hand, developed by a team at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), can sequentially pick up to three items…
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Turning industrial exhaust into useful materials with a new electrode
Flue gas is exhausted from home furnaces, fireplaces and even industrial plants, and it carries polluting carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. To help mitigate these emissions, researchers reporting in ACS Energy Letters have designed a…
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US Army debuts next‑gen Abrams tank with Formula One style cockpit
The new state-of-the-art M1E3 Abrams tank is lighter, and it will be delivered years ahead of schedule, United States Army chief Gen. Randy George explained during an event hosted by the Association of the United States Army on Tuesday, Jan….
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Why Robotics Is Changing Scale This Year ?
For decades, robotics evolved in controlled steps. A new actuator here, a better controller there, followed by slow and cautious industrial adoption. Robots were powerful, precise, and reliable but also rigid, expensive to deploy, and confined…Continue Reading
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Quantum collapse models show tiny time uncertainty linked to gravity
A study by physicists affiliated with the Foundational Questions Institute (FQxI) found that time exhibits tiny intrinsic uncertainties, which limit clock precision. The physicists add that these uncertainties do not affect the watch on your…
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Spacecraft could make power from motion and dust in future: Study
A new study led by an international team of researchers has proposed Triboelectric Nanogenerators (TENGs) as a transformative solution for space exploration.
TENGs are lightweight generators that convert mechanical motion — such as…
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Laser speed in 3D printing tunes atomic structure of high-entropy alloys
Next-generation technology requires next-generation materials that can be tailored to exact mission requirements. Additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, has already revolutionized industries like aerospace engineering by enabling previously…
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