We’ve seen plenty of robot appendages designed to decrease exertion, from futuristic…
Category: Engineering
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Robot hands so sensitive they can grab a potato chip
A new type of robotic hand developed at The University of Texas at Austin demonstrates such sensitive touch that it can grasp objects as fragile as a potato chip or a raspberry without crushing them. The technology, called Fragile Object Grasping…
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Restoring surgeons’ sense of touch with robotic fingertips
By Anthony King
Modern surgery has gone from long incisions to tiny cuts guided by robots and AI. In the process, however, surgeons have…
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Where Autonomous Vehicles Will Go Next
Todd Jochem on the evolution of autonomous vehicles, the state of self-driving technology and Carnegie Mellon’s lasting impact
03/10/2026 Mallory Lindahl
Todd Jochem (SCS 1993, 1996) has been in the driver’s seat of…
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Dexory Opens 50,000 Sq Ft Nashville HQ as North American Customer Base Expands
The 50,000 square foot facility in West Nashville will operate as the company’s North American dedicated deployment base, development center and live demo environment.
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MIT Researchers Build 3D-Printed Linear Motor
Most 3D printers are designed to produce plastic parts, such as prototypes, housings for electronics, or decorative objects. Building a working electric machine is far more complicated. Unlike a typical plastic print, devices like motors need…
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New 517-mph aircraft by Bell clears design review for DARPA’s SPRINT
In military aviation, the runway has always been a tether. It provides the distance needed for speed, but it creates a stationary target for enemies.
Now, Bell Textron and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are officially…
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SOLO micro-reactor plan advances with nuclear-grade graphite deal
Terra Innovatum Global has executed its first procurement order for nuclear-grade graphite with Mersen, marking a pivotal transition from design preparation to physical deployment of its SOLO micro-modular reactor.
The agreement secures an…
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US test accelerator fires first proton beams to power future colliders
US researchers have successfully accelerated and stored the first proton beams inside a specialized accelerator test facility, paving the way for more powerful particle colliders.
According to Fermilab, US’ particle physics and accelerator…
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Atom-thin material could help solve chip manufacturing problem
Making computer chips smaller is not just about better design. It also depends on a critical step in manufacturing called patterning, where nanoscale structures are carved into materials to form the circuits inside everything from smartphones to…
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