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Imagine for a moment that you’re in an auto factory. A robot and a human are working next to each other on the production line. The robot is busy rapidly assembling car doors while the human runs quality control, inspecting the doors for damage and
In a towering aquarium in a darkened laboratory, moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) hover as if floating in space. The glow of neon lights illuminates their translucent, bell-shaped bodies as they expand and contract rhythmically, their graceful
Nearly 80% of all stroke survivors experience walking issues, according to a study in the American Heart Association journal.For some of them, the solution is simple: ankle-foot orthoses (AFOs), otherwise known as ankle braces. These wearable,
One slithers. One crawls. Neither looks like much on their own. But together, they form a super team—one that might just change how we inspect the most complicated machines in the world.Kaushik Jayaram, an assistant professor in the Paul M.
New research uses firefly flashing patterns to identify species and what they’re communicating. Read from CU experts Orit Peleg and Owen Martin on The Conversation.
Kaushik Jayaram envisions a day when swarms of tiny robots, some weighing no more than a paperclip, will crawl through airplanes or into buildings after an earthquake—searching for survivors or repairing components that no human could ever reach.“
Sean Humbert is unlocking the biological secrets of the common housefly to make major advances in robotics and uncrewed aerial...
It’s been six years since the launch of startup company Aspero Medical, co-founded by Professor Mark Rentschler of the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering. The company has seen great success, including the development of
Computer science professor Nikolaus Correll and his lab at CU Boulder have been awarded $1.8 million by the U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to help establish a circular supply chain for domestic
The question may be the 21st century’s version of the fable of the tortoise and the hare: Who would win in a foot race between a robot and an animal?In a new perspective article, a team of engineers from the United States and Canada, including CU