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Stanford researchers aim to enhance robots with augmented motors

Robotics Business Review

Source: Erez Krimsky Whether it’s a powered prosthesis to assist a person who has lost a limb or an independent robot navigating the outside world, we are asking machines to perform increasingly complex, dynamic tasks. Energy-recycling actuator prototype. To engage a clutch, the researchers apply a large voltage to one of its electrodes.

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After All: Can engineers learn from a ladybird?

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At a recent dinner at my Cambridge University college, I was introduced to a young American engineer – the son of one of our Visiting Fellows. One of the most promising applications of origami engineering is designing the wings for the flying cars of the future,” my young interlocutor said before moving on. “One I asked him.