Exoskeleton

Researchers from a Caltech lab say they have created some of the first AI that optimizes the gait of a lower body exoskeleton for the comfort of the person using it. Gait is the length and move of stride as a person walks. The way people walk can be pretty…

A cicada in Virginia. Image: Julia Schmalz / Bloomberg / Getty Images By Mark Kaufman2020-06-02 14:36:56 UTC The sound of millions of cicadas is so deafening that George Hamilton, an entomologist, has even heard them over the rock and roll music blasting from his car speakers.  In different regions at…

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., June 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ReWalk Robotics, Ltd. (Nasdaq: RWLK) ("ReWalk" or the "Company"), a manufacturer of robotic medical devices for individuals with lower limb disabilities, today announced that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ("CMS") conducted a public hearing to discuss requests for new billing codes including…

New research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could help robots get a literal grip. Two research groups from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) today shared research to improve grippers in soft robotics, which unlike traditional robotics, uses flexible materials. The technology could lead to robotic hands…

Professor Ted Adelson's team created a soft robotic finger that uses embedded cameras and deep learning to enable high-resolution tactile sensing and “proprioception” (awareness of positions and movements of the body). Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology One of the hottest topics in robotics is the field of soft robots, which…

One of the hottest topics in robotics is the field of soft robots, which utilizes squishy and flexible materials rather than traditional rigid materials. But soft robots have been limited due to their lack of good sensing. A good robotic gripper needs to feel what it is touching (tactile sensing),…

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