Exoskeleton

By Kelly MayesJun. 28, 2019 , 11:55 AM The day that squeamish humansand exterminatorshave long feared may have come at last: Cockroaches are becoming invincible. Or at least German cockroaches (Blattella germanica) are, according to a new study. Researchers …

Theres a certain oversized quality to a Las Vegas conference center that makes you feel like a child monarch: simultaneously powerful and helpless. Presumably, the rooms and corridors are cavernous because space is cheap in the desert, but the overall effect …

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Skip to comments. 'Flying salt shakers of death:' Fungal-infected zombie cicadas explainedPhys.org ^ | 06/26/2019 | Jake Stump, West Virginia University Posted on 06/26/2019 8:00:48 AM PDT by BenLurkin West Virginia University researchers have discover…

Though still in its infancy, the market for industrial exoskeletons is heating up. These wearable robots are mechanical devices worn by an operator or worker that are made to mirror the structure of the individuals limbs, joints and muscles.  The equipment am…

Standing upright and walking alone are very simple but noble motions that separate humans from many other creatures. Wearable and prosthetic technologies have emerged to augment human function in locomotion and manipulation. However, advances in wearable robo…

Mother Jones illustration; Getty Just weeks after President Trump appointed him the temporary head of the country’s consumer financial watchdog in November 2017, Mick Mulvaney announced a major personnel change. When the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau…

Standing upright and walking alone are very simple but noble motions that separate humans from many other creatures. Wearable and prosthetic technologies have emerged to augment human function in locomotion and manipulation. However, advances in wearable robo…

By Cornell University June 24, 2019CommentsA lionfish inspired the Cornell team's aquatic soft robot design. Credit: Cornell University Researchers at Cornell University have created a system of circulating liquid—"robot blood"—within robotic structures, t…

When we launched Global Defence Technology (GDT) in 2011, armed forces and the defence industry were digesting lessons learned in Afghanistan and Iraq, some of the major military projects now rolling off the production line was still on the drawing board, and…