Engineering

Soft Robotics Glove is Biologically Inspired

Soft Robotics Glove is Biologically Inspired

Researchers at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have just announced a new robotic glove that uses multi-segment actuators to assist patients in developing or regaining the full range of motion typically expected in…

A Brief History of Robots

A Brief History of Robots

Since Karel Capek first introduced the world to robots in his 1920 Czech play, R.U.R.: Rossum’s Universal Robots, people have been fascinated by robots (and slightly afraid that they might take over the world). Thirty years…