The Infona portal uses cookies, i.e. strings of text saved by a browser on the user's device. The portal can access those files and use them to remember the user's data, such as their chosen settings (screen view, interface language, etc.), or their login data. By using the Infona portal the user accepts automatic saving and using this information for portal operation purposes. More information on the subject can be found in the Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. By closing this window the user confirms that they have read the information on cookie usage, and they accept the privacy policy and the way cookies are used by the portal. You can change the cookie settings in your browser.
Fish-as-a-Service (FaaS) is a business-to-business model offering monitoring services performed by a biomimetic fishlike drone. FaaS considers environmental, scientific, and business concerns when addressing marine monitoring, providing alternative methodology while preserving ocean resources. The key to FaaS is the ability to provide a low-cost, low-maintenance, high-endurance, agile sensor platform...
In February 2015, a video posted online by Boston Dynamics, showing a man kicking their quadruped robot “Spot” in order to demonstrate the robot's capacity to regain its balance, “went viral”. A number of media websites subsequently published stories asking whether it was wrong to kick a robot dog. Most pundits seemed to conclude that there was nothing wrong with kicking a robot as long as doing so...
This paper aims to exploit technology in saving lives; a robotic arm is designed for EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) applications that can rival the EOD robotic arms available in the market, in terms of both its capabilities and functionality, and still cost a small fraction of their price. Though there are many robotic arms that are commercially available, which can be used to handle different...
The Cyber Innovation Center's Cyber Science curriculum is an interdisciplinary approach to educate high school students to become better cyber-citizens. Through Cyber Science, students learn applicable fundamental concepts from political sciences, history, and law as well as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines as they relate to cyber. In particular, the curriculum...
The authors designed and ran a crash course on emotional robotics involving students from both the Information Engineering School and the Design School of Politecnico di Milano , Milan, Italy. The course consisted of two intensive days of short introductory lessons and lab activity, done in interdisciplinary groups and supported by a well-equipped prototyping and modeling lab. People from very different...
We describe a unique competition based on the novel concept of robotics and mechatronics products that included evaluation of the products' engineering function and interface design. Seventy-seven students of eleven teams from seven universities in the Kyushu area participated in the competition, whose subject was ldquoHealth care, life supporting and communication or other technical aids for the...
The objective of this research is to model and analyze candidate hull configurations for a low-cost, modular, autonomous underwater robot. As the computational power and speed of microprocessors continue to progress, we are seeing a growth in the research, development, and the utilization of underwater robots. The number of applications is broadening in the R&D and science communities, especially...
Set the date range to filter the displayed results. You can set a starting date, ending date or both. You can enter the dates manually or choose them from the calendar.