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Top 6 Robotics Trends for 2013

Illah Nourbakhsh, professor of robotics and head of the Robotics Masters Program at Carnegie Mellon University, discusses the top six trends in robotics.

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Designing a ‘Soft’ Robot

Designing a ‘Soft’ Robot

Designing a robot for rehabilitation therapy requires a whole different strategy than when designing for factory and other industrial uses.

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Swatting the Superbugs

Swatting the Superbugs

Infection control experts at The Johns Hopkins Hospital have enlisted robot-like devices in the war against the superbugs.

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Technology & Society Division explores emerging technologies and their impact on greater society around the world while helping students, engineers and leaders build professional networks and advocate change.

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Robotics brings together mechanical devices and electronics with software and engineering skills, to relieve humans of tedious, onerous, or dangerous tasks. Regardless of design, virtually every robot has electric or hydraulic power, actuators for its hands (grippers), arms, and legs, and a range of sensors for tasks, movement, and interacting with humans and other robots. Robotics R&D focuses on autonomy, automation, and dynamic/kinematic programming.

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