Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 42.45
September 30, 2023
…and sensors, Professor Hanumant Singh and a team of Northeastern University robotics researchers recently traveled to the Arctic with the goal of helping to address the climate crisis. Using a robot boat, known as an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV), Singh’s team created 3D models of two glaciers to determine if they could track them melting in the span of hours and days. That timeframe will help shed new light on how fast they are dissolving, Singh noted. In addition, the robot provided the researchers with the opportunity to map the front of the glaciers as opposed to the top, which…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 18.01
August 31, 2023
…an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University, as a faculty researcher at JPL last summer to develop it further. The team currently includes Gharib and Ramezani, as well as Eric Sihite, a postdoctoral scholar research associate in aerospace at Caltech; Arash Kalantari from JPL; and Reza Nemovi, a design engineer at Caltech's Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies (CAST). Its M42 version is now under development at NASA as a Mars Rover candidate. The U.S. Department of Transportation has also expressed interest, Gharib said. “At NASA, we’re being tested right now for transforming while landing,” he…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.72
February 18, 2023
…during the study and now an assistant professor at Northeastern University. “I was surprised about the results — pleasantly surprised. I think it's a very fascinating result.” How the study was conducted The team used a pair of commercially available ankle exoskeleton boots from Dephy Inc. for the study. Participants donned the boots and stood on a custom platform in Lena Ting’s Neuromechanics Lab at Emory University. Researchers shifted the platform abruptly — what they call a perturbation — causing subjects to lose their balance and recover. They tested three conditions: no exoskeleton assistance, assistance delayed to coincide with the…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.46
October 27, 2022
…Sanders, a distinguished professor of supply chain management at Northeastern University. In a Northeastern news article, she cited three examples. Micro-fulfillment centers, a step toward fully automated “dark stores,” can provide orders for nearby customers. Amazon Go stores use cameras and intelligent software to track purchases and charge customers as they leave the premises, replacing cashier kiosks. Boston Dynamics' Spot quadruped can perform dangerous surveying tasks at construction sites. As Sanders said, robots can perform the tasks that people don't want to do, supporting fulfillment in spite of workforce shifts. Logistics picks up on robotics Warehouse operators and third-party logistics…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 16.01
October 03, 2022
…Spot legged robot from Boston Dynamics, and MIT CSAIL demonstrated two smaller quadrupeds. The Institute for Experiential Robotics at Northeastern University showed a rover with a robotic arm, its entry into the 2021 University Rover Challenge. In April, Northeastern won a Research, Innovation, Scholarship, and Entrepreneurship (RISE) award for its robot to extract, melt, and purify water from subsurface ice on Mars. Editor's note: Cesareo Contreras contributed to this article.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 12.81
April 21, 2022
…has many prospective customers. The company started out of Northeastern University and is based out of Northeastern’s Innovation campus in Burlington, Mass. A rendering of MatrixDrive's system. Scalable Robotics Scalable Robotics provides a layer that runs on top of existing commercial off-the-shelf hardware to enable industrial robots to be more easily programmed “for continuous processes such as arc welding or painting,” according to MassRobotics. The startup recently conducted a successful demonstration at Newport News, Va., where the U.S. Navy is facing a shortage of skilled welders in its shipyards. Welders were able to use Scalable Robotics' code-free point-and-click system to…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 17.79
April 12, 2022
…with technology readiness Levels 1 through 3. Partnering with Northeastern University, the state gave the university a $200,000 grant to fund its AI Jumpstart Pilot Program. Nolan said the program is designed to help Massachusetts businesses who are interested in incorporating artificial intelligence into their operations. “The program will incorporate AI and machine learning tools and techniques into businesses across a range of industries, including: process and smart manufacturing; wireless communications and networking; health and medicine; and security and defense,” according to the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. In partnership with companies and universities such as Dell, Google, Northeastern, Quinsigamond Community College,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 20.06
March 06, 2022
…with a robotic hand A bioengineering graduate student at Northeastern University in Boston has designed a robotic hand able to produce sign language. The student, Samantha Johnson, named the system “TATUM,” which stands for “Tactile ASL Translational User Mechanism.” The genesis of the robot began when Johnson took a course in American Sign Language (ASL) in her second year at Northeastern. The course put her in touch with people at the Deaf-Blind Contact Center in Allston, Mass., where she was able to practice signing with the participants in the center. “When I was watching the interpreter sign, I asked, ‘How…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 23.38
February 11, 2022
…business leaders, according to igus. Miller, a graduate of Northeastern University, joined the company in 1999 and oversees all aspects of its dry-tech division. Ciringione joined igus in 1995, starting out with the company as an inside sales technical representative. He has led the company’s highly successful e-chain division since 2003. Hardee joined igus in 2001 and also brings more than three decades of experience to her role. Fournier attended Bridgewater State University and came to igus in 2001. He is responsible for all day-to-day manufacturing, logistics, and purchasing operations. Silva joined igus in 2018. A graduate of Bryant University,…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.84
January 17, 2022
…and Facebook, as well as academic institutions such as Northeastern University. “As a robotics company, we have always admired the work of the Misty Robotics team, so to be joining forces with them is an exciting moment,” said Al Moubayed. “Ian Bernstein and Tim Enwall from Misty Robotics will join Furhat’s advisory board, and other senior team members from Colorado will join our management team.” Al Moubayed previously worked as a Pittsburgh-based research scientist for Disney Imagineering, and he researched social robotics and conversational AI at KTH. He said he will spend time at Furhat’s Stockholm headquarters and Misty's offices…
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 14.70
October 11, 2021
…fly, slackline, and skateboard.” Coauthors also include Alireza Ramezani, former Caltech postdoctoral scholar and currently an assistant professor at Northeastern University. This research was supported by the Caltech Gary Clinard Innovation Fund and Caltech's Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies.
Found in Robotics News & Content, with a score of 13.01
July 16, 2020
…team, in collaboration with colleagues at Rutgers University and Northeastern University, have come up with the PrinTracker solution, which essentially can detect a unique “fingerprint” of a printer to aid in traceability. Their discovery was that 3D printed objects have in-fill patterns, which vary due to a printer’s model type, filament, nozzle size and other factors; this enables them to trace a printed object to the original printer source. “Think about the 3D printing process as analogous to people’s handwriting,” explains Wenyao Xu,, associate professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Buffalo’s School of Engineering and Applied…
