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·May 23, 2016·4 min read

Why We Can’t Tickle Ourselves

A researcher investigates why we find it impossible to tickle ourselves.

Image shows a person using the brain cap to move a robotic arm.

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·December 17, 2016·5 min read

Controlling Robotic Arms With The Brain

Researchers use non-invasive EEG technology to allow people to move a robotic arm with the power of their minds.

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·November 28, 2011·1 min read

Researchers Design Steady Handed Robot for Brain Surgery

Neurosurgeons may one day get help in operating rooms from a robot with movements 10 times steadier than the human...

This shows a woman playing cards with a robot

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·September 1, 2021·4 min read

When Humans Play in Competition With a Humanoid Robot, They Delay Their Decisions When the Robot Looks at Them

The gaze of a humanoid robot influences the way people react to social decision-making tasks.

This shows a robotic hand playing a piano.

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·April 1, 2026·8 min read

New Soft Sensors Give Humanoid Robots Finger Finesse

Researchers have developed a humanoid robotic hand with 18 degrees of freedom and embedded soft optical sensors. The system allows robots to track complex finger postures in real time, enabling precision tasks like playing the piano.

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·April 10, 2023·5 min read

Kids Judge Alexa Smarter Than Roomba, but Say Both Deserve Kindness

Children aged between 4-11 judge Alexa to have more human-like thoughts and emotions than other AI robotics like the Roomba vacuum cleaner, but believe neither device should be yelled at or harmed. These feelings dwindle as children reach their teenage years.

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·July 3, 2026·10 min read

Zero-Computational Path to High-Resolution Robotic Touch

A new study introduces a soft robotic sensing skin made from mechanochromic materials. The polymer automatically converts mechanical strain into distinct structural color fields, allowing a low-cost camera to map micro-scale pressure variations in real time without computational reconstruction algorithms.

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·May 16, 2019·4 min read

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

A new deep learning system takes glimpses of its surroundings, representing less than 20% of a 360-degree view and infers the rest of the environment.

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·February 24, 2021·4 min read

The Appearance of Robots Affects Our Perception of the Morality of Their Decisions

People consider moral decisions made by humanoid robots to be less ethically sound than when another human or traditional-looking robot makes the same decision.

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·September 28, 2015·4 min read

Light Touch: How Embedded Optical Sensors Could Make Robotic Hands More Dexterous

Researchers have developed a new soft robotic hand with numerous embedded fiber optic sensors and a new type of stretchable optical sensor. They believe incorporating the stretchable optical material into the hand could help provide more feedback.

Image shows the tracking overlaying people.

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·July 25, 2017·4 min read

A Computer That Reads Body Language

A new computer system is able to see hand poses and track multiple people in real time. Researchers say that being able to detect nuances of non-verbal communication, robots will be better able to perceive what humans around them are doing.

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·October 14, 2021·4 min read

How the Brain Ignores Distracting Information to Coordinate Movements

Researchers have identified how specific neurons in the cuneate nucleus help filter distracting information to coordinate dexterous movements. The findings have implications for the development of new prosthetics and robotic equipment that can fine-tune movement based on the sense of touch.

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Robotics

Why We Can’t Tickle Ourselves

Controlling Robotic Arms With The Brain

Researchers Design Steady Handed Robot for Brain Surgery

When Humans Play in Competition With a Humanoid Robot, They Delay Their Decisions When the Robot Looks at Them

New Soft Sensors Give Humanoid Robots Finger Finesse

Kids Judge Alexa Smarter Than Roomba, but Say Both Deserve Kindness

Zero-Computational Path to High-Resolution Robotic Touch

New AI Sees Like a Human, Filling in the Blanks

The Appearance of Robots Affects Our Perception of the Morality of Their Decisions

Light Touch: How Embedded Optical Sensors Could Make Robotic Hands More Dexterous

A Computer That Reads Body Language

How the Brain Ignores Distracting Information to Coordinate Movements

How Severe Illness During Pregnancy Alters Fetal Brain Development

Aging Brains Maintain Robust Language Networks Despite Cognitive Decline

Youth Protein TIMP2 Restores Immune Function in the Aging Brain

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