Amanda Prorok
Amanda Prorok
The current trend toward generalist robot behaviors with monolithic artificial intelligence (AI) models is unsustainable. I advocate for a paradigm shift that embraces distributed architectures for collective robotic intelligence. A modular...
Arm prosthesis with dexterous control and sensory feedback delivers winning performance at Cybathlon [0.03%]
具有灵巧控制和感官反馈的仿生机械臂在国际残障人士运动会中大显身手
Xuhui Hu,Aiguo Song,Min Xu
Xuhui Hu
Innovations in sensing and control technology helped an arm prosthesis novice win a global assistive robotics competition.
BCIT's BEAST wheelchair takes on Cybathlon with power, precision, and pilot-led design [0.03%]
贝克斯塔尔学院的BEAST轮椅以力量、精准和以人为本的设计参加残疾人运动会
Garrett Kryt,Rory Dougall,Jaimie Borisoff
Garrett Kryt
An extending, articulating powered wheelchair competed and won the wheelchair race at Cybathlon 2024.
Bo Ai,Stephen Tian,Haochen Shi et al.
Bo Ai et al.
Dynamics models that predict the effects of physical interactions are essential for planning and control in robotic manipulation. Although models based on physical principles often generalize well, they typically require full-state informat...
Miniature magneto-ultrasonic machines for wireless robotic sensing and manipulation [0.03%]
用于无线机器人传感和操作的微小磁超声设备
Xurui Liu,Hanchuan Tang,Na Li et al.
Xurui Liu et al.
Intelligent miniature systems capable of wireless sensing and manipulation hold considerable promise for advancing biomedical applications. However, the development of these systems has been substantially hindered by sensing-actuation incom...
How can educational robots enhance family life? Through careful integration [0.03%]
教育机器人如何通过谨慎整合改善家庭生活？
Joseph E Michaelis,Bilge Mutlu
Joseph E Michaelis
Family-centered integration is critical for the success of in-home educational robots.
Observing a robot peer's failures facilitates students' classroom learning [0.03%]
观察机器人同伴的失败有助于学生的课堂学习
Liuqing Chen,Yu Cai,Yuyang Fang et al.
Liuqing Chen et al.
According to productive failure (PF) theory, experiencing failure during problem-solving can enhance students' knowledge acquisition in subsequent instruction. However, challenging students with problems beyond their current capabilities ma...
Robotic reading companions can mitigate oral reading anxiety in children [0.03%]
机器人阅读伙伴可以缓解儿童口头阅读焦虑
Lauren L Wright,Pooja Vegesna,Joseph E Michaelis et al.
Lauren L Wright et al.
Reading fluency is a vital building block for developing literacy, yet the best way to practice fluency-reading aloud-can cause anxiety severe enough to inhibit literacy development in ways that can have an adverse effect on students throug...
Optogenetic neuromuscular actuation of a miniature electronic biohybrid robot [0.03%]
用于微型电子生物混合机器人的光遗传神经肌肉驱动技术
Hyegi Min,Yue Wang,Jiaojiao Wang et al.
Hyegi Min et al.
Neuronal control of skeletal muscle function is ubiquitous across species for locomotion and doing work. In particular, emergent behaviors of neurons in biohybrid neuromuscular systems can advance bioinspired locomotion research. Although r...
RoboBallet: Planning for multirobot reaching with graph neural networks and reinforcement learning [0.03%]
基于图神经网络和强化学习的多机器人伸展路径规划方法
Matthew Lai,Keegan Go,Zhibin Li et al.
Matthew Lai et al.
Modern robotic manufacturing requires collision-free coordination of multiple robots to complete numerous tasks in shared, obstacle-rich workspaces. Although individual tasks may be simple in isolation, automated joint task allocation, sche...