by Alistair McConnell | Aug 21, 2018 | Group News
A two-part journey of the Limpet and its first underwater trials in Fort William Part (1) On the 27th of June we left Edinburgh by car (after a short delay collecting it) in a beautiful sunny morning to travel to Fort William where the scenery was much admired by all....
by Stephen Mahon | Jul 14, 2018 | Group News
Rigid and ‘hard’ traditional robots are going to hurt if they hit you. This makes robot and human interaction tricky and we need to add sensors and use clever methods to avoid this. Soft robots are a new class of robot that are made of soft and spongy materials and...
by Anthony Buchoux | Jul 10, 2018 | Group News
Boring power point presentations are not the only use for video projectors, they can also be part of a 3D printers. When used as a light source to solidify an acrylic resin, we can make a 3D printer. The printer is using the video projector, meant for watching movies,...
by Markus Nemitz | Jul 10, 2018 | Conference Presentations, Group News
Collisions occur in nature all the time. They range from cellular collisions in cell migration to humans colliding while navigating through crowds. In robotics research, we learned that collisions must be avoided to protect the robot and its surroundings. However, I...
by jdodoo | Jul 2, 2018 | Conference Presentations, Group News
We had the great pleasure to present our research on magnetowetting and electrohydrodynamics at the Electrowetting 2018 conference, which took place on 17th – 20th June at the University of Twente. The conference was well-attended by an international audience...
by Markus Nemitz | May 17, 2018 | Group News, Journal Papers
To conduct experiments1 with large groups of robots you have to pay for large groups of robots. Specifically, you must pay for the number of robots multiplied by the cost per single robot. And, what is the easiest way to keep the cost per single robot low? You make...
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