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RobotSweater may increase worker safety
August 31st, 2023
Bo Ying Su, a master’s student at Carnegie Mellon University’s (CMU) department of electrical and computer engineering, observes a robot wearing the RobotSweater. Photo: Carnegie Mellon University A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Robotics Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa., is working to increase employee safety with the RobotSweater, a covering for machines that detects […]
Self-healing, conductive gel could redefine soft robotics
July 1st, 2023
An external strip of the gel connects the battery to the motor on this soft robotic snail. Photo: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering A new material could help produce self-healing, conductive robotic devices that are also soft. Developed by a team of scientists at Carnegie Mellon University, the substance consists of a gelatinous polyvinyl alcohol-sodium […]
3-D knitting with custom flair
July 1st, 2018
What if you could use a knitting machine much like a 3-D printer to produce a sweater for a customer tailored to fit her perfectly? Not only that, what if she could choose the color and pattern as well? That’s the idea behind technology developed by computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University, who have developed […]