by Daniel Brouse December 1, 2025 Today, NVIDIA and Synopsys announced a major expansion of their strategic partnership—backed by a $2 billion equity investment from NVIDIA—to “reimagine engineering and design” through AI, accelerated computing, and advanced digital twin technologies. This collaboration is not just a business deal; it marks the beginning of a fundamental shift […]
Category Archives: robotics
AI as a Creative Ally: How Technology Is Helping Artists Thrive
by Daniel Brouse June 13, 2025 Several companies and artists are now using AI and robotic arms to assist in marble sculpting—not only to increase speed and precision, but also to help prolong their ability to create. Many sculptors and musicians suffer from repetitive motion disorders and other debilitating injuries. Last year, I developed tendonitis […]
3D Printer Makes Wrench in Space
OUTER SPACE — What happens if you are on the Space Station and you need a wrench? Just have NASA e-mail it up and print it on the 3D printer. It is the first time that hardware was e-mailed to space. Mike Chen, founder of Made In Space (the company behind the 3-D printer) said, […]
Also posted in International, Science, Space
Tagged 3D printer, International Space Station, manufactured in space, NASA, wrench
Comments closed
Underwater Robotics Competition
Annual competition, sponsored by Marine Advanced Technological Education Center, gives competitors a taste of the real-life capabilities needed to maintain an ocean observing system by NSF.gov The Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center hosted its 12th annual student underwater robotics competition earlier this summer in Federal Way, Wash. The Center is a national partnership of […]
Also posted in Education, Environment, Science
Tagged Education, learn, robotics, students, underwater, water
Comments closed
Human Asteroid Initiative
NASA’s FY2014 budget proposal includes a plan to robotically capture a small near-Earth asteroid and redirect it safely to a stable orbit in the Earth-moon system where astronauts can visit and explore it. Performing these elements for the proposed asteroid initiative integrates the best of NASA’s science, technology and human exploration capabilities and draws on […]
Mars
Curiosity is the name of the unmanned mission to Mars. A sophisticated robot is exploring the surface.
High Speed Robot Hand
This video shows the manipulator dribbling a ping-pong ball, spinning a pen, throwing a ball, tying knots, grasping a grain of rice with tweezers, and tossing / re-grasping a cellphone! Based on the video, the hand uses high-speed actuators with harmonic drive gears. The hand can close in 1/10th of a second! Personally, I find […]
Also posted in Science
Tagged anthropomorphic, grabbing, high speed, manipulator, robotics, robots, throwing, tossing
Comments closed