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 […]
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Underwater Robotics Competition
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Also tagged Education, learn, students, underwater, water
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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 […]
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Also tagged anthropomorphic, grabbing, high speed, manipulator, robots, throwing, tossing
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