Gaines: Robot Surgeons

Gaines: Robot Surgeons

Engineers are working on robots that can carry out surgical procedures without the direct control of a surgeon, writes James Gaines (@the_jmgaines) for Knowable Magazine. Total autonomy may be a long ways off, however, given the vast biological complexity of the...
Harris: Robotic Delivery Vehicles

Harris: Robotic Delivery Vehicles

In a four-part series for TechCrunch, Mark Harris (@meharris) delves into Nuro, an autonomous, unoccupied delivery vehicle startup. Our journey with Harris’ in-depth reporting begins at Google, where its founders once worked. Then, we travel through the thicket of...

Langston: The Robotic Touch

Touch and grip, Jennifer Langston writes, is all about shear forces and small vibrations. University of Washington scientists and engineers are designing flexible, electronic skin that detects slipping over a surface or grasping an object, Jennifer writes in UW News....