McQuate: Robofly

McQuate: Robofly

You wouldn’t mistake it for a bluebottle or Drosophila, Sarah McQuate says, but robofly flaps like the real thing. In UW News, Sarah writes about a wireless, housefly-sized, laser-beam-powered robotic insect created by University of Washington engineers. Read the...

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....

Yonck: An Emotional Future

What comes after Siri and self-driving cars? Richard Yonck posits that the next step could be technology that recognizes human feelings. His new book, Heart of the Machine: Our Future in a World of Artificial Emotional Intelligence explores the rewards and pitfalls of...