Michele Furlan

Founder President

Robot movements: fluidity

2019-01-22 10:08:55

Improving the fluidity of movements in robots has always been problematic, making human/robot interaction uneasy. The researchers working at NAVER LAB improved robot fluidity, creating one of the most advanced robots able to safely interact with humans: AMBIDEX (https://www.naverlabs.com/en/storyDetail/12).

Michele Furlan

Founder President

Deep Brain Stimulation achieved without surgical operation

2018-12-09 08:26:02

Quite an impressive advancement for the field of neuroscience. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a technique used to affect neural activity by delivering electrical stimulations to certain brain regions. Usually DBS is used to treat pathologies such as Parkinson, and requires a surgical operation to the skull in order to implant an electrode in the desired part of the brain. Now an Australian team of scientist achieved this result without the need of any surgical operation: the electrode is delivered to the desired brain region via blood vessels. Perhaps most importantly, the implanted electrode seems to be able to both record and affect our neural activity: one step closer to neural implants. Original article: https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/implant-stimulates-brain-from-inside-a-blood-vessel

Michele Furlan

Founder President

Robot walking: new improvements

2018-12-06 07:47:17

So far bipedal robots have been walking with a low, clumsy stance. Now IHMC researchers have been 'teaching' the Boston Dynamic Atlas to walk in a more elegant way - like us, humans. On top of a higher stance and a more fluid walk, Atlas shows also an improved balance in recovering from external disturbances. Original article: https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/ihmc-teaches-atlas-to-walk-like-a-human

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