A sleek new robot is making it easier than ever to produce defect-free carbon fibre
A world-first, fully digitalised inspection system to detect defects in carbon fibre composite production has been installed in Swinburne’s Factory ...
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Whiskers are helping drones and robots respect your personal space
Robots have a habit of getting up close and personal. One engineer turned to rats to solve the problem.
Crane operation can be dangerous work – this device is reducing some of the risk
Instead of taking jobs away, this automated lifting device is working with its human counterparts to make crane operations safer.
Particle robots: Alone, they’re useless – but working together, they get things done
Robots are able to do a lot of things, but they often have trouble overcoming problems where parts of their ...
Engineering students save a world in peril at 2019 Warman Design and Build Competition
Engineers are often called upon to solve problems big and small. But the disaster facing Gondwana, a small planet in ...
This exoskeleton is one small step for mind-controlled technology
A 30-year-old Frenchman paralysed from the shoulders down took his first steps in four years thanks to an exoskeleton controlled ...
This year’s most influential women in STEM are champions of reinvention
Space pioneers, software engineers and prominent roboticists all made the 2019 Australian Financial Review 100 Women of Influence list.
A new design is helping cut the cost of making bipedal robots
A University of Queensland team is hoping to make high-tech bipedal robots that won’t break the bank.
This engineering duo made the Forbes ’30 under 30′ list for their novel invention
Two engineers turned comic book dreams into a smarter and quieter form of compressors and linear actuators.
Climbing plant tendrils inspire a material that could power up artificial muscles
Prosthetic limbs are often weighed down by heavy actuators required to move joints. Materials science researchers have been inspired by ...
