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Overview of the dressing pipeline. Following the CNA Practice Test guidance, we used a professional training manikin to simulate a person who has completely lost upper limb movement functionality and designed the pipeline as the following stages: stage A, the robot would navigate to the rail and grasp a hospital gown that is naturally hung on a rail; stage B, the robot would fully unfold the garment in the air; stage C, the robot would navigate around the hospital bed and lift up and dress the user?s both arms; stage D, the final operation spreads the gown to cover the upper body.

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Robotic nurse can dress a mannequin in a hospital gown

Flexible objects are difficult for robots to handle, but a new approach could allow artificial nurses to help patients dress

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The magnetic slime that could retrieve accidentally swallowed objects

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The magnetic slime that could retrieve accidentally swallowed objects

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Robot peeling a banana

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Finally, a robot that can peel a banana without smushing it to bits

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BirdBot

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'BirdBot' has robotic legs more efficient than more complex devices

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BirdBot's leg mechanics are automatically water proof; all motors are located in the robot's trunk, far away from its feet. Here the mechanics that produce joint torques, tendon forces, and ground contact are water-proof. Theoretically, BirdBot could walk through water (possible future work).

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Watch emu-inspired robot legs that use less energy to run

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The RMF-Owl is designed to be collision-tolerant for subterranean exploration

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Collision-dodging drones can navigate tight spaces without crashing

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Ocean Infinity's marine robotic vessel

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Robotic ships could inspect underwater pipelines without a crew

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Meet the machines that that can evolve all by themselves

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Meet the machines that that can evolve all by themselves

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Meet the robots that can reproduce, learn and evolve all by themselves

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Meet the robots that can reproduce, learn and evolve all by themselves

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RoboKrill

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Meet RoboKrill, the one-legged robot that mimics the way krill swim

A robot with appendages that mimic the swimming legs of krill could one day be used to study these key marine food sources or explore hard-to-reach places

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RoboKrill is a one-legged robot that mimics the way krill swim

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Flying robot generates as much power as a flapping insect

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Robot performs keyhole surgery on pigs with little help from doctors

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Human and robot chemists work better together than alone

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