A striking blue robot named Rosie has made itself at home for the last couple of years in the Robotics, Perception and Learning lab at KTH, as part of a project in which robots are learning how to perceive three dimensional environments and move about and interact in them — even in the course of routine … Continue reading “A robot learns its way around the lab”
Where there’s heat, there’s energy. In systems like automobile engines, a lot of heat escapes – so one area of research in which KTH is involved is thermoelectric generation, or the process of converting heat into electricity. Researchers here have worked on a prototype generator for Scania trucks, for example. But vehicles aren’t the only … Continue reading “With right materials, heat can be converted into electricity on large scale”
Drones are already flying to remote places to drop off heart defibrillators. In Singapore, there’s even a restaurant where drones carry orders from the kitchen to the waiters’ station. Soon, you can add to the list: drones that perform inspection and maintenance on infrastructure like bridges and radio towers. A team of automatic control researchers at … Continue reading “Watch this maintenance drone simulate a pick-up and drop-off”
What if you could go back in time and see exactly what would have happened if only you had done things differently? That’s what researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm did with three actual bike crashes in which the riders wore no helmets. This squirm-inducing video shows the impact on an adult male’s … Continue reading “Rewinding a bike crash shows how helmets protect”
Atlantic halibut Bluefin tuna Acadian Redfish Orange Roughy Goliath grouper Winter skate Beluga sturgeon Bocaccio Rockfish European eel Maltese Ray No, that’s not today’s seafood menu. Although I wouldn’t blame you for wondering if it were, because, truth be told, it sure looks like one. And a pretty good one at that. What it is, in … Continue reading “Endangered fish need better PR to win over hearts”
