Researchers from Harvard University and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have shown off a very interesting bit of kit, a flexible logic gate for use in soft robotics. That type of robotics uses rubbers and foams instead of metal gears and grippers, to allow robots to handle and interface with breakable things, up to and including yourself. One hurdle has been that while many motors and materials can be replicated with soft materials, the circuitry has remained inflexible which can cause wear issues.
These researchers have printed out basic NOT, AND and OR logic gates on membranous tissue, which bend with the rubber and foam the robot is built out of using an ingenious, if somewhat repurposed technique. Check out their research over at PhysicsWorld.
"The researchers liken the functionality of their membrane-tube system to a “Schmitt trigger”, a hysteretic circuit used in electronics for analog-to-digital conversion, level detection, and line reception."
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- Intel leak details Xe graphics cards with multiple GPUs @ The Inquirer
- Google kills off the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL @ The Inquirer
- Disruption is back, baby! 'We've all taken a dramatic base pay cut' beams boss of Intel's tech cash-injection wing @ The Register
- Analogue Mega Sg @ The Inquirer
- Apple reportedly to launch 3 OLED-based iPhones in 2020 @ DigiTimes
- Researchers Trick Tesla Autopilot Into Steering Into Oncoming Traffic @ Slashdot
“•Intel leak details Xe
“•Intel leak details Xe graphics cards with multiple GPUs @ The Inquirer”
That “Story” was a WCCFTech April Fools day Joke as it was just a bit to much! Some cut and paste reporter at The Inquirer(other “News” Feeds also) sure got punked on that one.
Look at the WCCFTech article saying the GPU will be relesaed on 31 June 2020(June has only 30 days)! So anything that WCCFTech publishes on or just before April the First needs to be double fact checked least the fools are fooled!