University of Twente
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Doctoral candidate Geert Folkertsma has spent four years developing a scale robotic cheetah that is not only capable of replicating many of the real animal's movements, but in doing so uses only 15 percent more energy than the real thing.
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After stroke patients finish their programs at rehabilitation clinics, it's important to know how they progress at home. That's why a student at the University of Twente developed a sensor-laden suit that transmits data to therapists via the internet.
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy causes the victim's muscles to shrink throughout their lifetime, often to the point that the arms and legs can't be used at all. That's why the A-Gear project is designing two arm-worn exoskeletons, intended to help Duchenne patients retain the use of their arms.
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A new chip design could lead to massively parallel, energy efficient computation that handles complex tasks like pattern recognition better and faster than ever before.
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A robot-assisted system promises to make medical procedures that use needles more precise. It uses flexible needles that can be steered in real time to their target, thereby negating any issues with tissue and organ deformation that occurs during insertion.
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Salt water is highly-corrosive, which is why crews of inspectors regularly have to go inside ships' ballast tanks to check for damage. Thanks to the German/Dutch RoboShip project, however, autonomous robots may soon be performing the task.
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On the latest Russian Soyuz capsule to dock with the station, NASA sent along a pair of high-tech ForceShoes to monitor astronauts as they exercise to make sure they get the full benefits of their workouts.
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ScienceWhen it comes to moving simply but effectively through a liquid medium, few things are as good as sperm. This fact isn't lost on scientists, and has resulted in a batch of microrobots known as MagnetoSperm.
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ScienceA team of researchers from the University of Twente in the Netherlands, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Germany’s University of Freiburg have developed a micro-engine that burns oxygen and hydrogen, but there’s a small problem; they’re not sure how the thing works.
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A researcher at the University of Twente in the Netherlands has developed a new optical memory disc out of tungsten and silicon nitride that he says could store data safely for extremely long periods of time – up to a billion years.
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In the quest for a safer, more accurate alternative, Dutch researchers have proven photoacoustic imaging can be used to detect and visualize breast tumors.
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A prototype lab-on-a-chip device is able to count the number of sperm in an ejaculate sample, and can differentiate between those that are and are not motile.
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