‘Palaeo-robots’ to help scientists understand how fish started to walk on land

The transition from water to land is one of the most significant events in the history of life on Earth. Now, a team of roboticists, palaeontologists and

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 23, 2024 ~4 min

Robot trained to read braille at twice the speed of humans

Researchers have developed a robotic sensor that incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to read braille at speeds roughly double that of most human

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 29, 2024 ~5 min


Robots cause company profits to fall – at least at first

Researchers have found that robots can have a ‘U-shaped’ effect on profits: causing profit margins to fall at first, before eventually rising again.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 3, 2023 ~6 min

Robot ‘chef’ learns to recreate recipes from watching food videos

Researchers have trained a robotic ‘chef’ to watch and learn from cooking videos, and recreate the dish itself.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 5, 2023 ~5 min

Robots can help improve mental wellbeing at work – as long as they look right

Robots can be useful as mental wellbeing coaches in the workplace – but perception of their effectiveness depends in large part on what the robot looks like.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 15, 2023 ~6 min

Robots can be used to assess children’s mental wellbeing, study suggests

Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in children than parent-reported or self-reported testing, a new study suggests.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 1, 2022 ~7 min

Taste of the future: robot chef learns to ‘taste as you go’

A robot ‘chef’ has been trained to taste food at different stages of the chewing process to assess whether it’s sufficiently seasoned.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 4, 2022 ~7 min

Self-healing materials for robotics made from ‘jelly’ and salt

Researchers have developed self-healing, biodegradable, 3D-printed materials that could be used in the development of realistic artificial hands and other soft

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Feb. 18, 2022 ~4 min


A good egg: robot chef trained to make omelettes

A team of engineers have trained a robot to prepare an omelette, all the way from cracking the eggs to plating the finished dish, and refined the ‘chef’s’ culinary skills to produce a reliable dish that actually tastes good.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 1, 2020 ~5 min

Machine learning to help develop self-healing robots that ‘feel pain’

Researchers from the University of Cambridge will use self-healing materials and machine learning to develop soft robotics as part of a new collaborative project.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Aug. 7, 2019 ~2 min

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