Jahir Argote-Gerald
@jahirargote.bsky.social
Swarm robotics PhD researcher @ University of Sheffield | 🇬🇧🇵🇦
Exploring collective intelligence in robots 🐝🤖 | Sharing robotics insights & discoveries 🚀
#swarms #robots #multirobot #multiagent #distributed #robotics #robot
Exploring collective intelligence in robots 🐝🤖 | Sharing robotics insights & discoveries 🚀
#swarms #robots #multirobot #multiagent #distributed #robotics #robot
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It features researchers exploring swarm robotics, multi-robot systems, modular robots, and more!
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#Robotics #SwarmRobotics #DistributedRobotics #Swarm
It features researchers exploring swarm robotics, multi-robot systems, modular robots, and more!
Know someone who should be included? Suggest yourself or others in the replies! 🐝🤖
#Robotics #SwarmRobotics #DistributedRobotics #Swarm
Researchers introduce Snap Inflatable Modular Metastructures (SIMMs), enabling soft robots to crawl, climb, and reconfigure with a single air input. The snap-through mechanism enhances controlled motion, reducing system complexity.
#SoftRobotics #BistableMechanics #ModularDesign #AdaptiveMotion
#SoftRobotics #BistableMechanics #ModularDesign #AdaptiveMotion
Snap inflatable modular metastructures for multipath, multimode morphing machines
Park et al. present a design strategy leveraging snap-through folding and modular
assemblies to achieve reconfigurable morphing mechanisms. By integrating discrete
snapping transitions with continuous...
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February 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Researchers introduce Snap Inflatable Modular Metastructures (SIMMs), enabling soft robots to crawl, climb, and reconfigure with a single air input. The snap-through mechanism enhances controlled motion, reducing system complexity.
#SoftRobotics #BistableMechanics #ModularDesign #AdaptiveMotion
#SoftRobotics #BistableMechanics #ModularDesign #AdaptiveMotion
Reposted by Jahir Argote-Gerald
Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science!
I've been so lucky to speak to all these amazing and inspirational women in robotics over the past 5 years.
#WomenInScience #IDWGS2025 #WomenInSTEM
I've been so lucky to speak to all these amazing and inspirational women in robotics over the past 5 years.
#WomenInScience #IDWGS2025 #WomenInSTEM
February 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Happy International Day of Women & Girls in Science!
I've been so lucky to speak to all these amazing and inspirational women in robotics over the past 5 years.
#WomenInScience #IDWGS2025 #WomenInSTEM
I've been so lucky to speak to all these amazing and inspirational women in robotics over the past 5 years.
#WomenInScience #IDWGS2025 #WomenInSTEM
🦾 A multi-material 3D printing framework blends soft & rigid materials, enhancing #SoftRobotics for scalable swarm robotics deployment. Researchers demonstrated a legged robot tackling diverse terrains! 🌍🤖 Published in Nature Communications. #3DPrinting #SwarmRobotics
A framework for soft mechanism driven robots
YouTube video by Nemitz Robotics Group
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February 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🦾 A multi-material 3D printing framework blends soft & rigid materials, enhancing #SoftRobotics for scalable swarm robotics deployment. Researchers demonstrated a legged robot tackling diverse terrains! 🌍🤖 Published in Nature Communications. #3DPrinting #SwarmRobotics
🚗⚡Drive-through charging in just 16 seconds! The DotBot ditches batteries for supercapacitors, powering an hour of movement with a quick charge. This was achieved during a meet-up between the teams of Prof. Danny Hughes (KU Leuven) & Prof. Roderich Gross (U. of Sheffield/Darmstadt).
#Robotics #Swarm
#Robotics #Swarm
drive-through charging in 16 seconds!!
YouTube video by OpenSwarm
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January 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🌀 Meet SpiRobs – soft robots shaped by the logarithmic spiral for adaptable grasping! Inspired by octopus arms, these scalable, 3D-printed robots use simple cable actuation to grip objects across sizes. Applications from drones to multi-robot arrays! #Robotics #SoftRobotics #Bioinspired
SpiRobs: Logarithmic spiral-shaped robots for versatile grasping across scales
YouTube video by Zhanchi Wang
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January 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🌀 Meet SpiRobs – soft robots shaped by the logarithmic spiral for adaptable grasping! Inspired by octopus arms, these scalable, 3D-printed robots use simple cable actuation to grip objects across sizes. Applications from drones to multi-robot arrays! #Robotics #SoftRobotics #Bioinspired
Earthworm-inspired crawling robot 🪱 uses modular soft skins with bristles to mimic friction control, enabling efficient movement through tight spaces. Great for pipe inspection & soil sensing! 🚀 #Robotics #BioInspired #SoftRobotics
Earthworm-Inspired Soft Skin Crawling Robot | Advanced Science (2024)
YouTube video by SDU Soft Robotics
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January 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Earthworm-inspired crawling robot 🪱 uses modular soft skins with bristles to mimic friction control, enabling efficient movement through tight spaces. Great for pipe inspection & soil sensing! 🚀 #Robotics #BioInspired #SoftRobotics
How does discrimination persist, even for robots? 🤖 Robin R. Murphy’s article explores John Scalzi’s Head On, a tale of teleoperated robots tackling bias, identity, and societal costs. A gripping mix of tech, ethics, and mystery! 🔍 #Robotics #SciFi #Inclusion
Even teleoperated robots are discriminated against in science fictions
A robot body is not a shield from discrimination in John Scalzi’s science fiction novel Head On.
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January 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
How does discrimination persist, even for robots? 🤖 Robin R. Murphy’s article explores John Scalzi’s Head On, a tale of teleoperated robots tackling bias, identity, and societal costs. A gripping mix of tech, ethics, and mystery! 🔍 #Robotics #SciFi #Inclusion
Magnetic microrobot swarms 🤖🧲, mass-produced using replica molding and programmed with precise magnetization, tested with up to 250 robots, performing tasks like cargo transport, obstacle climbing, and tube unclogging. Scalable, versatile robotics in action! 🚀
#SwarmIntelligence #swarm #robotics
#SwarmIntelligence #swarm #robotics
Magnetic swarm intelligence of mass-produced, programmable microrobot assemblies for versatile task execution
Yang et al. present microrobot swarms that are mass produced through in situ replica molding and magnetization on a single microarray mold. By programming magnetization profiles of cuboid microrobots, the microrobots can be organized into head-to-tail (HT), slipped-co-facial (SC), and face-to-face (FF) assemblies. Microrobot swarms with distinct assembly features are deployed to perform self-climbing, self-throwing over an obstacle, self-lifting of an obstacle, cargo transportation, wire connection and disconnection, liquid metal (LM) shape modification, tube unclogging, and organism guiding.
www.cell.com
January 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Magnetic microrobot swarms 🤖🧲, mass-produced using replica molding and programmed with precise magnetization, tested with up to 250 robots, performing tasks like cargo transport, obstacle climbing, and tube unclogging. Scalable, versatile robotics in action! 🚀
#SwarmIntelligence #swarm #robotics
#SwarmIntelligence #swarm #robotics
🌌 NASA’s EELS robot 🐍 tackles the challenge of exploring Enceladus’ icy vents and subsurface oceans 🌊. This work advances robotics by developing risk-aware autonomy, motion planning under uncertainty, and extreme terrain mobility. A key step for astrobiology! 🚀 #NASA #Robotics #Astrobiology
A snake-like robot designed to look for life on Saturn's moon
YouTube video by Science X: Phys.org, Medical Xpress, Tech Xplore
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December 30, 2024 at 7:48 PM
🌌 NASA’s EELS robot 🐍 tackles the challenge of exploring Enceladus’ icy vents and subsurface oceans 🌊. This work advances robotics by developing risk-aware autonomy, motion planning under uncertainty, and extreme terrain mobility. A key step for astrobiology! 🚀 #NASA #Robotics #Astrobiology
Meet BAMs: bioresorbable acoustic microrobots! 🤖💊 They navigate the body, deliver targeted therapy, and dissolve safely post-treatment. With real-time imaging and validated efficacy, they promise breakthroughs in minimally invasive medicine. #Microrobots #BiomedicalTech #TargetedTherapy #Robotics
Imaging-guided bioresorbable acoustic hydrogel microrobots
Imaging-guided biodegradable microrobots can efficiently navigate biofluids for days, enhancing drug delivery efficiency.
www.science.org
December 28, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Meet BAMs: bioresorbable acoustic microrobots! 🤖💊 They navigate the body, deliver targeted therapy, and dissolve safely post-treatment. With real-time imaging and validated efficacy, they promise breakthroughs in minimally invasive medicine. #Microrobots #BiomedicalTech #TargetedTherapy #Robotics
Real-time planning for robots just got smarter! 🤖✨ Meet SETS: a Spectral Expansion Tree Search that handles complex dynamics & continuous spaces. From drones braving wind tunnels to space debris missions, SETS empowers robots with versatility and precision. 🚀🌍 #Robotics #AIPlanning
Monte Carlo tree search with spectral expansion for planning with dynamical systems
Spectral Expansion Tree Search is a planning algorithm for robots that uses a low-complexity and provably correct representation for dynamical systems.
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December 26, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Real-time planning for robots just got smarter! 🤖✨ Meet SETS: a Spectral Expansion Tree Search that handles complex dynamics & continuous spaces. From drones braving wind tunnels to space debris missions, SETS empowers robots with versatility and precision. 🚀🌍 #Robotics #AIPlanning
🔍 Haptiknit introduces a soft, wearable haptic sleeve with embedded pneumatic actuators and distributed stiffness knitting. It offers a comfortable, portable solution for high-precision haptic feedback, effectively conveying touch sensations for applications like navigation and social interaction.
Haptiknit: Distributed stiffness knitting for wearable haptics
Distributed stiffness knitted textiles enable salient haptic cues from embedded pneumatic actuators in a wearable form factor.
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December 24, 2024 at 3:58 PM
🔍 Haptiknit introduces a soft, wearable haptic sleeve with embedded pneumatic actuators and distributed stiffness knitting. It offers a comfortable, portable solution for high-precision haptic feedback, effectively conveying touch sensations for applications like navigation and social interaction.
ORNL's autonomous robotic platform 🤖, the SMART Plant F-Series, is transforming bioenergy research 🌱. It navigates fields, collects soil and plant data in real-time ⏱️, and bridges lab and field insights 🔬. A step forward for understanding carbon cycles and boosting biofuel research 🌍!
#robotics #Bio
#robotics #Bio
Autonomous robotics, sensors and advanced computing can now help with harvesting plant data
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have demonstrated an autonomous robotic field monitoring, sampling and data-gathering system that could accelerate understanding ...
techxplore.com
December 23, 2024 at 3:23 PM
ORNL's autonomous robotic platform 🤖, the SMART Plant F-Series, is transforming bioenergy research 🌱. It navigates fields, collects soil and plant data in real-time ⏱️, and bridges lab and field insights 🔬. A step forward for understanding carbon cycles and boosting biofuel research 🌍!
#robotics #Bio
#robotics #Bio
How do changes in mass or ball size affect a ball-balancing robot? This study examines the BallBot, showing how an LQR controller maintains balance and adapts to configuration tweaks. A detailed look at the dynamics of this fascinating robot. 🤖⚙️ #Robotics #ControlSystems #BallBot #Engineering
Analysis of the parametric configuration impact on BallBot control performance
The BallBot, a versatile robot system, finds applications in various domains of life. It comprises a frame moved by three wheels mounted on a ball. The robot performance is significantly influenced b....
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December 22, 2024 at 11:50 AM
How do changes in mass or ball size affect a ball-balancing robot? This study examines the BallBot, showing how an LQR controller maintains balance and adapts to configuration tweaks. A detailed look at the dynamics of this fascinating robot. 🤖⚙️ #Robotics #ControlSystems #BallBot #Engineering
🐜 A swarm of 200 laser-controlled microrobots learned teamwork using multiagent RL with counterfactual rewards. They collaboratively rotated rods, transported objects, and manipulated multiple items—paving the way for precise microscale tasks like assembly and drug delivery! 🤖 #SwarmRobotics #AI
Microrobots and the 'lazy agent problem': Swarm study demonstrates a solution
Imagine trying to move a heavy piece of furniture with a group of people. Everyone's effort matters, but how do you ensure that each person is pulling their weight? This challenge of fairly distributi...
techxplore.com
December 21, 2024 at 10:12 AM
🐜 A swarm of 200 laser-controlled microrobots learned teamwork using multiagent RL with counterfactual rewards. They collaboratively rotated rods, transported objects, and manipulated multiple items—paving the way for precise microscale tasks like assembly and drug delivery! 🤖 #SwarmRobotics #AI
Fascinating work! 💡 Could these results also be applied to SLAM in water distribution networks or pipelines, where challenges like textureless surfaces and dynamic lighting are common? 🌊🚰 Exploring cross-domain applications could be promising! 🔍✨
SLAM algorithms struggle on endoscopy videos - specularity, textureless, & dynamic lighting.
We introduce a Near-Field Light Bundle Adjst. loss (NFL-BA): improves performance of SOTA SLAM, e.g. MonoGS (⬆️35% in tracking, ⬆️48% in mapping).
See asdunnbe.github.io/NFL-BA/
Led by Andrea & Daniel
We introduce a Near-Field Light Bundle Adjst. loss (NFL-BA): improves performance of SOTA SLAM, e.g. MonoGS (⬆️35% in tracking, ⬆️48% in mapping).
See asdunnbe.github.io/NFL-BA/
Led by Andrea & Daniel
December 19, 2024 at 6:49 PM
Fascinating work! 💡 Could these results also be applied to SLAM in water distribution networks or pipelines, where challenges like textureless surfaces and dynamic lighting are common? 🌊🚰 Exploring cross-domain applications could be promising! 🔍✨
🐞Scientists developed an automated system to mass-produce cyborg cockroaches, combining living insects with electronics for tasks like search-and-rescue. Their automated process makes creating these bio-robots faster and scalable—but is the future of robotics in bio-robots?🤔 #BioRobotics #Innovation
A cyborg cockroach factory: Automated assembly speeds up the creation of hybrid robots
A team of mechanical engineers at Nanyang Technological University, in Singapore, has developed a way to automate the process of merging live cockroaches and electronics to create cyborg cockroaches, ...
techxplore.com
December 19, 2024 at 11:35 AM
🐞Scientists developed an automated system to mass-produce cyborg cockroaches, combining living insects with electronics for tasks like search-and-rescue. Their automated process makes creating these bio-robots faster and scalable—but is the future of robotics in bio-robots?🤔 #BioRobotics #Innovation
🤖 Robots, know your limits! Researchers at MIT CSAIL developed PRoC3S, combining LLMs and vision models to help robots plan tasks safely within physical constraints. From drawing stars to stacking blocks, this method tests plans in simulation to ensure success in the real world. 🌟 #Robotics #AI
Trust the PRoC3S: Solving Long-Horizon Robotics Problems with LLMs and Constraint Satisfaction
Recent developments in pretrained large language models (LLMs) applied to robotics have demonstrated their capacity for sequencing a set of discrete skills to achieve open-ended goals in simple roboti...
arxiv.org
December 17, 2024 at 8:35 AM
💡 Inspired by cephalopods, researchers developed microjet drug delivery systems for the GI tract! 🌊🧬 These ingestible or endoscopic jets deliver insulin, GLP1, & siRNA with precision. 🚀 Tested in large animals, they rival subcutaneous injections—a leap for autonomous therapies!🙌
#DrugDelivery
#DrugDelivery
Swallowable injections: the octopus-inspired pill that delivers drugs with a jet
YouTube video by nature video
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December 16, 2024 at 1:39 PM
💡 Inspired by cephalopods, researchers developed microjet drug delivery systems for the GI tract! 🌊🧬 These ingestible or endoscopic jets deliver insulin, GLP1, & siRNA with precision. 🚀 Tested in large animals, they rival subcutaneous injections—a leap for autonomous therapies!🙌
#DrugDelivery
#DrugDelivery
🔬 This review highlights how multisensor fusion is revolutionizing wearable health tech! By combining heart rate, breathing, and motion data, it detects sleep apnea, tracks heart health, and measures respiration—all with precision. Smarter, accurate monitoring is here! 🩺✨ #HealthTech #Research
A Review on Multisensor Data Fusion for Wearable Health Monitoring
The growing demand for accurate, continuous, and non-invasive health monitoring has propelled multi-sensor data fusion to the forefront of healthcare technology. This review aims to provide an overvie...
arxiv.org
December 15, 2024 at 1:06 PM
🔬 This review highlights how multisensor fusion is revolutionizing wearable health tech! By combining heart rate, breathing, and motion data, it detects sleep apnea, tracks heart health, and measures respiration—all with precision. Smarter, accurate monitoring is here! 🩺✨ #HealthTech #Research
Meet CapsuleBot 🚀🤖: a hybrid aerial-ground bi-copter robot with innovative actuated-wheel-rotors! It combines flight agility ✈️ and ground efficiency 🛞 for low-noise, energy-saving performance. CapsuleBot conquers steep inclines 🏔️, cliffs 🌄, and rough terrains with ease! 💪
#robotics #drone
#robotics #drone
CapsuleBot: A Novel Hybrid Aerial-Ground Bi-Copter Robot With Two Actuated-Wheel-Rotors
This paper presents the design, modeling, and experimental validation of CapsuleBot, a novel hybrid aerial-ground bi-copter robot designed for long-endurance and low-noise operations. CapsuleBot combi...
ieeexplore.ieee.org
December 14, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Hexapod robots just got an upgrade! 🕷️ Imitation-Enhanced Reinforcement Learning (IERL) tackles their high-dimensional control challenges, blending imitation learning and smooth RL transitions to enable dynamic movements, doubling speed, and conquering complex terrains. 🚀 #Robotics #AI
Imitation-Enhanced Reinforcement Learning With Privileged Smooth Transition for Hexapod Locomotion
Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) methods have shown significant promise in controlling the movement of quadruped robots. However, for systems like hexapod robots, which feature a higher-dimensional a...
ieeexplore.ieee.org
December 13, 2024 at 10:06 AM
🌬️🤖 How much wind does a quadrotor generate when hovering? This study introduces a lightweight model predicting airflow beneath drones using turbulent jet theory. Validated by 16+ hours of flight data, it aids safe operations, sensor placement, and multi-agent control. 🚁🌱 #Robotics #AeroTech
Robotics meets Fluid Dynamics: A Characterization of the Airflow below a Drone as a Turbulent Jet
YouTube video by UZH Robotics and Perception Group
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December 12, 2024 at 7:48 PM
🤖🍓Ever wondered how robots could delicately pick raspberries without squishing them? This study introduces a sensorized physical twin, mimicking raspberry plants, to train robots in the lab—no need to wait for harvest season! With this method, lab-trained robots achieved 80% success in the field. 🌱💡
A robotic raspberry teaches machines how to pick fruit
YouTube video by nature video
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December 12, 2024 at 12:04 PM
🤖🍓Ever wondered how robots could delicately pick raspberries without squishing them? This study introduces a sensorized physical twin, mimicking raspberry plants, to train robots in the lab—no need to wait for harvest season! With this method, lab-trained robots achieved 80% success in the field. 🌱💡
Multidisciplinary research is a good way of doing impactful research. Here is an example!
#biodiversity #Ai #ComputerVision
#biodiversity #Ai #ComputerVision
Real-time AI in action! 🐦 Researchers used YOLOv10 to monitor curlews & chicks in Wales with 95%+ accuracy. Incredible progress in using tech to protect biodiversity! 🌍💡 Read here: arxiv.org/pdf/2411.15263 #ConservationTech #EdgeAI #Biodiversity
December 11, 2024 at 11:24 PM
Multidisciplinary research is a good way of doing impactful research. Here is an example!
#biodiversity #Ai #ComputerVision
#biodiversity #Ai #ComputerVision