This article about how robotics is an increasingly important part of our lives quotes Richard Mahoney, director of the Robotics Program at SRI International. Mahoney explains that "A robot is the interface between the information world and physical world."
This article reports that SRI International, Willow Garage and Meka Robotics announced the joint venture Redwood Robotics at the Xconomy Forum ‘The Future of Robotics in Silicon Valley and Beyond’.
According to this article, “SRI spinoff Grabit provides a technique for holding or grasping objects without the need of bulky, energy-intensive clamping or vacuum suction devices.”
Stretchable electronics can go beyond what might commonly be considered “electronics.” Learn what SRI researchers are doing with dialectric elastomers, which offer the promise of energy harvesting with few moving parts.
