Edition: August 24th, 2022

We're excited to already share the second edition of Wevolver's Remarkable Developments newsletter.

In this newsletter, we curate the most interesting content that has been published by our community on the Wevolver platform this week.

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Topics: Swarm Robots - A.I

Resilient robot teams juggle competing priorities without deadlock

A robot, or a group of robots, on a mission often have conflicting priorities.?The primary mission of a team of search and rescue robots, for example, is to find survivors.

But when they do, they also need to be able to send information to the rest of the team. The best way to find survivors may be to spread out, but the best way to send information is to stay close together. If robotic teams are going to be deployed in more real-world situations, they’re going to need a system to balance these priorities.

Discover the research done at Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences here.

Topics: Sensors-?Wearable-?Artificial Skin Sensors

New Wearable Sensor Detects Even More Compounds in Human Sweat.

If you have ever had your blood drawn, whether to check your cholesterol, kidney function, hormone levels, blood sugar, or as part of a general checkup, you might have wondered why there is not an easier, less painful way.?

Now there might be. A team of researchers from Caltech's Cherng Department of Medical Engineering has unveiled a new wearable sensor that can detect in human sweat even minute levels of many common nutrients and biological compounds that can serve as indicators of human health.?

Learn more about this work here.

Topics: 3d Printing - Manufacturing Systems - Additive Manufacturing

3D Printed Injection Molding for Anyone?

Additive manufacturing is undoubtedly an exciting technology for many reasons, one of those reasons being the possibilities it opens up – especially as newer forms of the technology offer unprecedented speeds, dramatically slashed costs, and previously unseen geometries.

Does this mean additive manufacturing will replace more traditional production forms, like injection molding? That’s what a lot of people assume, but these older production forms still have benefits.?

Find out why, in this article.

Topics: Radar - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Uavs)

Find out how this new radar system can detect drones.

It takes a radar out of the ordinary to catch a drone in flight. It is even harder to detect a drone that is hovering in the same place, because it quickly disappears in the background noise.

But a new radar system—developed by researchers from DTU Space in collaboration with the Danish company Terma—can do both and more to boot.

Find out the technology behind this new system here.

Topics: University Program

Technology Specification: A Self-Constructing Rail System.

A great submission to our University Program is this modular and self-assembling rail system made from standardized and 3D-printed parts.

Rails are an essential part of numerous industries since they are capable of moving materials, parts, and assemblies more efficiently by using guide rails. These incredibly effective rail systems have precision-machined construction for fluid flow. In addition to being lightweight, small, and having little friction, guide rails are also simple to install. The adaptability of the robots and rails may also make it possible to rely less on static infrastructures, which are costly to maintain and replace when they malfunction.

Check out the full Tech-Spec here, and on this page, you can see all of the University Program submissions.

Featured Member: The University of Michigan

University of Michigan’s Robotics Institute aims to create a collaborative community of roboticists, where through mutual respect, integrity in action, and transparency in thought, we accelerate socially beneficial advances in robotics.

Michigan Robotics, rooted in the College of Engineering, connects to university and statewide strengths in medical innovation, advanced manufacturing, autonomous systems and automotive research.

Check out their latest research on Wevolver.

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