Tech Briefs Magazine - February 2022 - MD-1
FEATURES
2 Designing Smart Solutions for Gas Flow Devices
5 Discrete Proportional Valve Technology
14 Giving Bug-Like Bots a Boost
14 Bipedal Robot Achieves Better Body Balance
APPLICATIONS
8 Earthly Twin Offers Test Bed for NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover
TECH BRIEFS
10 Software Gives Robots Human Touch
10 Incorporating Computer Vision and Uncertainty into AI for
Robotic Prosthetics
11 Soft, Mechanical Metamaterials
12 Mobile Molecular Robots Swim in Water
12 Micro-Robots Propelled by Air Bubbles and Ultrasound
DEPARTMENTS
16 New Products
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