Welcome to the engineering update. On this week’s episode:
Self-Driving Underground Trucks
Volvo will be taking autonomous trucks to underground mines to test how construction trucks can operate without human intervention in dangerous environments.
Engineering a Second Skin
MIT has created an invisible polymer coating that can be applied to skin brakes by stretching over existing skin to smooth out wrinkles, act as a protective barrier, and even deliver drugs.
An Agile Robotic Hand that Learns Autonomously
A team of computer scientists at the University of Washington have upped the dexterity of a five-fingered robotic hand that can mimic human movements and learn to improve on its own.