FEELINGS For robots and humans to be able to interact the machines have to master a whole host of challenges One of them is to read and analyze gestures Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technol ogy has managed to teach them how to do this The scientists developed a novel technology that enables ro bots to recognize a human s face and body posture and as a result makes critical handovers of hazardous ob jects possible for example PERPETUAL PACEMAKERS Wearers of pacemakers have to have surgery every five to ten years to change the battery a medical and mental hurdle Research scientists at the Thayer School of Engineering have now developed a pacemaker that s supplied with electricity by the kinetic energy of the heart The scientists estimate that the piezo pacemaker will be ready for production in about five years ROBOTS WITH 9 global

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