Scientists pushing the frontiers of soft robotics continue to find inspiration in the animal kingdom, with the latest examples that move like inchworms and earthworms deploying some novel sensor ...

Until now, the robot workforce has had to either be plugged in all of the time, or spend some time cabled to the mains to top ...

A mechanical engineering student at Purdue University, YouTuber, and self-described robot fanatic has released ...

The report "Humanoid Robot Market by Biped Robots, Wheel Drive Robots, Sensors (Gyroscopes, Accelerometers, Tilt Sensors, ...

Fingertip sensor gives robot unprecedented dexterity Date: September 19, 2014 ... It then determined the position of the USB plug relative to its gripper from an embossed USB symbol.

All top-tier robot brands are available, including Fanuc, Yaskawa, Universal Robots, Stäubli, Kawasaki, Epson and ABB. An intuitive dropdown menu-based interface makes operation, including ...

Robots these days, especially humanoids, have one problem: it doesn't feel nice or life-like when you touch them. This is where an invention by Japanese robot startup Touchence comes in. Their so ...

In the ocean sciences, robots provide views of the unexplored and can navigate environments not safely accessible to humans. Such dangerous settings make up the majority of Earth's oceans.

Researchers from the University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology develop a high-precision, sensor-based surgical robot for ...