That’s the kind of future envisioned by researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). They have built a peculiar robotic drone arm inspired by the flexibility of an elephant’s trunk. Called the ...

Robots bearing arms have never been less frightening. / Artificial Intelligence / Drone / Robotic Arms / Robotics Updated 11.29.16, 7:38 AM EST by Michelle Lee ...

Measuring 20.5 inches long (521 mm), the Titan's manipulator arm weighs 2 lb (907 g) on land, although that effectively drops to 0.9 lb (408 g) once it's underwater Geneinno 2 / 2 ...

The arm, described in a study published today in Science Robotics, is made of seven plastic actuators that look like rectangular boxes stacked up on top of each other and stretching up to 27.5 ...

Naturally, a robotic arm like this is capable of reaching areas the drone itself can’t. The scientists responsible presented that idea by lowering the arm into a small ditch which was much ...

Japanese company Prodone has unveiled a large drone with two robotic arms that can perform a variety of tasks, according to Reuters. {mosads}The device, which was showcased at the International ...

With a small swivel downwards of these arms, these wheels lift the drone's body off the ground and enable it to travel like a robotic car, covering up to eight feet per second (2.6 m/s).

Japan-based Prodrone is marketing the PD6B-AW-ARM as the world’s first large-format drone with dual robotic arms. The hovering robot weighs 44 pounds and can fly for up to 30 minutes.

We've seen drone's armed with pistols, with bazookas, even with flamethrowers, but this latest drone—a hexacopter from the Japanese company Prodrone—is armed with something unique and sort of ...

The U.S. military wants to arm small drones and manned vehicles with ... Machine guns and anti-tank missiles are already mounted on drones, robot tanks and the manned dune buggy-like tactical ...