While roboticists have introduced increasingly advanced systems over the past decades, most existing robots are not yet able ...

With further development, the team imagines all kinds of applications for its compact new depth sensor. It could be built into tiny robots, for example, or wearables such as smartwatches or ...

Make a safe robot involves sensors to detect problems before they become critical. ... It has been more effective on larger robots where its depth of field can be accommodated.

From LiDAR to depth cameras, sensing tech is transforming how robots see and respond to the world. This article explores key sensors, apps, and more.

Advanced robotic vision systems are redefining the capabilities of automation in performing precision tasks. By equipping robots with the ability to perceive and adapt to their environments, these ...

The world is filled with depth-sensing camera tech now: in 3D body scanners, drones, AR headsets such as the HoloLens and Magic Leap, and iPhones.But Structure Core, the first in-house depth ...

The robot has a wide array of sensor packages that comes with it out of the box, ... Below the cameras on the front of the robot, there’s an Intel 435 depth sensor that lets it map the ground plane.

SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) is essential to navigation systems of mobile robots and there are various depth sensors used in SLAM including 2D and 3D LiDARs, stereoscopic cameras ...

A rootin' tootin' cowboy, a $16K Unitree robot named Jake, is taking on Texas and dishing out heavy-handed compliments.

A piece of lateral thinking by MIT boffins has turned a prototype robot fingertip "skin" into a hugely powerful, portable 3-D microscope that will have massive utility in biology, forensics, and ...