With the explosion in robotic technologies that has occurred in the past decade, it’s important to realize there are three categories of robots: industrial, commercial and consumer. Within each ...

Conceptually, the D1 robot is an upgrade over current market options, such as Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot dog. However, it’s ...

The use of Cartesian and six-axis robots, as well as selective-compliance-articulated robot arms (SCARAs) is on the rise. They automate tasks to accelerate cycle times, increase throughput, and ...

The commercialization of clothing-type wearable robots has taken a significant step forward with the development of equipment ...

Robots are taking over the dirty work of sorting through our trash and turning it into valuable resources. And not just any robots, but smart robots that use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify ...

'We're not quite at the level where the robotic skin is as good as human skin, but we think it's better than anything else out there at the moment.' Image: Dr. David Hardman, University of Cambridge ...

As the search for survivors and grim recovery of bodies continues following the devastating one-two punch of the 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan, researchers are weighing what ...

PEORIA – A Peoria entrepreneur has found a way to ease workforce challenges brought on by the pandemic, and Peoria stands to profit from it. Sudheer Sajja wants to build a manufacturing facility to ...

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed advanced robotic insects that could aid farming through artificial pollination. They could prove especially useful in the ...

Robots are becoming more popular in hospitality and I wanted to see what the hype was about. I went to a sci-fi restaurant where I was served nachos by chatty, smiling robots. The robots roll back to ...