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A Tokyo clothing maker created a wearable fan for pets to make their walks a little cooler amid an unbearable Japan heatwave.

Multiple sources said there have been "significant" layoffs at Seegrid. One now former-employee said it was due to a company restructuring.

JAKA Robotics seeks Japanese production know-how for edge in home market

“Robots suck.” It’s a bold declaration for a startup founder aiming to work with robots — or more accurately, the software that helps turn a tractor, tiller or forklift into an automated vehicle. But Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, who previously founded and led the now shuttered autonomous vehicle startup S...

Computer engineer who accidentally discarded hard drive consults Newport council over scheme

Ottonomy.IO, a startup working on solving delivery problems using autonomous robots, has raised $3.3 million in a seed funding round as it looks to expand its market and deploy robots to existing customers. Led by Bengaluru-based Pi Ventures, the latest funding round included participation from Conn...

Restaurants are looking to robotics to help solve staffing problems as well as alleviate repetitive tasks. It's becoming easier as the tech is now cheaper.

Ukrainian student Iryna Parkhomchuk is using her past experience from the war, as well as her expertise in robotics and artificial intelligence, to help others struggling with their own mental health challenges.

It’s summer time in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means campfires for cooking hot dogs, keeping the mosquitoes away, and of course, making s’mores. For our far-flung friends, that&#…

The European agricultural equipment manufacturer SDF is taking a majority stake in VitiBot, the French developer of vineyard robots

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A diving robot explores shipwrecks and sunken planes in a way that humans can't. But OceanOneK's 3D vision and touch-based feedback allows people to feel like they're underwater with the robot.

A pioneering project to develop advanced pressure sensors for use in robotic systems could transform prosthetics and robotic limbs. The innovative research project aspires to develop sensors that provide enhanced capabilities to robots, helping improve their motor skills and dexterity, through th

A second-place finish at state earned the team a spot at the national competition, the Junior Beta Robotics Showcase, in Nashville.

Dutch company Andela Techniek & Innovatie is developing a machine for robotic weed removal. A prototype - the 12-row ARW-912 - is running on an

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, car manufacturing companies such as Ford quickly shifted their production focus from automobiles to masks and ventilators.

Researchers across the world are pioneering advances in robotic textiles that will allow the clothes we wear to keep us healthy and improve daily life.

Kodiak Robotics recently completed a coast-to-coast commercial run between Texas, California and Florida for 10 Roads Express, a USPS mail carrier.

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include information about the projected fielding date for the RCV-L. The Army has narrowed its focus on developing lighter variants of robotic combat vehicles, but it still plans to leverage a ­software acquisition pathway to get technology that could be...

This time it's more about body language. In a game of Simon Says, the human was fooled by a robotic companion a room over.

GXO orders more collaborative robots from 6 River Systems - read more about this with Parcel and Postal Technology International

NASA Will Inspire World When It Returns Mars Samples to Earth in 2033 NASA has completed the system requirements review for its Mars Sample Return Program, which has nearly concluded its conceptual design phase. During this phase, the program team evaluated and refined the architecture to return th

Teens competed at Oak Ridge Associated Universities with robots programmed to "seek and destroy" balloons.

An 8-gram actuator - a device that converts energy and signals into movement - that operates as artificial muscles lifted 8 kilograms while maintaining human-like hand movements