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Today it is pretty easy to build a robot with an onboard camera and have fun manually driving through that first-person view. But builders with dreams of autonomy quickly learn there is a lot of wo…

Estonian robotics firm Milrem has signed up Italy as the latest country considering the THeMIS ground vehicle for its armed forces, the company said.

When controlling a robot, sometimes you have to speak or type like one – but an AI has learned to translate natural human language into robot commands

Memristors could enable significant performance increases for mobile robots

First humans to receive a "stentrode" demonstrate that home brain-computer interface systems are feasible

Optogenetics can now control neural circuits at unprecedented depths within living brain tissue without surgery

Sensor-laden darts can collect data in hazardous or inaccessible environments

A bunch of these boats could meet up to form ad hoc structures, like a bridge or a platform.

TechnipFMC's Schilling Robotics unit chose Energid Technologies' Actin robot control software for its Gemini remotely operated vehicle.

Created by lab of David Zarrouk of Ben-Gurion University, palm-sized amphibious AmphiSTAR to be used for agriculture and search and rescue

From Japan comes a soft, warm motorized hand that lets you "experience holding your girlfriend's hand more easily than finding a girlfriend."

Nature is one of the greatest sources of inspiration for engineers and computer scientists developing new technological tools. Over the past decade or so, roboticists have developed countless robots inspired ...

FreeBOTs use magnets and internal motors to roll around or stick together

Much as Elon Musk did with his Tesla Model 3 factory, Walmart has discovered that robots can’t necessarily replace humans. The retail giant has decided scrap plans to use robots to automate the chore of tracking inventory after find that humans could do as good a job.

A multi-drone imaging system from Stanford University was tested in Antarctica, using path-planning to autonomously count penguins.

The humble kitchen sink has remained relatively unchanged over the last century. While there are now fancier mixing taps and sleeker fittings available, for most of us, there’s a nozzle that …

A Florida man who requires special contact lenses to see invented a robot to help people with dexterity issues insert and remove their lenses.

Is this a metaphor for how life in 2020 has the ability to punch back? Who knows… All I can say is that the Stryk RXT-1 was built to make you a better sparrer, thanks to its ability to go on the offense, unlike punching bags that just stay static and accept the blows you give them. The RXT-1 is a ro...

Sarcos is working on a new robot, which looks to be the torso of their powered exoskeleton with the human relocated somewhere else.

Samsung and Stanford have developed a 10,000PPI OLED screen that could lead to completely seamless VR displays.

Simbe Robotics' Tally 3.0 inventory robot on the market includes an updated optical system and enhanced data-processing functions.

BERLIN (AP) — A lawnmower robot’s electronic cries for help foiled a thief’s plan to make off with the grass-cutting automaton. German police said Friday that a homeowner in the western town of Lippstadt was surprised on

The 13-week-long annual robotics competition, styled after the Olympics, was held online this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic

RC cars are a fun pastime, but for many hackers, taking things to the next level involves making the cars drive themselves. For his Masters thesis, [Jon] did just that, building a self-driving robo…