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Video game-controlling gloves may be nothing new, but the things do still tend to be relatively heavy and rigid. That could soon change, however, when and if the lightweight, flexible InfinityGlove reaches the market.

This could be the next must-build project for the biggest rotary fan you know.

Beetle-size machine can climb, crawl, and carry heavy objects—all without batteries

Could the next big coronavirus treatment breakthrough come in the form of an inhaler or a nasal spray instead of a shot or a pill?

Increasing concerns about chemical herbicides are giving a boost to the old idea of killing weeds with electricity

Chowbotics' fresh food robot Sally will be offering Saladworks meals to diners in hospitals, universities, and other venues.

Sad bystander robots may encourage humans to step in to prevent robot abuse

Intel and Accenture are supporting an Israeli project using neuromorphic technology to develop a robot arm to aid wheelchair patients.

Robots can do heavy, repetitive work and never tire. But they still cannot approach a task with the intelligence and judgment of a human. Now there’s a hybrid solution: a wearable robotic exoskeleton that gives humans super power. Matt Dibble has the story

Whether delivering lab tests or simulating surgery, robots are changing the way our hospitals operate.

Sony’s video game division is gearing up for their upcoming PlayStation 5, pushing its predecessor PlayStation 4 off the spotlit pedestal. One effect of this change is Sony ever so slightly r…

Longan Vision’s two-camera system has been adapted to do temperature checks of people in public spaces

Root AI has raised $7.2 million in seed funding to scale and hire engineers and field operators for its Virgo harvesting robot.

Baemin, or Baedal Minjok, the country’s No. 1 delivery app by market share, said Tuesday that it has started operating the country’s first outdoor delivery robot, which delivers food from a restaurant to an apartment building. According to Woowa Brothers, the delivery app operator, it is now using...

MIT Media Lab researchers say the TF8 is one of the lightest, most powerful bionic knee and ankle platforms, designed to provide biologically equivalent power and range of motion to enable highly dynamic performance.

AutoX's Driver technology is now being tested in its RoboTaxi service in Shanghai. The company plans to test in more cities soon.

A UK uncrewed ocean-going vessel provides a glimpse of the future of robotic maritime operations.

Just watch the leg animations, okay? Unless you don't like spiders.

The device, called Snatcher, could help robots quickly retrieve objects without getting too close to them

The August 2020 edition of The Robot Report is devoted to technical and business developments around motion control and robotics.

We've already heard about drones that spray crops with herbicides and fertilizers. The AeroSeeder is a bit different, however, in that (as you might have guessed) it disperses seeds that might otherwise be difficult to plant.

People rarely use just one sense to understand the world, but robots usually only rely on vision and, increasingly, touch. Carnegie Mellon University researchers find that robot perception could improve ...

Robots, called ocean gliders, are being used to track hurricanes and improve forecasting of the massive storms.

SpaceX has begun large-scale Starship heat shield installation tests with the help of robots delivered last month in a sign that the company has already begun preparing for the rocket’s first orbital flight test campaign. Designed to eventually replace SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy la...