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The IEEE senior member’s IMDB biography described him as an “electronics wizard.” He operated R2-D2 in the Star Wars prequels. He also built robots for television. They included Geoff Peterson—Craig Ferguson’s android sidekick on “The Late Late Show”—and the Energizer batteries bunny mascot.

MIT researchers developed a representation of spatial perception for robots that is modeled after the way humans perceive and navigate the world.

More and more, workplaces are using assistive exoskeletons to protect their employees from injury. One of the newest, the 4th-generation version of German Bionic's Cray X, features a lightweight carbon fiber frame.

Say goodbye to soggy cookies!

A robot travelling from point A to point B is more efficient if it understands that point A is the living room couch and point B is a refrigerator, even if it's in an unfamiliar place. That's the common ...

By Thomas R. Cutler Autonomously driven forklifts, whether in distribution centers, manufacturing, or some hybrid, are much more cost-effective than manned forklifts for extremely repetitive proces…

Doctors say the DaVinci system offers state of the art surgical options. They debuted the Davinci Robot System in St. Joseph Saturday morning.

When the coronavirus hit, the company pivoted from its primary robot design to developing masks.

The study is aimed at curbing loneliness and apathy in older adults, especially for those with dementia.

Shane Wighton of the “Stuff Made Here” YouTube channel, who you might remember from that robotic basketball hoop, has a new invention: A haircut robot. This is not the the first barber bot, but previous designs typically used hair clippers. Shane wanted his robot to use scissors. Hilarious and terri...

ANYmal C is a quadruped robot with modular processing and sensing that illustrates the possibilities of mobile robots on varied terrain.

Hello Robot's Stretch wants to reinvent how mobile manipulators perform tasks in home environments

Using Intel's neuromorphic Loihi chip, researchers created a robotic skin that detects touch more than 1,000 times faster than the human sensory nervous system.

That's a new one for robots.

“We’re not yet at a place where robots can replace us, but technological enhancement to human hands is phenomenal.”

Easy to implement and flexible enough to handle a range of applications, hand-guided robots can help job shops automate high-mix, low-volume production.   

In August, a robot vaguely resembling a kangaroo will begin stacking sandwiches, drinks and ready meals on shelves at a Japanese convenience store in a test its maker, Telexistence, hopes will help trigger a wave of retail automation.

In order to see and then grasp objects, robots typically utilize depth-sensing cameras like the Microsoft Kinect. And while such cameras may be thwarted by transparent or shiny objects, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a work-around.

After creating tiny sensor backpacks for bees, researchers from the University of Washington have built a more advanced model for beetles. Dubbed “a GoPro for beetles,” the robotic backpacks carry a tiny steerable camera that can stream video at 1 to 5 fps and pivot up to 60 degrees.

NASA team pioneers AI algorithm to help Mars rover and Titan drone drill for astrobiological evidence

Titan Medical, which had delayed development of its Sport single-port robotic surgical system, has resumed work with help from Medtronic.

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands have drawn inspiration from a tiny tentacled marine creature to produce a centimeter-scale robot that is powered by magnets and light. With the ability to grab and release objects underwater, the team imagines a range of applicatio...

Robotic Glove Features Telescopic Extra Thumb

Cheap paper and pencil-based medical wearables could one day replace expensive health monitors.