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A new version of artificial muscles for robots and other applications offers several advantages over previous technologies, researchers say.

The surgical robotics industry saw a major shakeup last year. Here is MassDevice's roundup of companies to watch.

The Indoor service robot stands in front of the elevator...the arm mounted on the top of the robot unfolds and the elevator button is pressed...then there is also a knock at the door.

Despite having a signed term sheet, the awaited investment failed to materialize before Small Robot Company's financial runway ran out.

Ordinarily, when there's a leak in an underground natural gas pipeline, the affected section of pipe has to be excavated and replaced. Soon, however, a pipe-inspecting and -repairing modular robot may make doing so unnecessary.

The British Antarctic Survey hope the new technology will change what we know about global warming.

As humans venture deeper into space and explore other worlds, they face daunting challenges of harsh conditions and damages requiring repairs.

Launched in September 2023, the robot is now sitting alone as it awaits its fate.

It was a rough week. There are rarely good weeks for my industry, but this one felt especially dire. Perhaps because it hit close to home. Not that many

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ANYbotics is strengthening its presence in Norway by partnering with Bergen-based industrial inspection company Adeptor. Adeptor says it aims to “drive the adoption of inspection robots in the Norw…

RoboTire was founded in 2018, was based in Plymouth, Michigan, and won an RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award in 2023.

The Feed will roll out automatic picking robots in its warehouse at the end of March 2024.

West Lafayette-based agricultural technology company Solinftec is partnering with a nearby manufacturer to begin production of its autonomous robots used to more efficiently detect and spray weeds on crops. Solinftec is investing more than $2 million to...

At 4:59 a.m., NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, with NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli acting as backup, captured Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft using the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robotic arm.

GITAI USA's S2 robotic system is the company's second robot to do work on the International Space Station.

In what could possibly be a world first, a pedestrian in Finland's capital Helsinki caught a food delivery robot doing a hit-and-run.

A new system helps robots navigate homes they’ve never seen before with a little help from open-source AI models.

Four girls from North Carolina brought the large robot they built to the Pentagon to brief European participants of the State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program on increasing

Swiss researchers are working on an environmental monitoring robot named Avocado that's been inspired by abseiling spiders. The fruit-shaped bot uses a winch and rotors to lower itself through the canopy and gather data on life in the treetops.

Surrounded by the magnificence of New York's unparalleled infrastructure, young innovators showed off their own feats of engineering on Wednesday.

A South Carolina marine robotics company seems pretty sure it’s found Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan’s Lockheed Electra in an area not previously searched west of their destination of Howland Island. Earhart and Noonan vanished in 1937 while trying to fly across the Pacific. Late Monday, Deep Sea Vi...

Robots were able to perform routine tasks like greeting patients, providing directions, and answering questions.

Electric Sheep, a California-based company pioneering AI and robotics in outdoor services, showcased its latest AI-powered robotic mower in a live demonstration on Tuesday, Jan. 30.