Tuesday morning, three robots took over the plaza in front of Mississippi State University’s Colvard Student Union. These robots, piloted by faculty and students, were part of MSU’s kickoff event for Research Week, a week filled with demonstrations to highlight “research that matters” to the public ...
The chip-free, autonomous robots could be used in areas with high radiation levels or intense radio frequency signal
Austin-based startup company Apptronik is working with NASA to commercialize a humanoid robot.
Autonomous vehicles are stupid — so an engineer has figured out a way to make streets smarter.
Music can be used to get people to move to the beat, but can you apply the same trick to robots? This researcher is about to find out.
While massage therapy is certainly helpful for some back problems, it also tends to be expensive. California tech company Flexiv has set out to change that, by getting a back-massaging robot to do the job.
Venturi Astrolab's Flexible Logistics and Exploration (FLEX) rover protoype has been tested on the desert sands of Death Valley in California. -- SpaceX Star...
Researchers have designed a low-cost, energy-efficient robotic hand that can grasp a range of objects—and not drop them—using just the movement of its wrist and the feeling in its "skin."
This morning the Seattle-based firm announced a $30 million Series C. That follows a 2021 B round of $27 million.
The big-box retailer is adding automation to more of its distribution centers, fulfillment centers and stores.
Mayor Eric Adams unveiled an array of high-tech security devices that he said the Police Department would use to ensure New Yorkers’ safety.
The Cruise AV involved in the crash failed to brake quickly enough after the city bus in front of it slowed, according to the company.
Vipin Jain of Blendid takes a closer look at food robotics and how it will revolutionize food service.
The recently developed C-Ray uses fins to cross water, land and ice. The developers are seeking industry partners to put it out to market.
An Australian company that builds life-size moving targets for military weapons training opened a new factory in Huntsville today to build more robots and compete for an even larger role in training American warfighters.
Simulating an earthworm's movement is difficult, but could have very useful real-world applications.
To successfully cooperate with humans on manual tasks, robots should be able to grasp and manipulate a variety of objects without dropping or damaging them. Recent research efforts in the field of robotics ...
Covariant raised another $75 million in its Series C funding round for its robotic picking software called Covariant Brain.
Who says you can’t teach an old robot new tricks? Nobody, actually. That saying is about dogs. But it applies to robots too, at least judging by the way this late-90s industrial beast was put…
Ameca boasts hyper-realistic facial expressions, thanks to the 17 motors inside her head, and is fluent in Japanese, English, German, Chinese, French and other languages.
LANCASTER — The fourth Aerospace Valley Regional robotics competition, held March 30 to April 1, was declared a success by organizers.
As more tasks become automated, we need to stop letting robotic machines set the pace.
Scientists are using living materials to make machines that some would regard as alive… and now they’ve started to replicate
Isaac Asimov's "Three Laws of Robotics" are meant to keep humans in control of things. He missed a very important Fourth Law.
