This week marks the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, when humans walked on the Moon. Robots played a large part in that, as well as continuing space missions.
Miniature surgical robots that are unique to the individual patient’s anatomy are being created by Australian researchers.
Amazon is still working on a home robot, according to a new report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, and it’s now also planning to add a high-end Echo to its lineup of Alexa devices. Prototypes of the wheeled robot can reportedly be summoned using voice commands. The high-end Echo is apparently slated t...
Showing appreciation for the sheer breadth of the robotics industry.
Canadian tech company Kinova Robotics has developed a lightweight, carbon fiber robotic arm which attaches to wheelchairs. Boasting three fingers and six degrees of freedom, it can be used for carrying out a wide range of everyday tasks that a lot of would take for granted.
According to Australian Centre for Robotic Vision Research’s Nicole Robinson, research studies on the impact of social robot interventions there have been few and unsophisticated. There is good news… the results are encouraging. As our world struggles with mental health and substance use disorders...
The US Army says that it will conduct live-fire tests of a new Robotic Combat Vehicle next year. While the tests won’t involve vehicles ultimately slated to go into combat, they will be used to show off various technologies that may later be incorporated into platforms in the future, and how soldier...
The Robot Report tracked more than $1.1 billion in robotics investments in June 2019, continuing a strong first half of the year.
Meet the ALPHRED2 (Autonomous Legged Personal Helper Robot with Enhanced Dynamics) robot: a multi-modal locomotion robot that can change shape to complete a wide variety of tasks. As Dennis Hong explains on YouTube, robot can walk with 4 legs, 2 legs, hop, run, and roll. It can use its limbs to pick...
The human vs. robot topic in workplaces has been in the spotlight for quite a while. While many people are concerned about the risk that robots would massively replace humans, the truth is that robotization is actually creating jobs.
CARSThe Rev-1 delivery robot is fast enough to hit the bike laneAs many folks continue to look skyward in expectation of drone delivery services, they’re missing the development of an increasingly popular delivery technology back on terra firma.Wheel-based delivery robots may not be quite as sexy as...
At less than a quarter inch across, the magnetically activated robot can manipulate water flow to manipulate objects.
While rovers like Curiosity are doing a bang-up job exploring extraterrestrial terrain, they don't have the capability to scale cliffs and other hard-to-reac
Less than 100 millimeters across, a trefoil-shaped robot can walk, hop, or leap.
Fans of the movie Prometheus will recall the probes that were sent into the alien structure, autonomously flying through it to create a 3D map of its interior. Well, something kind of similar is now in development, in the form of an underwater robot that maps the flooded tunnels of abandoned mines.
It's difficult to simulate quantum physics, as the computing demand grows exponentially the more complex the quantum system gets -- even a supercomputer migh
Fully self-driving passenger cars are not “just around the corner.” While the well-funded leaders are on more stable financial ground, other AV startups may be looking for the off-ramp.
Robotics investments totaled more than $15.6 billion during the first half of 2019, according to data tracked by The Robot Report.
We’re more than halfway through 2019, and there’s been a lot to talk about. Here are The Robot Report‘s picks for the top 10 robotics stories during the first half of 2019. Please share your thoughts below via the survey or the comments section. 1. Consumer robotics company Anki shuts down The strug...
Engineers have developed a vegetable-picking robot that can autonomously harvest iceberg lettuce, a manually demanding crop for human pickers. Vegebot was trained using a machine-learning algorithm that helped it distinguish healthy lettuces ready for harvest, in a variety of weather conditions.
Moxi is a robot designed to make nurses’ lives easier.
Roboticists at the Singapore University of Technology and Design have been experimenting with a bio-inspired drone that can split off into smaller drones.
IMPROV toolbox helps power safe robots, avoiding contact with humans while getting tasks done faster.
The drones are tiny — just over six inches long, and weigh 33 grams, making it easy for soldiers to carry them while in the field.
