Let’s face it, robots are cool. They’re also going to run the world some day, and hopefully, at that time they will take pity on their poor soft fleshy creators (a.k.a. robotics developers) and help ...

(Yicai) Dec. 3 -- Startups developing sensors for robots are attracting venture capital to enhance product performance and ...

Force/torque (F/T) sensors are critical components of robot systems used for assembly, test, and other applications. Sensor systems help robots verify part insertion, apply a constant force during ...

Researchers from AMOLF's Soft Robotic Matter group have shown that a group of small autonomous, self-learning robots can adapt easily to changing circumstances. They connected these simple robots in a ...

A joint research team has developed a stretchable and adhesive microneedle sensor that can be attached to the skin and stably measure high-quality electrophysiological signals for a long period of ...

Watching a child learn to run is a joyous, but sometimes painful experience. It seems the same is true for [James Bruton]’s impressive Sonic the Self-Balancing robot, even with bendable knees and ...

The Vision 60 is an all-weather ground drone that employs a proprietary blind-mode control methodology that allows for movement over rough terrain. It employs cameras and 3D imaging, but the robot can ...

Pyxel is a robot dog that very young programmers can use as a graphical programming language. 1. The Pixel puppy has touch-sensitive sensors so that it knows when you're petting it. The Pyxel can be ...

I spent many weeks testing robot lawn mowers. While they saved me a lot of time, they're not as automated as I hoped. Here are six things that surprised me the most. Adam has been a leader in the tech ...

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Inspired by a theoretical model of particles moving around on a chessboard, new robot swarm research shows that, as magnetic interactions increase, dispersed 'dumb robots' can abruptly gather in large ...