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Hardware experiment carried out by the researchers. Credit: Bodmer et al. The development and testing of algorithms for robotics…

(a) Previous navigation systems had problems predicting occlusions, resulting in higher collision probabilities and suboptimal pathways that consumed more energy.…

A robot that can design, build and test objects made from folded paper can make paper planes that fly further than ones made by a human having the same number of attempts

Nvidia’s founder and CEO Jensen Huang speaks during the annual Nvidia GPU Technology ConferenceJOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images Humanoid robots have just begun stepping into Amazon warehouses and Mercedes-Benz…

LG Electronics may no longer be a household name in smartphones, but it still sees a big future in gadgets like robots. Today, the company confirmed a $60 million investment in Bear Robotics, the California…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Before a robot can grab dishes off a shelf to set the table, it must ensure its gripper and arm won't…

In late 2023, the MIT Self Assembly Lab and the high-tech fashion company Ministry of Supply debuted their 4D Knit Dress at the latter's store in Boston, complete…

The Granulobot is composed of simple gear-like units with magnets. This design allows the individual units to move as a whole, much like a swarm of bees. Credit:…

Wave-generating robot boat. (a) Photo of boat generating 17.1 Hz waves. (b) Schematic of the eccentric motor vibrating the boat to generate waves; propellers shown…

Steps of the human-robot imitation process: 1) pose estimation outputs from a video from performer A a sequence of joint positions xA, 2) motion retargeting…

Snails have an unusual way of walking that has now been replicated in a robotZuzha/Shutterstock A mucus-excreting robot with a single large foot can effectively imitate the way snails crawl over surfaces – even…

General scheme of ADAM elements from back and front view. Credit: Frontiers in Neurorobotics (2024). DOI: 10.3389/fnbot.2024.1337608…

My colleagues and I have built a robot composed of several building blocks like the cells of a multicellular organism. Without a “brain” or a central controller in the system, our robot, dubbed Loopy, relies on the collective behavior…

My colleagues and I have built a robot composed of many building blocks like the cells of a multicellular organism. Without a "brain" or a central controller in the system, our robot, dubbed Loopy, relies on the collective…

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TEO the UC3M Robotics Lab humanoid robot painting a flower. Credit: Fernandez-Fernandez et al The rapid advancement of deep learning…

USC researchers have created a low-cost, accessible learning kit to help college and high school students build their own "robot friend." Credit: James Kim / USC…

A machine-learning model worked out how to keep this robot stable on three legs while it uses one leg to open doorsPhilip Arm, Mayank Mittal, Hendrik Kolvenbach, and Marco Hutter/Robotic Systems Lab A robot dog can…

Credit: Peng et al. Soft robots inspired by animals can help to tackle real-world problems in efficient and innovative ways. Roboticists…

Soft robotics without built-in sensor on gripper. Credit: AMOLF With a brief squeeze, you know whether an avocado, peach or tomato is…

Mississippi State University engineering professor Hussein Gharakhani with a prototype robotic cotton harvester. Hussein Gharakhani, CC BY-ND…

Three-dimensional computer-aided design model of the edible robot. (a) Edible robot and its (b) internal structure. Credit: PLOS ONE (2024). DOI:…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrCW619EcD8 A wheeled robot set loose on a college campus has figured out how to open all kinds of doors and drawers while rolling around in the real world. The robot…

  iCub3 is a humanoid avatar that people can embody remotelyIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia A humanoid robot can relay video and touch sensations to a person wearing haptic feedback gloves and a virtual reality (VR)…

Robopteryx, a dinosaur mimic, facing a grasshopperJinseok Park, Piotr Jablonski et al. Feathers may have evolved on dinosaurs to frighten and flush out prey before they were used for flight, say researchers who built…

Four girls from North Carolina —along with the large robot they built— visited the Pentagon last week to brief European participants of the State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program on…

Researchers have developed a robotic sensor that incorporates artificial intelligence techniques to read braille at speeds roughly double that of most human…

  iCub3 is a humanoid avatar that people can embody remotelyIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia A humanoid robot can relay video and touch sensations to a person wearing haptic feedback gloves and a virtual reality (VR)…

Robopteryx, a dinosaur mimic, facing a grasshopperJinseok Park, Piotr Jablonski et al. Feathers may have evolved on dinosaurs to frighten and flush out prey before they were used for flight, say researchers who built…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IesRn6ca-ws A tiny, bipedal robot that combines muscle tissue with artificial materials can walk and turn by contracting its muscles. While biohybrid robots that crawl…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUq4fWk9WYA Feathers may have evolved on dinosaurs to frighten and flush out prey before they were used for flight, say researchers who built a winged robot and used it to…

Aniai, a startup that has built a burger-grilling robot, Alpha Grill, said today it has raised $12 million, bringing its total raise to $15 million. The money will go toward launching its first manufacturing…

I tend to be wary when consumer electronics corporations dip their toes into the world of robotics. The category offers an attention grabbing shorthand for companies attempting to bolster their future outlook. More often than not,…

Greater than the sum of its parts: NASA tests the capability of a system that includes simple robots, structural building blocks, and smart algorithms to build functional, high-performance large-scale structures, ultimately enabling…

CES 2024 Spotlight: Kepler's Humanoid Robot Launch Gains International Recognition LAS VEGAS, Jan. 22, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Kepler Exploration Robot Co., Ltd. ("Kepler") unveiled its groundbreaking Kepler Forerunner series of…

FiloBot mimics and represents skototropisms, involving growth directed toward shaded areas beneath leaves. Credit: Science Robotics (2024). DOI:…

A 65-year-old man successfully climbs to the top of Mount Yongbong in Bukhansan Mountain using a wearable robot and muscle support. Credit: Korea Institute of…

Large-scale transport of floaters by the undulating carpet. The actuator, shown in panels a and b, is comprised of a helix rotating inside a blue shell. Rotation of…

The robotic arm gripping a seashellXun Zhao An artificial skin is helping a robot to recognise the difference between picking up inanimate objects and living sea creatures such as starfish and shellfish. That sense…

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A large language model can translate written instructions into code for a robot’s movement, enabling it to perform a wide range of human-like actions

August marked a year since Amazon announced plans to acquire iRobot in a $1.7 billion deal that some analysts suggested could give the retail giant a big head start in consumer robotics in much the same way Kiva boosted its industrial…

Robotic system offers independence to individuals who need help with eating About a million Americans with injury or age-related disabilities need someone to help them eat. Now NIBIB funded engineers have taught a robot the strategies…

Body of Alter3. The body has 43 axes that are controlled by air actuators. It is equipped with a camera inside each eye. The control system sends commands via a…

The Dragon Firefighter in action at the opening ceremony of the World Robot Summit on 08 Oct 2021 in Fukushima, Japan. Credit: Tadokoro Laboratory, Tohoku University, Japan Imagine a flying dragon that…

The Dragon Firefighter in action at the opening ceremony of the World Robot Summit on 08 Oct 2021 in Fukushima, Japan. Credit: Tadokoro Laboratory, Tohoku…

Spot the robot dog performs with a model at Paris Fashion WeekFrancois Durand/Getty Images The vast majority of robots have never made it out of their laboratories, but there were plenty of signs in 2023 that robots…

It isn’t easy for a robot to find its way out of a maze. Picture the machines trying to traverse a kid’s playroom to reach the kitchen, with miscellaneous toys scattered across the floor and furniture blocking…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Working in a greenhouse is both strenuous and time-consuming. The picking robot from ETH spin-off…

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Mechanical Engineering Small robots are important tools for the investigation and inspection of, well,…