The robot’s mobility relies on a combination of high-fidelity sensors and advanced motion-planning algorithms. Each leg ...

igus develops and produces motion plastics. The Cologne, Germany-based company said its self-lubricating, high-performance ...

The ancient Japanese paper-folding art of origami (“ori” meaning “folding,” and “kami” meaning “paper”) probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think about groundbreaking robot ...

DRm System Offers Flexible and Cost-Efficient Solutions for ADAS Testing Across Multiple Vehicle Types from Passenger Car up to Heavy Duty Trucks FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Humanetics, ...

The field of soft robotics is seeing some real progress towards functional, pliable machines that could work more safely with humans than their stiffer and unforgiving brethren. Researchers in ...

MIT engineers have designed a walking lunar robot cleverly inspired by the animal kingdom. The “mix-and-match” system is made of worm-like robotic limbs astronauts could configure into various ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Researchers say they want to create the ‘Swiss army knife’ of the robot world Researchers say they want to create ...

A research team led by Cornell University has demonstrated a bunch of modular robots that move together as one, but break apart and reform as a different shape that's better suited to the assigned ...

Who wouldn’t want their own personal desktop robot arm to do everything from laser engraving to competing against you in a game of chess? That’s what Hexbot, a new Kickstarter project from Chinese ...

ZURI is a DIY, programmable “Paperbot” system, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: The parts are built with paper and cardboard. Plus, the design is modular. By combining leg- and ...

When flying drones in and around structures, the size of the drone is generally limited by the openings you want to fit through. Researchers at the University of Tokyo got around this problem by using ...

Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) new combat robot has a wide variety of applications. The machine called RoBattle can be used as an advance guard, as a decoy or for surveillance missions. Why?