An Israeli startup called Robit professes strong beliefs about what a home robot should -- and shouldn't -- be. The company's first robot, eponymously called Robit, is less a friend for the family and ...

Robot arms are getting smarter and smarter all the time, and now a team from Georgia Tech has taught them how to make their own tools. These resourceful robots are first taught to match form and ...

Robots are increasingly being used in place of humans to explore hazardous and difficult-to-access environments, but they aren't yet able to interact with their environments as well as humans. If ...

What is the best way to teach a robot? Sometimes it may simply be to speak to it clearly. Researchers found that human-language descriptions of tools can accelerate the learning of a simulated robotic ...

Most brain surgery requires doctors to remove part of the skull to access hard-to-reach areas or tumours. It’s invasive, risky, and it takes a long time for the patient to recover. We have developed ...

Robots are increasingly being used in place of humans to explore hazardous and difficult-to-access environments, but they aren't yet able to interact with their environments as well as humans. If ...

While quadruped robots may surpass their wheeled counterparts at traversing rough terrain, they still aren't able to maintain their balance when moving along narrow ridges. That could change, though, ...

EOAT interoperability challenges stem from hardware and software differences as mounting profiles, tool sizes and communication protocols vary significantly between robot brands, requiring custom ...

Onrobot’s Quick Changer allows an operator to change the end-of-arm tooling on collaborative robots in a few seconds. Weighing only 200 g (7 oz.), and fully compliant with the ISO 9409-1 flange ...

Shops no longer "teach" robots to move from part to part. There is a classic failure to communicate in the machine shop. Robots run on brand-specific languages all their own, while conventional CNC ...