Robots for Home, Work & Entertainment
This morning at the ProMat conference in Chicago, Agility Robotics is introducing the latest iteration of Digit, their bipedal multipurpose robot designed for near-term commercial success in warehouse and logistics … Read More
Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) today at ProMat introduced MiR Insights, a cloud-based software tool that enables fleet owners to track and analyze the operations of its autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). … Read More
Agility Robotics is unveiling at ProMat the next generation of its Digit humanoid. Most humanoids to date have been designed for research labs. Digit, on the other hand, is being … Read More
Researchers have developed biosensor technology that will allow you to operate devices, such as robots and machines, solely through thought control. The technology has significant potential in fields such as … Read More
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the … Read More
Bioprinting is the use of 3D printing techniques to fabricate tissues out of biomaterials. It is mainly used to create human tissue for research and for drug testing in vitro. … Read More
My favorite approach to human-robot interaction is minimalism. I’ve met a lot of robots, and some of the ones that have most effectively captured my heart are those that express … Read More
ABB this morning started construction on the expansion of its existing North American robotics headquarters and manufacturing facility in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The $20 million project is expected to be … Read More
This morning, drone delivery company Zipline announced a new drone delivery system offering nearly silent, precise delivery that’s intended to expand the company’s capabilities into home delivery. This requires a … Read More
New hardware, sensors, algorithms, and AI technologies have opened up the ability to rethink how robots are developed for use in unstructured environments. Using a first principles approach, Apptronik has … Read More
New repair techniques enable microscale robots to recover flight performance after suffering severe damage to the artificial muscles that power their wings.
MIT engineers developed a method to tailor any wireless network to handle a high load of time-sensitive data coming from multiple sources. | Credit: Christine Daniloff, MIT How fresh are … Read More
Built Robotics, a San Francisco-based developer of construction robots, announced the RPD 35, a fully autonomous solar piling robot. Built’s system combines all steps of the piling process, from surveying … Read More
The PR2 is one of the most beloved robots in the robotics industry. It was the state-of-the-art mobile manipulator when it was launched in 2009 by Willow Garage. The PR2 … Read More
Robotic parts could be assembled into nimble spider bots for exploring lava tubes or heavy-duty elephant bots for transporting solar panels.
Advanced Construction Robotics (ACR) launched a robot that can lift, carry and place rebar called IronBOT. The robot, which is ACR’s second product offering, can lift up to 5,000-lb bundles … Read More
Researchers have created soft robots that can seamlessly shift from walking to swimming, for example, or crawling to rolling.
Ambi Robotics is deploying its parcel-sorting robots at OSM Worldwide’s warehouses in the U.S. Based on the minimum four-year robots-as-a-service (RAAS) deal, the flagship AmbiSort A-Series system will be installed … Read More
FAULHABER’s new L linear actuator product family offers a turnkey solution for a broad range of applications. The L linear actuator family is designed for high performances in compact dimensions, … Read More
The 2023 ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction Conference (HRI) is taking place this week in Stockholm, with the theme of “HRI for all.” It’s a good theme, promoting diversity and inclusion, but … Read More
For a long time, robotics software development has been forced to make a choice between safe software and fast software. Early on, Scythe Robotics chose a third path: Rust, the … Read More
Researchers have developed a new AI model that significantly improves the understanding of Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), promising materials for hydrogen storage and other applications.
Researchers design a custom multipixel superconducting nanowire single-photon detector to guarantee high count rates and precise timing discrimination.
Breaking news today regarding the failure and collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, one of the oldest banks in Silicon Valley to be used by generations of technology startups. Steve … Read More
From left to right: Niels Jul Jacobsen, Steve Boyle and Amir Bousani. Traditional sensors and navigation stacks have enabled AGVs and AMRs to bring tremendous value to a finite set … Read More
Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the … Read More
A model that rapidly searches through large amounts of materials could find sustainable alternatives to existing composites.
Tactile sensations could soon be coming to virtual reality, surgical robotics and prosthetic sensing.
Scientists have shown that swarming molecular robots can deliver cargo five times more efficiently than a robot working on its own.
Machine learning algorithms allow analysis and characterization of the atomic arrangement of silicon surface superstructures without the need for human expertise.
