General-purpose robots remain rare not for a lack of hardware but because we still can’t give machines the physical intuition ...

Robots now see the world with an ease that once belonged only to science fiction. They can recognize objects, navigate ...

The idea of a robot that does a wide range of household chores, from unloading the dryer to folding laundry to cleaning up a messy table, has long seemed like pure science fiction—perhaps most ...

A new type of robots developed from thin sheets of material can execute a wide variety of actions despite the fact that they have no motor. Made of a single flat material, the new class of robots can ...

Before a potential customer buys an autonomous mobile robot solution, Locus Robotics often uses different types of simulation to determine the type of robots needed and the number needed to optimize ...

'We're not quite at the level where the robotic skin is as good as human skin, but we think it's better than anything else out there at the moment.' Image: Dr. David Hardman, University of Cambridge ...

Hyundai Motor Group used this year’s International Robot Exhibition (iREX) in Tokyo to roll out something that feels a bit ...

Biological muscles act as flexible actuators, generating force naturally and with an impressive range of motion.