When it comes to navigating their surroundings, machines have a natural disadvantage compared to humans. To help hone the ...

Robots aren't always the most delicate of machines when handling fragile objects. They don't have the lightness of touch of ...

Nitin J. Sanket, a professor at WPI, has developed small flying robots with his team that fit in the palm of a hand and use ...

Humans possess the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a sense that some animals have, according to new research ...

Learn how HUSKYLENS 2 simplifies AI vision with its dual-core processor, modular hardware, and compatibility with popular ...

DFRobot presents HUSKYLENS 2, a powerful yet easy-to-use AI vision sensor designed to inspire makers, educators, competition ...

Aryan Gupta’s sanitation rover replaces unsafe manual drain cleaning with a remotely operated, low-cost robot that protects workers and exemplifies ethical, human-centered engineering in urban India.

Robotics companies building enabling systems like sensors and LiDAR attracted $1.6 billion in 2025, as every robot needs vision capabilities. Medical robotics shows the clearest path from startup to ...

Abstract: This paper presents a wearable soft sensing band with stretchable sensors to monitorcle activity by estimating muscle volume changes. Unlike conventional surface electromyography (sEMG) ...

Soft grippers, with their high flexibility and environmental adaptability, have shown promising applications in industrial automation, medical assistance, and underwater operations. This study ...

TL;DR: Humanity's most complex piece of biological machinery – the hand – remains the blueprint for robotics' most challenging unsolved problem. If engineers can crack it, the robots taking shape in ...