Robotics
Whether reaching for a book out of a cluttered cabinet or pruning a bush in the backyard, a person’s arm frequently makes contact with objects during...
Motion experts at The Baumer Group began working closely with scholars from the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AI Lab) at the University of...
Robot-assisted surgery to remove kidney cancers has seen a rapid increase in use, and has both replaced and proven safer than laparoscopic procedures...
A robot can struggle to discover objects in its surroundings when it relies on computer vision alone. But by taking advantage of all of the...
The tiny robot flaps its wings with piezoelectric actuators—strips of ceramic that expand and contract when an electric field is applied. Thin hinges...
The tail of a seahorse can be compressed to about half its size before permanent damage occurs, engineers at the University of California, San Diego...
Nearly every fighting ship in the U.S. Navy carries a Phalanx defense system, a computerized Gatling gun set on a six-ton mount that uses radar to...
Roboticists are currently developing machines that have the potential to help patients with caregiving tasks, such as housework, feeding and walking...
A new forward-looking campaign is hoping to shape public perception in a bid to make sure that the concept of armed drones that attack targets...
A sea turtle-inspired robot has been created by a group of researchers in the US to help understand the mechanics of walking and crawling on complex...

















