A robot arm that can flawlessly sort packages inside a computer simulation will, more often than not, fumble the same task ...

Tiny sensor breakthrough: A 1.7 mm optical sensor from Shanghai Jiao Tong University could give surgical robots a sense of touch. Enhanced surgical safety: The device detects unsafe contact and hidden ...

Conventional soft actuators are often limited by weak force, small displacement, and slow response. To overcome these ...

During trials, the 3D-printed “lollipop” structures were magnetized to assorted levels. When a simple refrigerator magnet was ...

Most people think of Toyota and picture a Camry, a Tacoma, maybe a Prius. A 7-foot-2 robot shooting free throws at halftime of a professional basketball game? That's a harder image to conjure. But ...

EU-funded researchers have developed a soft robot that moves like an elephant's trunk – precise enough to pick fresh fruit, ...

Compared to about a decade ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said congenital syphilis cases are 700% higher ...

Physical AI can tackle assembly of deformable materials in apparel and beyond -- with the right approach and software, says ...

To reliably complete various manual tasks, robots should be able to handle a variety of objects, ranging from items found in ...

A humanoid robot aptly named Lightning made history on the streets of Beijing over the weekend, beating the human half-marathon world record by several minutes. Dozens of robots lined up for the ...

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