This spinning-mass principle drives several robots in development. One is a remote-controlled wheel that jumps when the internal mass rotates fast enough to lift it off the ground. Unlike spring-based ...

Even with those limitations, orders for the machines are accelerating. Manufacturers such as BYD and Foxconn, both partners ...

An orange wheel rolls across concrete and suddenly jumps, as if it decided to ...

From household deployments to general-purpose machines, experts weigh in on what the next year holds for the robotics ...

For decades, humanoid robots lived in science fiction and in high-tech labs. That’s changing. Engineers and companies across the world are now building human-shaped machines that walk, grasp, and ...

Soft robots that run on air instead of electricity are starting to behave less like simple inflatable toys and more like autonomous creatures. Built from flexible materials and intricate channels, ...

Vention has raised Series D funding to continue commercializing its robot control platform and expand into Europe.

Researchers have succeeded in developing the smallest fully autonomous robot in history. It measures less than 1 millimeter and can swim underwater for months powered only by light.

Foundational Concepts in Programming Industrial Robots. Before you can get a robot to do anything useful, you need to ...