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Members can download this article in PDF format. As robotics matures from simple process automation to more advanced AI-driven systems, engineers are faced with making critical design choices for a ...

Robots and automated technology are becoming a typical feature in the retail industry, with robots streamlining operations, reducing costs and improving customer experiences. From stocking shelves to ...

For a couple of years now, as AI’s uncanny capabilities have exploded, people on both sides of the debate (proponents versus detractors) have been waiting for humanoid robot dexterity to evolve, in ...

There has been a rash of articles this year pertaining to how the automotive industry has begun testing humanoid robots. The subtext is that they may soon be used to replace actual humans on the ...

Researchers are blurring the lines between robotics and materials, with a proof-of-concept material-like collective of robots with behaviors inspired by biology. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and TU ...

Boston Dynamics reveals how software and learning-based AI will power Atlas for flexible, real-world manufacturing work.

A team of MIT researchers created a speech-to-reality system that enables a robot to build furniture with just a simple ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan have created the world’s smallest fully programmable ...

When a small battalion of 100-pound robots appeared in the lake behind FIU's Green Library, onlookers had no idea they were witnessing the future of marine environmental monitoring. To casual ...