Knowing what load levels robots exert is key to more repeatable, safer operation. Industrial robots perform myriad tasks including electronic and mechanical assembly, product testing, and material ...

Growing up, we learn to push just hard enough to move a box and to avoid touching a hot pan with our bare hands. Now, a robot ...

Robot Sensors is an overview of common sensors used with robots, their functions, and their applications. Sensors provide robots with an awareness of their environment and the ability to execute tasks ...

Recently SmartPlanet posted on the development of research that could lead to so-called robot-human love. Now comes another step toward more lovable (or at least soft) robots. A new type of sensor ...

The core advantage of the patented technology lies in the realization of heterogeneous control between aerial work vehicles and live working robots, meaning that different types of robots can work ...

So says the most recent edition of the "Handbook of Industrial Robotics," complete with a forward by late science fiction writer Isaac Asimov and contributions from 120 experts, some of them giants in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. We write about small communities of people tackling big changes. Imagine that you’re sitting in a graduate level engineering ...

Some robots can swim. Others can kick, fetch, jump or fly. But the latest development in the field of robotics lets machines carry out an activity that is somewhat less athletic: plugging in a USB ...

Robot vacuums can navigate your home, sweeping up dirt while avoiding falling down stairs. How do they find their way? Appliance Science looks at the science of robot navigation. Richard Baguley has ...