Robots have long excelled at repetitive factory work welding, picking, placing, and packaging yet they’ve struggled with the messy, flexible, unpredictable tasks that dominate daily life. Folding a ...

Introduction to EPFL's robotic arm and detachable hand. How the robotic hand was developed. How the hand can grasp and carry objects. Researchers at EPFL's (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) ...

From assembly lines to warehouses, robots have been used to automate processes at work for decades. Today, the demand for automation is growing rapidly, but there’s one big problem: today’s robots are ...

Engineers have developed a simple strategy to help robots remain stable while repairing satellites ...

The European robotic arm (ERA) is pictured extending out from the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module during a mobility test several days after Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev ...

What if the future of industrial automation could fit in the palm of your hand? Imagine a robot arm so compact it could rest on your desk, yet so precise it operates with sub-micrometer accuracy, a ...

Telefonica, S.A.’s TEF digital business unit, Telefonica Tech, recently extended its collaboration with Alias Robotics to unveil a robotic cybersecurity laboratory at the Wayra Innovation Hub in ...

The European Space Agency is finally ready to deliver its new robotic arm to the International Space Station. The 37-foot-long arm features an array of impressive features, including the ability to ...

In a university lab, a graduate student uses a mobile phone to control a robotic arm on the other side of the country. A moment later, a technician in Pittsfield uses that same interface — on the same ...

U.S. soldiers fire an M777A2 howitzer during a live-fire exercise at the Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany. (Markus Rauchenberger/U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — Sarcos Defense has received a $1 million ...

The International Space Station is about to receive its third robotic arm, which will be capable of "walking" around the Russian segment of the orbital outpost all by itself. The new European-made arm ...