Think of actuators as the robot’s muscles —the technology that enables humanoids to move. Actuators come in three types: ...

Though Atlas was designed to resemble a person in other ways, its hands aren’t exactly one-to-one. Instead, company engineers ...

California-based tech company, 1X, is taking orders for the NEO home robot, which the company is billing as "the world's ...

University of Chicago computer scientist Sarah Sebo is programming robots to give empathetic responses and perform nonverbal ...

Amazon's new Vulcan robot uses physical AI to carefully stow and pick everything from socks to fragile electronics at fulfillment centers. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech ...

Researchers from the University of Tokyo have developed a groundbreaking method to cover robotic surfaces with genuine, living skin tissue. The idea of robots with skin isn't just about creating a ...

In 2020 biologist Michael Levin and his colleagues reported that they had made “biological robots” by shaping clusters of cells into tiny artificial forms that could “walk” around on surfaces. Levin’s ...

The gripper switches between three modes, which are suited to tasks that require maintaining a secure hold on an object or applying high pressure, precise finger positioning or in-hand manipulation, ...

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The more we interact with robots, the more human we perceive them to become – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. It may sound like a scene from Blade Runner, but ...