Despite the longevity of the robot concept, robotic butlers that roam our homes and relieve us from housework still seemed far from reality until very recently. Instead, the vast majority of robots ...

For a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship project, Carnegie Mellon University sophomore Jasmine Li worked with robotic arms in the Robotic Caregiving and Human Interaction Lab to analyze the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I share expertise on career ownership. Do robots create new jobs? If you begin with the installation of a robot and follow that ...

As collaborative robots continue to be introduced in manufacturing, some key safety hazards need to be addressed before collaborative robots can be safely implemented on the line. The introduction of ...

Each year, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) provides a grand stage for the most ground-breaking technologies and futuristic visions. Among ...

Locomotion, end-effectors, appearance - and how they relate to a robot’s purpose. We focus on design elements: locomotion, end-effectors, appearance - and how they relate to a robot’s purpose.

Robot technology is evolving at breakneck speed. SoftBank’s Pepper is found in companies across the globe and is rapidly improving its conversation skills. Telepresence robots open up new ...

Oh, and before I get crucified by the pro-AI camp: When I say "No robot today performs object recognition the way the human brain does." then I don't mean this is in principle impossible for a robot.

Truly fantastic article, thanks for modernising my robot coding theory (robocoding?). Interesting to see Sebastian Thrun is also an author of the CARMEN framework Game_Ender mentioned*. * Although the ...