For more complicated tasks, 1X Technologies' Neo home robot switches to 'expert mode,' which involves a company employee remotely 'supervising' a session while the robot works.

Karl Price, mechanical engineer for Atlas, demonstrated the updated three-fingered gripper. The second-generation device has seven degrees of freedom and seven actuators, with two actuators for each ...

“Figure 03 is a general-purpose humanoid robot for every day,” the California startup said. In a video, it showed off the new ...

Our hands are works of art. A rigid skeleton provides structure. Muscles adjust to different weights. Our skin, embedded with touch, pressure, and temperature sensors, provides immediate feedback on ...

As difficult as it is for a human to learn ambidexterity, it’s quite easy to program into a humanoid robot. After all, a robot doesn’t need to overcome years of muscle memory. Giving a one-handed ...

“Think of it like a joystick type device, but it allows the full movement that you would have with your hand, and then we ...

An autonomous robotic system detects toxic heavy metals in water using self-powered nanosensors and ambient heat, enabling safe, real-time environmental monitoring without external power or manual ...

A robotic hand exoskeleton can help expert pianists learn to play even faster by moving their fingers for them. Robotic exoskeletons have long been used to rehabilitate people who can no longer use ...

Anyone committed to building a particular skill is capable of experiencing the "ceiling effect," in which performance plateaus after years of training. For hobbyists, this is frustrating; for ...

These machines can be great for everyday maintenance. But for real cleaning, I’m sticking with my upright and Swiffer.

Researchers at UC San Francisco have enabled a man who is paralyzed to control a robotic arm that receives signals from his brain via a computer. He was able to grasp, move and drop objects just by ...