Moving an object from one location to another—picking and placing—is an ideal application for industrial robots due to the robots’ repeatability, throughput and favorable return on investment. It is ...

For a generation of scientists raised watching Star Wars, there’s a disappointing lack of C-3PO-like droids wandering around our cities and homes. Where are the humanoid robots fuelled with common ...

The Dobb-E domestic robotics system was trained in real people’s homes and could help solve the field’s data problem. A new system that teaches robots a domestic task in around 20 minutes could help ...

Stereo camera use case with autonomous mobile robots. Source: OTTO and Gideon Brothers. 3D sensors are a fundamental technology for measuring depth perception. These sensors can be found in several ...

A team led by Northwestern Engineering researchers has developed the first artificial intelligence (AI) to date that can intelligently design robots from scratch. To test the new AI, the researchers ...