Our future robotic overlords may be closer to acquiring a human-like sense of touch, but they’re also closer to moving beyond that—and attaining a superhuman ability to sense and interact with their ...

Amazon Web Services has successfully integrated AI-empowered robots into its system for reusing and recycling used data ...

Aeolus’ aeo robot can open doors, ride elevators, and disinfect surfaces autonomously. The mobile aeo robot has two articulated arms. Its spatial awareness is attained using a range of sensors. Each ...

Developed by MicroFactory, the general-purpose tabletop robot can be trained with the help of AI or human demonstration. The ...

TDK’s engineers utilize 10 different sensors to build a robot that can deliver a glass of liquid over rough terrain. 1. TDK engineers tied multiple sensors from IMUs to ToF range sensors to build a ...

University of California San Diego engineers have created a soft quadruped robot that doesn't require any electronics to work. The robot only needs a constant source of pressurized air to perform all ...

We've already heard about flexible electronic "skins" that could give robots or prosthetic limbs a human-like sense of touch. Now, however, scientists from the University of Texas at Arlington are ...

Rendered Illustration of the Electronic Skin(E-skin) and Soft Robot’s Wireless Communication. Credit: Soft Robotics Research Center, Seoul National University A research team of Seoul National ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. When we ...

There’s been a compelling story in the news over the past week about a robot that apparently longs for freedom. Last week, it was filmed disrupting traffic in Russia after it reportedly escaped the ...

Humans lives their lives trapped in a glass cage of perception. You can only see a limited range of visible light, you can only taste a limited range of tastes, you can only hear a limited range of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A metallic robot hand with "Terminator"-like power sounds good for the movies. But what about a ...