"In their early days robots were more limited by their controller technology than by their physical capabilities," explains Roger Christian, vice president marketing and international groups with ...

Robot arms are getting smarter and smarter all the time, and now a team from Georgia Tech has taught them how to make their own tools. These resourceful robots are first taught to match form and ...

Onrobot’s Quick Changer allows an operator to change the end-of-arm tooling on collaborative robots in a few seconds. Weighing only 200 g (7 oz.), and fully compliant with the ISO 9409-1 flange ...

The ability to create tools from everyday objects requires creativity, abstract thinking, and problem-solving. As such, that complex ability has been used emblematically to differentiate so-called ...

Learning to use tools played a crucial role in the evolution of human intelligence. It may yet prove vital to the emergence of smarter, more capable robots, too. New research shows that robots can ...

As nursing home operators seek wraparound services to help with staff burnout, turnover and retention, leaders in the sector say it’s unwise to overlook ...

Shops no longer "teach" robots to move from part to part. There is a classic failure to communicate in the machine shop. Robots run on brand-specific languages all their own, while conventional CNC ...

Robots of the entertainment industry are given life by character animation, where the goal is to emotionally connect with the audience to tell a story. In comparison, real-world robot movement design ...

EOAT interoperability challenges stem from hardware and software differences as mounting profiles, tool sizes and communication protocols vary significantly between robot brands, requiring custom ...

Sellafield Ltd and the Robotics & AI Collaboration (RAICo) have completed a first live trial of a robotic contamination ...

While quadruped robots may surpass their wheeled counterparts at traversing rough terrain, they still aren't able to maintain their balance when moving along narrow ridges. That could change, though, ...