To reliably complete various manual tasks, robots should be able to handle a variety of objects, ranging from items found in ...

XELA Robotics ( a specialist in advanced 3D tactile sensors that give robots a human sense of touch, is accelerating its ...

A lot of time and energy is currently going into developing technologies that give robots a sense of touch. In particular, scientists are developing things like artificial skin that lets robots know ...

A Chinese AI research firm has just unveiled KAI, a full-sized faceless humanoid robot ...

Unlike their hand-operated counterparts, robot vacuums can sweep up your house or apartment all with the press of a button, ...

Luggage lying around unattended at an airport justifiably triggers the jitters. The hazardous task of getting up close to inspect what could potentially be a bomb that could explode any time ...

Using arm sensors that can “read” a person’s muscle movements, researchers have created a control system that makes robots more intelligent. The sensors send information to the robot, allowing it to ...

Recently SmartPlanet posted on the development of research that could lead to so-called robot-human love. Now comes another step toward more lovable (or at least soft) robots. A new type of sensor ...

It may contain inaccuracies due to the limitations of machine translation. Equipped with basic communication, these 'smart sensors' are gaining traction as a cost-effective environmental monitoring ...