In tests, a knee-like joint optimized with the new method corrected misalignment by 99 percent compared with a standard joint. A two-finger robotic gripper designed the same way could hold over three ...

Consider the marvelous physics of the human knee. The largest hinge joint in the body, it has two rounded bones held together ...

What has opposable thumbs and is the most dexterous tool on the planet? The human hand, obviously. Well … not anymore. At least according to engineers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne’s ...

But first comes the beta test. Ulta has agreed to pilot the machines in select stores, where customers can get free manicures while 10Beauty gathers real-world data. Human nail techs stand by to fix ...

Switching between IDE, terminal, and app keeps context across tools.

That was three years ago, and since then, campus robots, billboards and an explosion of campus commercialization have cheapened the lifestyle of our campus and community.

Foundational Concepts in Programming Industrial Robots. Before you can get a robot to do anything useful, you need to ...

In the future, a caregiving machine might gently lift an elderly person out of bed in the morning and help them get dressed. A cleaning bot could trundle through a child’s room, picking up scattered ...

The best way to improve amputees' control over a bionic hand is to give the hand a mind of its own, a new study argues. A bionic hand that's controlled by an artificial intelligence program, but under ...

In September 2005, MD+DI published a story about researchers at Michigan State University who had built a robot designed for remote breast exams. The robot combined ultrasound technology and video ...

The operator no longer programs. RiA Ecosystem brings intelligence that analyzes, understands, and executes industrial tasks autonomously – no teaching, no configuration, just results Robot Industries ...

Roland, Sully, and Stacey stroll the sidewalks of the Lakeview neighborhood in Chicago -- except they aren't people, they're robots. They are a part of a pilot program the city has with Serve and Coco ...