The physical interaction with the environment through grasping is critical for many robotic applications, particularly in dynamic and unstructured settings ...

While we can’t say for certain what’s to come in the realm of humanoid robots, tech experts can see with clarity the ...

A team of researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) has recently developed a lightweight prosthetic hand with 19 degrees of freedom (DOF), capable of replicating human ...

The method can be exploited for 2-D laser scanners or time-of-flight sensors for centimeter-level accuracy in environmental scanning, as well as for triangulating laser-CCD line profilers for ...

Deep Robotics, a Chinese robotics firm, recently unveiled its latest innovation in quadruped robotics, the Lynx. This impressive robot dog combines the agility of legs with the speed of wheels ...

While significant advancements have been made in gas sensor technology over the past two decades, challenges remain related to real-time monitoring, room temperature operation, sensitivity and ...

As demand for robots increases in applications beyond industrial automation, the subfield of soft robotics is gaining a growing interest. These robots copy the locomotion mechanisms of soft and ...

‘The Apprentice’: Sebastian Stan on reserving judgment and ‘the passage of power’ that led to Donald Trump's rise ...

Nobu Teranishi, Albert Theuwissen and Eric Fossum, who between them made key breakthroughs in the development of both CCD and CMOS sensors, have collaborated on an article for the open-access "Annual ...

To develop the technology, the researchers built a sensor by embedding upconversion optical probes into three-dimensional porous hydrogels. The resulting sensor, imbued with the color-recognition ...

This innovative robot utilizes advanced sensor technology and artificial intelligence to detect illegal substances and contraband. It could potentially offer a more efficient and reliable ...