Point cloud registration is the process of accurately aligning point clouds captured from different perspectives using a range of 3-D sensors, such as stereo cameras, time-of-flight cameras, and ...

In the same way that terrestrial life evolved from ocean swimmers to land walkers, soft robots are progressing, too, thanks to recent Cornell research in battery development and design. The worm and ...

Majidi’s team borrowed a trick from previous efforts to build soft robots. “The main challenge for us was to incorporate actuation in the organism,” he says. The stem, or tail, needed to be ...

Last week, an Apple-made robot lamp video circulated, giving us a sneak peek into how fascinating a future robot product could be. Today, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has chimed in with the latest status ...

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 ...

CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) image sensors ... as robotics, augmented reality, and autonomous vehicles. One of the most promising advancements in this field is Time-of-Flight ...

Time-aware particulate sensors (c) travel through the plug flow system, detecting chemicals of interest known as analytes. Credit: Manion et al., 2025. Figure partially made in BioRender.

Two new videos from Chinese companies make it clear: it'll soon be no use trying to run from robots. Rapid upgrades in speed and agility mean robot dogs can now sprint at near-Olympic pace ...

A robot mower functions like a robot vacuum and mop, with various sensors to navigate obstacles and stay within boundaries while cutting grass and a companion app for control. After testing some ...

When multiple Oscar nominee Chris Sanders took on adapting Peter Brown’s beloved children’s book, “The Wild Robot,” he wanted ... So we began to pursue this more soft, painterly look ...

Originally hailing from Troy, Ohio, Ry Crist is a writer, a text-based adventure connoisseur, a lover of terrible movies and an enthusiastic yet mediocre cook. A CNET editor from 2013 to 2024, Ry ...