The symmetrical design and flexible fingers mean that the robot can transport objects on either side of its body. For humans, ...

Fluid robot motion is the result of design choices among five options including pneumatics and strain wave gears.

A scientist has explained why robots still struggle to pick tomatoes. Labor shortages in agriculture are driving growing ...

Wheel-based robots are reshaping factory logistics and exerting a far-reaching influence on automation system design.

A NEW TWIST ON AN OLD TEST. People are likely to perform better cognitively when under the supervision of a “mean” robot than a “nice” one, according to a study published in Science Robotics on ...

It's hard not to like BattleBots. It is essentially a modern technology-based sporting event in which teams build remote controlled robot-like things that fight in an arena. Two robots enter, one ...

The simple cucumber may be delicious on a salad or in a sandwich, but getting it to the table is a labor-intensive and increasingly expensive job, to the point where countries like Germany are in ...

Moscow -- Russian media say a contraption presented by Russian state television as a high-tech robot was in fact a man in a commercially available robot costume. The video was shot at a high-tech show ...