Imagine having a continuum soft robotic arm bend around a bunch of grapes or broccoli, adjusting its grip in real time as it lifts the object. Unlike traditional rigid robots that generally aim to ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — One of the first things people will notice is the intense flames being produced in the chamber of a wildfire-managing Burnbot. Reed Williams, a former U.S. Forest Service ...

Robotic systems that mirror humans both in their appearance and movements, also known as humanoid robots, could be best suited for tackling many tasks that are currently performed by human agents.

Flexion Robotics AG last week said it has raised Series A funding of $50 million. The company is building a reinforcement learning and sim-to-real platform that can power humanoid robots across ...

The U.S. government’s Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has launched a new funding program aimed at the development of autonomous robotics—including a special focus on systems designed to ...

Two Central Jersey hospitals are now using robotic assistance for the replacement of knees, hips and shoulders. Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset in Somerville and Hunterdon Health in ...

In a new demo released by researchers at the RAI Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, two robots have learned to play baseball. The machines played catch with each other and hit the balls with a bat ...

At each full-service restaurant in the world, dishwashers spend hours every day cleaning hundreds of dishes to keep things running. Armstrong Robotics Inc. said it plans to use robotics and artificial ...

Roughly 20 automakers worldwide have now announced plans to enter the humanoid-robot arena—from Tesla and Germany's automotive trio of Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Volkswagen to China's XPeng, BYD, and ...