Kirigami robotic grippers are delicate enough to lift egg yolks
Engineering researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated a new type of flexible, robotic grippers that are able to lift delicate egg yolks without breaking them, and that are […]
Matt Robinson: Accelerating Industrial Workflows with Open Source | Sense Think Act Podcast #12
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Matt Robinson, Program Manager for ROS-Industrial Americas at the Southwest Research Institute. ROS Industrial is a group that seeks to help industrial users, […]
101 years ago: origins of the word ‘robot’
A scene from the 1938 BBC adaptation of R.U.R. | Source: Wikimedia Commons It’s been 101 years since the Czech play R.U.R., which stands for Rossum’s Universal Robots, premiered on […]
Learning for Collaboration, Not Competition
Jakob Foerster an accredited Machine Learning Research Scientist who has been at the forefront of research on Multi-Agent Learning speaks with interviewer Kegan Strawn. Dr. Foerster explains why incorporating uncertainty […]
Wandelbots raises $84M for no-code robotics programming
Wandelbots Teaching allows robots to be programmed in minutes. | Source: Wandelbots Wandelbots brought in $84 million in Series C funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $123 million. The […]
SRI on the future of robotics
In 1995, SRI International created a spin-off company, Intuitive Surgical, that licenses SRI technology. Futuristic robots and artificial intelligence (AI) are advancing at a breakneck pace, and some exciting innovations […]
Softbank Robotics America names new head of product
SoftBank Robotics America (SBRA), the North American arm of Softbank Robotics, named Jordan Sun as head of product, design and engineering. Sun most recently served as the chief innovation officer […]
Schaeffler expands robotics portfolio with Melior Motion acquisition
Melior Motion’s planetary gearboxes are used in industrial robots with medium to high payload capacities. | Source: Melior Motors Schaeffler Group, an automotive and industrial supplier, signed an agreement to […]
Naïo Technologies Unsupervised Work of its Full Range of Robots
After 10 years’ existence, Naïo Technologies is consolidating its status as the agricultural robotics leader by being the first company in the world to certify that its large scale agricultural […]
Hiwonder Vehicle Chassis for DIY Robots
Here is a chassis with mecanum wheels for your DIY robots. The Hiwonder Vehicle Chassis comes with a wheel chassis, 4 motors, 4 mechanism wheels, and a controller board. It […]