To reliably complete various manual tasks, robots should be able to handle a variety of objects, ranging from items found in ...

Foundation models have made great advances in robotics, enabling the creation of vision-language-action (VLA) models that generalize to objects, scenes, and tasks beyond their training data. However, ...

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.

Have you ever seen a robot this gentle and dexterous? In more than a decade of writing about robotics, I've honestly never ...

Imagine walking into an unfamiliar grocery store in search of bottled water. Upon spotting a cooler near a cash register, you open the cooler door and snag a cold bottle. While this may be a simple ...

Fig. 1(a) illustrates a typical robotic manipulation system. It features a robotic arm equipped with sensors like cameras and end-effectors such as grippers, enabling it to manipulate a wide range of ...

The Helix 02 humanoid robot from Figure Robotics showcases a remarkable ability to handle the complexities of living room cleanup, a task that demands both adaptability and precision. Unlike the ...

Industrial robotics is moving beyond repetitive, preprogrammed motions toward machines that can feel their way through complex tasks. From inserting tight-tolerance parts to handling deformable ...

Engineers have designed a tiny, low-weight and cordless robot that can act independently and with ultra-high precision in all directions in some of the most extreme conditions. The robot, which the ...