PAL Robotics has released a new video of its Kangaroo humanoid robot, demonstrating capabilities beyond balance and walking. The one-and-a-half-minute video highlights the Barcelona-based company’s ...

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A simulation of the Pile Fuel Cladding Silo - one of the oldest waste stores and one of the highest hazard facilities on the UK's Sellafield site - is making it safer to upgrade robots handling waste ...

Truck loading and unloading is a task ripe for automation because it is strenuous and happens in all kinds of weather.

Veterans of the companies that developed the Segway and the Roomba have launched a new venture called Harvest Automation to develop and sell a robot for agricultural and nursery use. “We are a ...

PROVO — Although the world might not ever have super soldiers like Captain America, engineers at BYU are building robots that could rival Steve Rogers' strength. But strength isn't the only aim of ...

A robot to sort your plastic containers, clean your windows, and fetch you a drink may be on its way. It’s not a humanoid, but rather a little critter, built with soft artificial muscles powered by a ...

There have been a number of soft robots inspired by the ancient art of paper folding – origami – recently, including polymer-based microgrippers and the safety-first Twister. Researchers from Harvard ...