The symmetrical design and flexible fingers mean that the robot can transport objects on either side of its body. For humans, that would look like holding a ball in your palm while simultaneously ...

Whether you’re a kid or a kid at heart, learning about science and engineering can be a lot more fun if it’s practical. You could sit around learning about motors and control theory, or you could ...

Foundational Concepts in Programming Industrial Robots. Before you can get a robot to do anything useful, you need to ...

A low-cost, simple robotic arm developed by Washington State University researchers might someday help with fruit picking and ...

MIT researchers developed a framework that lets a user correct a robot's behavior during deployment using simple interactions, such as by pointing to an item, tracing a trajectory, or nudging the ...

A low-cost, simple robotic apple picker arm developed by Washington State University researchers may someday help with fruit picking and other farm chores.

It’s the metal, plastic, and wires that give the robot its shape and allow it to move around. Engineers in this field design ...

A soft robot gripper changes shape to gently lift fragile objects and even humans, combining flexibility with surprising ...