A 22-meter robot arm will help remove a third sample of radioactive debris from inside Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator said Thursday, as it unveiled the snake-like device.

Nature does it again! The natural world has a knack for giving us the blueprints for some useful technologies, and the humble sea urchin is the latest contributor. Scientists have designed a new class ...

Abstract: We provide a method for detecting and localizing objects near a robot arm using arm-mounted miniature time-of-flight sensors. A key challenge when using arm-mounted sensors is ...

Makeblock mBot2 Rover Kit features anodized aluminum parts, for STEM and more realistic engineering practice. Ages 8+ and 12+ tiers ...

HoloRadar uses radio waves to see around corners, allowing it to detect people at T-shaped intersections like the one pictured here. Penn Engineers have developed a system that lets robots see around ...

Abstract: In this paper, we propose the use of ultrasonic sensors for autonomous parking systems. In general, LiDAR sensors are evaluated to be advantageous in autonomous parking systems, but this ...

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Watch: Humanoid robots work together using the same AI 'brain' Until now, humanoid robots have largely worked on their own. A new AI system is designed to run them together.

The Seattle-based defense firm Overland AI Inc. has raised $100 million in new funding to help accelerate the use of robots and other autonomous systems across the US military’s ground forces. The ...