A new flexible 'artificial skin' combines touch and chemical sensing, giving robots the ability to feel pressure while detecting molecules in their environment. Image ...

Simbe, a provider of retail shelf digitization, has launched Store Intelligence capabilities to provide grocery stores with a comprehensive solution for fresh departments. The company's platform, ...

Robots have become remarkably advanced, capable of executing complex tasks with impressive accuracy, speed, and coordination. Yet, despite these leaps, they often struggle with something fundamental ...

Robots can now feel touch, heat, and damage with advanced robotic skin. Credit: Leo Reynolds / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Scientists have developed a new type of robotic skin that could give robots the ability ...

A new synthetic "skin" gives robots the human touch. The low-cost, durable and highly-sensitive material can be added to robotic hands just like a glove, say scientists. It enables automatons to ...

Lumos is advancing humanoid robots beyond vision and large models, integrating tactile sensing to give machines a new mode of real-world interaction. Lumos Robotics has completed a second follow-on ...

Amazon has announced a new robot with a sense of touch, enabling it to pick up and stow around three-quarters of the items found in its warehouses. The new robot, called Vulcan, can accurately gauge ...

Amazon is getting closer to deploying the closest thing to a human in its fulfillment centers as it unveiled a robot that can “feel.” Its latest robotics breakthrough, though, isn’t part of a plot to ...

The company insists that its new Vulcan robot will be used ‘alongside’ existing warehouse workers. The company insists that its new Vulcan robot will be used ‘alongside’ existing warehouse workers.

What happens here matters everywhere. In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more. by Todd Bishop on May 7, ...