Fiddler crabs use their large claws to wave down females and didn’t take kindly to a robot newcomer in Portugal. Joe A. Wilde Like many people around the world, animal behavior researcher Joe Wilde ...

In a world first, a robotic arm has been retrofitted and operated inside an active nuclear glovebox at Sellafield in the UK, helping to remove the risk to operators and promising to make decades-old ...

Teaching a robot new skills used to require coding expertise. But a new generation of robots could potentially learn from just about anyone. Engineers are designing ...

Abstract: This paper proposes a novel design for a robot arm that is easy to assemble, addressing the growing demand for efficient and flexible automation in industrial applications. The robot arm is ...

For too long, robots have relied almost entirely on one sense: sight. These machines have been largely deprived of touch, smell, and hearing – crucial capabilities that could unlock a vast array of ...

Imagine a 2.4-ton robotic arm wielding a six-foot-seven (2-m) circular sawblade with a 12-foot (3.7-m) reach, slung onto a truck-mounted hooklift system for easy transport. It's as terrifying as it is ...