Changing robot standards provide an opportunity for designers of cobots to deliver improved safety and greater functionality, ...

For a half century now, robots have been the centerpiece of Industry 3.0—the age of pre-digital automation. They will be just as critical, if not more so, as the world transitions to the digital ...

Automating the factory floor is a growing trend across the industrial space. It’s not hard to understand why, since such applications help improve efficiency and production rates. To create the ...

A key element of a robotics future will be how humans can instruct machines on a real-time basis. But just what kind of instruction is an open question in robotics. New research by Google's DeepMind ...

The use of Cartesian and six-axis robots, as well as selective-compliance-articulated robot arms (SCARAs) is on the rise. They automate tasks to accelerate cycle times, increase throughput, and ...

Numerous new robotic technologies have debuted over the past two decades, but the new ATRO robot system from Beckhoff may be one of the first modular, DIY (do-it-yourself) robot technologies for the ...

Researchers have developed an AI control system that enables soft robotic arms to learn a wide repertoire of motions and ...

German company E-TERRY has designed its autonomous field robot E-TERRY specifically for mechanical in-row weed control in vegetable and specialty crops. The lightweight robot is currently available in ...