By combining soft materials, cloud-scale simulation, and learning from human motion, researchers are teaching robots to grasp ...

Embodied learning for object-centric robotic manipulation is a rapidly developing and challenging area in embodied AI. It is ...

One of the most significant insights from the study is that roboticists must engage both technically and physically with ...

November 2025 started with the Robotics Startup Radar and continued with news from important players in the robotics industry.

Imagine walking into an unfamiliar grocery store in search of bottled water. Upon spotting a cooler near a cash register, you open the cooler door and snag a cold bottle. While this may be a simple ...

Reactive planning and control capacity for collaborative robots is essential when the tasks change online in an unstructured environment. This is more difficult for collaborative mobile manipulators ...

What makes a humanoid hand so fascinating? Imagine a robotic gripper delicately assembling intricate components on a factory floor or carefully holding fragile medical instruments during surgery.

“A growing shortage of skilled labor requires the further simplification of automation and programming, especially among small and medium-size enterprises where complexity is seen as a major barrier ...

For years, I've watched capable engineers explain exactly how a robot should behave to solve their problems, then get told they need to hire a specialist to implement it. A facilities manager who ...

Robots may soon mimic the human sense of touch, with advances in flexible tactile detection aiming to endow them with the ability to sense friction and slip. Polymer optical fiber knots are at the ...