Robots are becoming increasingly capable in vision and movement, yet touch remains one of their major weaknesses. Now, ...

Last year, Norwegian-US tech company 1X announced a strange new product: “the world’s first consumer-ready humanoid robot ...

Maria Guix is a chemist and nanotechnology researcher in the University of Barcelona’s ChemInFlow lab, developing ...

Alan Winfield is Professor of Robot Ethics at the University of the West of England (UWE), Visiting Professor at the University of York, and Associate Fellow of the Cambridge Cent ...

Screenshot from video showing underwater robotic vehicle. Credit: Tim Briggs/MIT Lincoln Laboratory.

My topic of research was developing an optical tactile sensor to track head motion during radiotherapy. I worked on both the hardware and software development of this sensor, though my focus was ...

Meet the robotic dog with a memory like an elephant and the instincts of a seasoned first responder. Developed by Texas A&M University engineering students, this AI-powered robotic dog doesn’t just ...

RoboCup2025 took place in Salvador, Brazil. The event saw around 3000 participants competing in the various leagues. Find out what the teams got up to during the first couple of days: ...

Claire chatted to Catherine Menon from the University of Hertfordshire about designing home assistance robots with ethics in mind. Catherine Menon is a principal lecturer at the University of ...

Robotics is helping to rehabilitate and increase human abilities in areas like mobility and stamina. Innovations in robotic devices, exoskeletons, and wearable tech aim to offer disabled people ...

Claire chatted to Samuele Vinanzi from Sheffield Hallam University about how robots can tell whether to trust or distrust people. Samuele Vinanzi is a Senior Lecturer in Robotics and Artificial ...

The new World Robotics report recorded 553,052 industrial robot installations in factories around the world – a growth rate of 5% in 2022, year-on-year. By region, 73% of all newly deployed robots ...