Amazon invests billions of dollars in robots to boost e-commerce efficiency and profitability. Back in 2015, the Amazon Picking Challenge tried to spur more research into warehouse automation. The ...

Researchers are blurring the lines between robotics and materials, with a proof-of-concept material-like collective of robots with behaviors inspired by biology. Researchers at UC Santa Barbara and TU ...

Made with wood, springs and rubber bands, Rich Walker remembers fondly the first robotic hand built by Shadow Robot in the late 1990s. "A lot of it was done with just stuff that we had," says Walker, ...

Chinese researchers have uncovered a surprising method for teaching humanoids to carry out everyday tasks. The intriguing study took place in a laboratory in Wuhan, China, where a group of ...

Scientists have created a bicycle-style robot designed to travel at high speed while successfully ...

For about 10 years, researchers at the University of Washington’s Personal Robotics Lab have been developing a robotic arm that can help people with motor impairments, such as quadriplegics, feed ...

Aptiv PLC (NYSE: APTV), a global industrial technology leader, and Vecna Robotics, a pioneer in AI-driven autonomous material handling solutions, today announced a strategic collaboration to ...

Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few ...

Robotics combines computer science, engineering, and technology to design, construct, and utilize machines that are programmed to replicate or substitute human actions and decision-making. These ...

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OpenAI disbanded its robotics department. Then, it brought it back. Now, through a social media post from its hardware director and newly published job descriptions, OpenAI is revealing more about its ...