(Nanowerk News) Robotics researchers have already made great strides in developing sensors that can perceive changes in position, pressure, and temperature – all of which are important for ...

A colored soft robot quadruped walks at approximately 131 feet per hour (40 meters per hour). A colored soft robot quadruped walks at approximately 131 feet per hour (40 meters per hour). S. Morin, ...

Robotics, for many of us, is still an application mostly limited to the factory or warehouse floor. We see media coverage on personal robot assistants and robots playing a bigger role in hospitals, ...

Robots that could take on basic healthcare tasks to support the work of doctors and nurses may be the way of the future. Who knows, maybe a medical robot can prescribe your medicine someday? That's ...

Soft robots have received much attention recently due to their adaptability and safety. However, the fluidic systems used in these robots continue to use pumps that are large, heavy, and noisy. Now, ...

Panasonic Corporation announced today that it has developed a "Motion Sensing Unit" that performs orientation detection and position estimation for industrial and service robots. In addition to an ...