Think of actuators as the robot’s muscles —the technology that enables humanoids to move. Actuators come in three types: ...

Humanoid robot training is booming around the world. Tech companies are rushing to build the robots for a market projected to ...

Most robots get around with tracks or wheels, but [Dave] had something different in mind. Sufficiently unbothered by the prospect of mixing electronics and water, [Dave] augmented a canoe with twin, ...

You may not remember it, but odds are you took a few tumbles during your toddler era. You weren't alone. Falling, after all, ...

A new development in affordable, open-source mobile networks that enables near-real-time control of robotic arms could help doctors work on patients in remote locations in the years to come.

Robots are starting to do jobs like firefighting, lawn mowing and beach cleaning, among other things.

In the first days of my son’s life, during the fall of 2023, he spent much of the time when he wasn’t sleeping or eating engaged in what some cognitive scientists call “motor babbling.” His arms and ...

Two researchers at UC Berkeley and ETH Zurich have harnessed the power of OpenAI’s GPT-4o large language model to teach cheap robot arms to clean up spills. It’s a clever demonstration of how AI ...