Robots are being put through all kinds of abuse these days. They’re being kicked, punched, shoved, and even dragged by a chain around their neck — all in an apparent effort to teach them how to adapt ...

"We adopt an adaptive admittance control algorithm to optimize force and position control, ensuring safety and comfort," wrote Yuan Xu, Kui Huang, Weichao Guo and Leyi Du in their paper. "The paper ...

I was a little disappointed by China’s World Humanoid Robot Games. As fun as real-life Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots is, what ...

EndoQuest Robotics announced today that it plans to integrate Nvidia's IGX Thor platform into its next-generation surgical ...

Healthcare systems worldwide are struggling with overcrowded hospitals, physician burnout, and rising surgery delays. Which is why it's always a good thing to see research exploring new solutions ...

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 ...

Researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the University of Shanghai for Science have successfully developed a new robot that uses traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) techniques to give ...

Researchers have developed resilient artificial muscles that can enable insect-scale aerial robots to effectively recover flight performance after suffering severe damage. Bumblebees are clumsy fliers ...

A bipedal robot made from an artificial skeleton and biological muscle is able to walk and pivot when stimulated with electricity, allowing it to carry out finer movements than previous biohybrid ...