Modular self-reconfigurable robotics encompasses systems in which individual robotic units can autonomously adjust their configuration to adapt to varying tasks and environmental conditions. These ...

Here’s an interesting comment from MIT’s Alfonso Parra Rubio, “Treating soft versus hard robotics is a false dichotomy.” For, I suppose, obvious reasons, thinking around technology tends to be a ...

Bioinspired underwater robots that swim by undulating their bodies may be more energy-efficient than their rigid counterparts, but they're also quite difficult to build. That could soon change however ...

Designed as a lightweight, top-mounted system, Ghost Robotics said the Manipulator Arm enables the Vision 60 to perform complex tasks.

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MIT engineers have designed a walking lunar robot cleverly inspired by the animal kingdom. The “mix-and-match” system is made of worm-like robotic limbs astronauts could configure into various ...

If a soft-bodied robot uses rigid actuators to move its body, then it isn't really soft now, is it? An experimental new caterpillar-inspired bot gets around that conundrum by using soft, collapsible ...

The LawnMeister H1 modular autonomous lawnmower has been announced. The modular lawnmower is manufactured by Heisenberg Robotics and it features watering and leaf-blowing modules. You can deploy the ...

igus develops and produces motion plastics. The Cologne, Germany-based company said its self-lubricating, high-performance polymers can reduce costs. igus claimed that it is the global market leader ...

ABB ROBOTICS added two modular large robots to its portfolio, the IRB 7710 and IRB 7720. Together with the previously introduced IRB 5710-IRB 5720 and IRB 6710-IRB 6740, this series offers 46 ...

Move over Lego! Cubelets, inch-sized modular cubes that can be snap assembled into autonomous robots, are here -- and once you (or your kid) sees them in action, the hand-me-down, attic-dwelling box ...