“Most people had no problem shaking a silent robot, but as soon as the robot began to make pitiful sounds, they chose to do ...

MIT researchers have developed an AI-powered robot that can build furniture and other objects from voice commands.

“We can edit the robot’s functionality on demand,” said Bilige Yang, a graduate researcher at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, who led the research into ...

The robot critter has a shuffling gait, but we’d love to see it modified to walk and climb in different manners with the right programming and mechanical modifications. We’ve featured some ...

Researchers have developed a robot capable of performing surgical procedures with the same skill as human doctors by training ...

[gzumwalt]’s 3D printed mechanical edge avoiding robot is a beautifully elegant example of this. The only electric components on this robot is a small geared DC motor and a LiPo battery.

For his robots were not mechanisms. They were not made of sheet- metal and cogwheels. They were not a celebration of mechanical engineering. If the author was thinking of any of the marvels of the ...

The nanites are coming! Here's what to know about the return of certain Star Trek robots in a new episode of 'Lower Decks.' ...

A robot, trained for the first time by watching videos of seasoned surgeons, executed the same surgical procedures as skillfully as the human doctors, say researchers.

Surfline’s longest-tenured forecast team member, the enigmatic Chris Borg started working with the late, great Sean Collins in 1984. “Surfline needed a forecaster,” he explains, applying his ...

The Q5+ remains available at some retailers, and we still think it’s a great choice. September 2024 Robot vacuums are feats of engineering. Even a basic bot can keep your floors tidy with little ...

Early mechanical robots were made to entertain others, rather than have a practical use. The word 'robot' didn't exist yet - these mechanical marvels were known as Automatons, which means 'to act ...