The ability to create tools from everyday objects requires creativity, abstract thinking, and problem-solving. As such, that complex ability has been used emblematically to differentiate so-called ...

"In their early days robots were more limited by their controller technology than by their physical capabilities," explains Roger Christian, vice president marketing and international groups with ...

Most brain surgery requires doctors to remove part of the skull to access hard-to-reach areas or tumours. It’s invasive, risky, and it takes a long time for the patient to recover. We have developed ...

Airbag for robotic end effectors for safe human-robot collaboration While more and more new types of robots are available for human-robot collaboration (HRC), sharp-edged robot tools and components ...

Robots are increasingly being used in place of humans to explore hazardous and difficult-to-access environments, but they aren't yet able to interact with their environments as well as humans. If ...

A robot carrying an explosive device was used to kill one of the shooters in Thursday night’s horrific violence in Dallas, Texas, in what many law enforcement and other experts are calling the first ...

An Israeli startup called Robit professes strong beliefs about what a home robot should -- and shouldn't -- be. The company's first robot, eponymously called Robit, is less a friend for the family and ...

Robot arms are getting smarter and smarter all the time, and now a team from Georgia Tech has taught them how to make their own tools. These resourceful robots are first taught to match form and ...

To assist humans around the house, robots will need to be able to deal with the unfamiliar. But while researchers can preprogram robots to do increasingly sophisticated tasks, they face a much bigger ...

Spacewalking astronauts stepped outside Monday night to give the International Space Station’s new robot some eyes and a set of tools. It was the third spacewalk of shuttle Endeavour’s visit to the ...