Like something out of an early Transformers movie, researchers at Caltech have just demonstrated how a humanoid and a drone ...

Abstract: This study introduces a unified control framework that addresses the challenge of precise robots with Quasi-Direct-Drives under unknown payloads, named as online payload identification-based ...

Manufacturers often struggle to automate tasks where there’s too much variation or complexity for traditional robots. Universal Robots and Inbolt solve this by equipping cobots with human-like vision ...

China installed 295,000 industrial robots in 2024, exceeding the combined total of all other markets, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). Globally, 524,000 new units were ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week’s best and worst from Kim Strassel, Allysia Finley and Kyle Peterson. While the U.S. celebrates its dominance in artificial-intelligence software, China is quietly ...

YouTuber Cody ‘WhistlinDiesel’ Detwiler put an $80,000 humanoid robot named Ben through an intense series of “durability tests,” ultimately destroying it in the process. The YouTuber’s new video ...

A little red robot that’s one-tenth the size of a car and can travel up to 20 miles per hour could be the future of automated deliveries at DoorDash. Dot, an electric, street-friendly robot, said ...

On Tuesday, DoorDash unveiled Dot, a small robot it built in-house that can autonomously drive on roads, bike lanes, and sidewalks to deliver food and small packages at speeds up to 20 miles per hour.

The hype around delivery robots has fizzled, but DoorDash is still determined to launch Dot, an adorable red bot. It can ride on roads and in bike lanes, where it will face daunting challenges. When ...

Factory floors used to be loud with human voices. Not anymore. Instead, more and more factories have a monotonous, almost hypnotic hum. It’s the sound of a million arms that never tire. We’re talking, ...