Here is how to implement a stepper motor to sense position and actively correct any error that might accrue during actuation.

Such special marking work on the roadways is now largely done either with stencils and paint, or with pre-fabricated markings applied to the road with heat, Newman said. This is different. Mounted on ...

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 ...

A lot of the stuff we use today is largely made by robots—arms with multiple degrees of freedom positioned along conveyor belts that move in a spectacle of precisely synchronized motions. All this ...

Some students in Tucson's south side have a new piece of technology to help them learn in the classroom. KGUN 9 was there Monday when FANUC America donated a robotic arm to Pima JTED's Robotics and ...

Harvard researchers created an algorithm that allows a wearable robot to adapt to and assist the arm movements of stroke and Lou Gehrig’s disease patients in real-time. The researchers’ machine ...

Dreame’s Cyber X robot vacuum is just a concept for now, but our PCMag colleagues saw it climb stairs while its sibling sorted items. Ajay has worked in tech journalism for over a decade as a reporter ...

At IFA Berlin, Dreame showcased a robot vacuum with a mechanical arm, a concept model that climbs stairs, and another that switches mops based on the floor type. I got a first look at all three. I’m ...

Despite what you may have seen in science fiction movies, solving the problem of human-like walking for real-world androids is actually fiendishly difficult, and it’s only recently that we’ve seen ...

The NYPD is shelling out nearly $400,000 for a remote controlled Wall-E look-alike robot that can roll into danger — so cops don’t have to. The PackBot 525 — built by Massachusetts-based defense ...