Inside a UNC-Chapel Hill Science lab sits an autonomous robot. Imagine a machine like a Roomba, but with an arm, so it can pick up things like a dirty sock off the floor. A group of researchers from ...

Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the ...

From R2-D2 to Optimus Prime, Wall-E to The Iron Giant, robots have long captured our collective imaginations. In today’s world, their influence is far less limited to fictional settings; robotics are ...

Caleb Rucker, an associate professor and B. Ray Thompson Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, and a team from the University of Tennessee are part of a ...

Advancements Driving Robotic Capabilities Robots used to be pretty much stuck in factories, doing the same thing ...

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It’s the metal, plastic, and wires that give the robot its shape and allow it to move around. Engineers in this field design ...

TALOS has announced the pre-selection of 12 cutting-edge projects from its recent Open Call, aiming to enhance robotics and AI integration for safer and more efficient photovoltaic (PV) and ...

Recirculate, a European Union-funded project based in Finland, says it is developing a “state-of-the-art” electric vehicle (EV) battery disassembly system using artificial intelligence (AI) and ...

In four years, Nick Morales (MSR ‘23) went from watching a rover landing on the Red Planet to pioneering lunar robotics. As millions watched the Perseverance rover make its dramatic descent onto Mars ...