Global Surge in Industrial Robotics Reshapes Manufacturing
The International Federation of Robots’ annual report, released on 24 September 2020, detailed a striking acceleration in industrial automation across…
Inside America’s Struggle to Revive Innovation Leadership
Innovation in the United States has long been more than the sum of its laboratories and garage start-ups. As Christopher…
Triboelectric Sensors Advance Soft Robotics and Digital Twins
Triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) sensors are emerging as powerful tools for tactile and motion sensing in soft robotics, with applications extending…
Sex Robots: Technology, Limits, and Ethical Frontiers
When French YouTuber Cyrus North introduced his viewers to “Charlotte,” an AI-enabled sex robot purchased for about €11,000, he was…
AI, Automation, and the Shifting Economics of Work
In a lecture hosted by the Montana State University Initiative for Regulation and Applied Economic Analysis, MIT economist Daron Acemoglu…
Shanghai STEP Expands Smart Factory R&D in Japan
Founded in 1995 in Shanghai, Shanghai STEP Electric Corporation has built a reputation as a developer and manufacturer of industrial…
Global Services Driving the Circular Economy Shift
Across multiple sectors, governments have been seeking ways to address the environmental consequences of unsustainable resource extraction, processing, and consumption….
First-Order Dynamics Streamline Soft Robot Control
Soft robotic systems, with their compliant structures and viscoelastic materials, present unique modeling and control challenges distinct from rigid-bodied robots….
Baleka Robot Pushes Limits of Bipedal Agility
In the pursuit of replicating the rapid maneuvers seen in nature, engineers have long faced the challenge of translating complex…