Mechanical Design & Robotics

Could a three-year-old startup redefine the pace of manufacturing for humanoid robotics in China? Shanghai-based AgiBot has just crossed a…

“If muscles are nature’s motors, tendons are the drive shafts—and MIT just built a better one.” That’s how one researcher…

One compromised humanoid robot can become a stealth asset of the nation-state, capable of surveillance, sabotage, and lateral cyber operations,…

In a children’s playground project featuring dynamic dancing fountains, the SplashBotix division of ARM Automation faced a very familiar yet…

It just so happens that the detritus of a seafood dinner can support half a kilogram, gently pick up a…

But arguably, the most unnerving thing about humanoid robots is that they are not bound by human limitations at all….

“Design-driven innovation is the core inspiration of the Adaptive Robotics and Technology Lab,” said Dr. Kiju Lee, making a point…

What if the smooth surface of a pond could be a high?precision robotics workshop? Engineers at the University of Virginia…

Could real-world experience simply be the ingredient missing in home robotics? Mountain View startup Sunday thinks so, and its just-announced…