Now the company has perfected its Handle robot so it can stack heavy boxes as if they were blocks in an extreme version of Tetris. The original Handle robot was created in 2017 as a research robot. It ...

Robot manufacturer Agility has built a human-like robot called Digit that can load boxes onto a truck — and the company is selling it for a cool $250,000. The company announced a $20 million round of ...

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We’ve seen Boston Dynamics’ robots running on different terrains with ease, opening doors for each other, and dancing to Bruno Mars’ hit Uptown Funk. Now, in the latest episode of “Robots Got Talent,” ...

CJ Logistics introduced a mobile robot palletizer that automatically sorts boxes and stacks them onto pallets at Incheon GDC on the 17th. The CJ Logistics mobile robot palletizer is seen. /Courtesy of ...

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Could this be the beginning of mass retail automation? In August, this Japanese ‘Kangaroo robot' will arrive for work at a convenience store to stack sandwiches, drinks and ready meals on shelves. If ...

After wowing us with humanoid and animal-like robots that run, jump and perform acrobatic stunts, Boston Dynamics seems to be getting down to business. New video from the Waltham, Massachusetts-based ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The original Handle was designed largely as an experiment that applied Boston Dynamics’ robot know-how ...

Robots are good at a few simple things. They can lift and carry huge objects, fly around like dragonflies, and murder our families while we watch, their cold circuits flitting with nascent feelings of ...