(Yicai) Dec. 3 -- Startups developing sensors for robots are attracting venture capital to enhance product performance and ...

This article is part of a series of articles based on common questions in robotics. The previous article dealt with the question: What is a robot? Robots are machines designed to perform tasks – ...

As the boundaries between robots and collaborative robots (cobots) fade, the need for fast, agile and uncaged robot systems grows rapidly. Today’s cobots typically rely on power- and force-limiting ...

At its heart, robotics is about building machines that can do things for us. Think of it as giving a machine a set of ...

The term smart sensor could mean different things to different people. One avenue binds smart sensors to the Internet of Things (IoT) sensing applications for collecting data and providing insight to ...

Human-robot interaction (HRI), precise control, and safe collaboration between humans and robots are the cornerstones of adopting automation. Safety refers to multiple tasks in the context of robots, ...

Flexible piezoelectric sensors are essential to monitor the motions of both humans and humanoid robots. However, existing designs are either are costly or have limited sensitivity. In a recent study, ...

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