In the age of cheap sensors and microcontrollers, it’s easy to forget that there might be very simple mechanical solutions to a problem. [gzumwalt]’s 3D printed mechanical edge avoiding robot ...

Intuitive Surgical, an American biotechnology company, introduced DaVinci surgical robots in the late 1990s, and they became ...

MIT researchers are developing robotic insects that could someday swarm out of mechanical hives to rapidly perform precise pollination. But even the best bug-sized robots are no match for natural ...

It turns out that Roborock isn’t the only company that brought a robot vacuum with a mechanical arm to CES 2025. Rival company Dreame, which unveiled its stair-climbing robot vacuum earlier in ...

An ever-present robot companion is the stuff of comic books and space operas. Supervillains and friendly wookies alike sport backpack robots, an extra set of eyes and arms or two providing everything ...