Robotics

Robots learn to feel better

Touch sensors that don’t even need direct contact offer new sensitivity for robots and the ability...

Robots hit record high across the world

Demand for operational robots is being driven by a number of technological innovations, from artificial intelligence...

Surgical robot launches into space

A surgeon’s hands could stretch all the way to the International Space Station, via a miniaturised...

AI heading for the factory

For the first time globally, an AI technology has been developed in Korea for using robots...

China leads global growth of industrial robots

Almost 4-million robots were in use across various industries by the end of 2022, writes Statista...

We don’t know what we don’t know, but robots could

How do you make a robot smarter? By programming it with awareness of its knowledge gaps.

Consumers resist robots
on their doorsteps

A study has found that consumers are more prepared for automated vehicle delivery than for drones...

Want to work with robots? There’s a course for that

Universal Robots Academy has trained more than 200,000 people to use collaborative robotics.

Bot workers can unlock a data goldmine

Robotic Process Automation can result in a business unearthing new business intelligence, writes FILUM HO, CEO...

Teaching robots to teach other robots

A new study finds that AI agents that know "stuff" can quickly learn a wider range...

Seiko Epson buys into space robots

Seiko Epson has doubled down on in its investment into GITAI, the world’s leading space robotics...

Bot workers are here
– are you ready?

AI may be all the rage, but software bots have been around for a while in...

Robotic Process Automation gets official SA nod

South Africa has introduced the first formally recognised RPA national qualification in Europe, Middle East and...

 Robot: I’m sorry. Human: I don’t care

Three strikes and robots are out, finds a university study of the impacts of multiple human-robot...

Hyundai and Kia head for the moon

The motoring giants will develop lunar surface exploration mobility through a joint multilateral research agreement

Shapeshifter bots will floss your teeth

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have shown how a shapeshifting robotic microswarm of nanoparticles can...

Robots rise again

Sales of industrial robots surged globally last year – increasing by 27% compared to the previous...