Industrial robot programming has evolved massively since the days of punch tape and paper-based flowcharts. Teach pendants existed back in the 70s, but they were clunky affairs, intimidating to ...

Scientists believe robots could learn to develop real feeling if they could be programmed for self-preservation. Researchers at USC think the key to a feeling robot might be homeostasis ...

ABB uses a screen with blocks to make robot programming simple and quick. (Image source: ABB) The ultimate goal for collaborative robot producers is to create automation in the form of a robot that ...

In fact, if your idea of a robot is a variation of 3-CPO, a hinged machine with rigid segments, soft robotics will change the way you think about robots forever. It will “push the envelope of ...

Classic industrial robots are often still programmed using textual languages. This requires experts and takes a long time, which is why the resulting high costs are only profitable for large ...

The Arduino IDE only brings the ire of actual EEs and People Who Know Better™, but if you’re teaching robotics and programming to kids, you really don’t want something as simple as a te… ...

Researchers from Sheffield Robotics have applied a novel method of automatically programming and controlling a swarm of up to 600 robots to complete a specified set of tasks simultaneously.

THERE is no shortage of sci-fi robot companions – Luke Skywalker’s robot buddies C3PO and R2D2 and Jimmy Neutron’s robot-dog Goddard come to mind. Astronauts aboard the International Sp… ...