Soft robots that run on air instead of electricity are starting to behave less like simple inflatable toys and more like ...

At the Soft Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich, the scene looks less like a traditional engineering workshop and more like a child’s ...

A novel combination of industrial automation with new drive technologies and model-based controls means that a robot and machine tool can operate as one – with precision and flexibility, for a range ...

Robots that move, sense and even coordinate with one another usually bring to mind tangled wires, circuit boards and humming ...

Machine vision technology is being used for a robotic weed management system that avoids the environmental effects of herbicides and fills the agricultural labour gap.<br /><br /> ...

In a lab experiment that sounds closer to science fiction than engineering, researchers have unveiled what they describe as ...

WATCH the moment an eerie ghost-white humanoid robot with water-powered muscles comes to life. The machine flails its arms and turns its faceless head around almost like a person in a scary glimpse of ...

Our days at the office could be numbered as an increasing range of jobs are done more efficiently by a machine If you are sitting at a desk, driving a taxi or carrying a hod, stop for a moment and ask ...