1. Joints - The Foundation of Movement Joints are the moving links in a robotic arm. They let the arm bend, rotate, or change ...

Robots have been a thing for a long time, but they've never quite met expectations. While AI has changed the game for chatbots, it's not quite so... It's actually really hard to make a robot, guys ...

CES 2026 is just around the corner and we will be there again but, looking back, our 2025 coverage was very popular. Though ...

Imagine a robot that doesn’t just follow commands but actually plans its actions, adjusts its movements on the go, and learns from feedback—much like a human would. This may sound like a far-fetched ...

The human hand is amazingly complex. With 34 muscles, more than 30 tendons, and 27 bones, hands can grasp objects, express emotion, create works of art, and accomplish many of the tasks that drive ...

Musk reposted the 38-second video on his X profile, which was originally created by Alex Utopia and shows Tesla's humanoid robots doing a variety of everyday jobs. Since Musk posted the clip, it has ...

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Researchers from Wuhan University have developed a new framework that could help robots manipulate objects more easily. Introduced in a new paper on arXiv, this approach should enable humanoid robots ...

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Tesla held a special pop-up event over the weekend for Art Basel Miami Beach, the international art fair in Florida. The pop-up was dubbed “The Future of Autonomy Visualized” and reportedly featured ...

A soft profiled fiber pump is shown being bent and twisted, illustrating its ability to withstand complex mechanical deformation while maintaining pumping function—a key advantage for applications in ...

Disney Imagineers have created a new, life-like Olaf robot that will debut in Disney parks next year. The robot is part of a larger effort to bridge the gap between on-screen characters and real-world ...