This robot is so dumb and goofy but also very, very decent at its very, very simple job: it packs up bolts in such perfect alternating orientation that it would make any factory worker jealous.

Building a simple robot arm is a lot more straightforward than it used to be. If you have a laser cutter, or a bit of cash and don’t mind waiting for postage, there are inexpensive kits like the ...

You can switch its configurations without changing the control setup, which helps test different robot forms using one consistent system. The puppeteers classify themselves as leaders of the system.

Teaching a robot new skills used to require coding expertise. But a new generation of robots could potentially learn from ...

Robot self-awareness is one step closer today after engineers at Columbia University built a robotic arm that can ... Kwiatkowski created a pretty simple robot, an articulated arm with four ...

The startup has also raised $4.7 million in crowdfunding, along with a $6.1 million Series A led by Joe Rodriguez of Pancho Ryan LLC. The company is currently in development for its robot arms ...

Test subjects who tried out a robotic arm for the physically-challenged found it "too easy," indicating peoples' tendency to prefer some challenge in their lives.

Researchers at the University of Bristol have designed a new robot arm that could be the low cost and easy to use the robotic device of the future. The team calls the robot arm Mantis, and it was ...

According to a recent study published in Advanced Intelligent Systems, the brain can adapt to an artificial third arm and use it for simple tasks. This keeps alive the dream of precision mechanics ...

The robotic arm currently has four degrees of freedom, or types of motion. The researchers are now trying to work it up to 12 degrees. By comparison, a human body has hundreds.

Pedro 2.0 is a simple 3D-printable robot arm intended for STEAM education. If you’re new to that acronym, it basically refers to the combination of artistic skills with education around ...