Robotics

Robot hand can detach from arm, crawl over to objects, and pick them up

Research videos aren’t known for their narrative arcs. Occasionally, however, you see one that keeps getting better the longer you watch. “Beyond Manual...

This robotic knee exoskeleton is made from consumer braces and drone motors

Robotic exoskeletons are an increasingly popular method for assisting human labor in the workplace. Those that specifically support the back, however, can result...

Face to face with Figure’s new humanoid robot

Much has changed in the 16 months since I last set foot in Figure’s Sunnyvale headquarters. For one thing, there’s signage on the...

These sub-1mm robots morph and crawl with an electric zap

Cornell University researchers this week unveiled tiny “metasheet” robots capable of transforming into pre-determined shapes and crawling around when electricity is applied. Along...

University of Texas opens robotics program up to incoming freshmen

The University of Texas at Austin this week announced that it has opened its undergraduate robotics program to high school applicants. The honors...

Why do so many home robots still suck?

“The Jetsons” debuted September 23, 1962. The first episode, titled “Rosey the Robot,” was an origin story of sorts for the titular character,...

Amazon hires the founders of AI robotics startup Covariant

Amazon announced Friday evening that it has hired Covariant’s founders — Pieter Abbeel, Peter Chen, and Rocky Duan — along with “about a...

These 74 robotics companies are hiring

It’s been just over two months since we published our last robotics jobs post. The world of automation continues to excite and surprise,...

Get in on the ground floor with Tesla’s humanoid by pretending to be one for pay

In 2021, Elon Musk unveiled Tesla Bot, a prototype for a humanoid robot that would eventually go by the name Optimus. Famously, there...

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