For a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship project, Carnegie Mellon University sophomore Jasmine Li worked with robotic arms in the Robotic Caregiving and Human Interaction Lab to analyze the ...

The International Robotic Safety Conference highlighted how safety requirements are evolving within one of the ...

D-Wave Quantum (QBTS) says it has successfully completed an industry first: scalable, on-chip cryogenic control of qubits.

Researchers have created microscopic robots so small they’re barely visible, yet smart enough to sense, decide, and move completely on their own. Powered by light and equipped with tiny computers, the ...

The digital world is a playground for the tinfoil hat brigade. But now they are turning on the internet itself ...

Atlas is done shrugging—now he’s doing the Macarena. He can also skip, run, do cartwheels, and twist in ways no human being ...

Fallout: New Vegas' Victor the Securitron appeared on Fallout season 2, and shared some information about Mr. House and The ...

Demonstrating and applying control theory has long presented a complex challenge, encompassing a broad range of engineering ...

Abstract: This article presents a robot control algorithm suitable for safe reactive navigation tasks in cluttered environments. The proposed approach consists of transforming the robot workspace into ...

Abstract: We propose a novel high-force/high-precision interaction control framework of a dual-arm robot system on a flexible base, with one arm holding, or making contact with, a supporting surface, ...

iRobot Corp., the company that revolutionized robot vacuum cleaners in the early 2000s with its Roomba model, filed for bankruptcy and proposed handing over control to its main Chinese supplier. The ...

Founded in 1990 by three M.I.T. researchers, iRobot introduced its vacuum in 2002. Its restructuring will turn the company over to its largest creditor. By Meaghan Tobin and Xinyun Wu Reporting from ...