New Atlas

World’s first native color LiDAR gives machines human-like vision

For years, machines have navigated the world color-blind. LiDAR sensors – the laser-based eyes of self-driving cars, ...

This tiny grain-of-rice sensor gives robots a new sense and changes what delicate tools can detect

Researchers have developed a sensor about the size of a grain of rice that can measure forces and twisting motions in all directions using light instead of traditional electronics. The new sensor ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Helix-02 robots now sustain full factory-style 8-hour shifts without intervention

Figure AI says its humanoid robots can now run full eight-hour shifts autonomously using ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN

Inchworm-inspired robot uses 10 MeV-tolerant muscles to navigate Mars-like terrain

A team led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg has developed an inchworm-inspired ...
The Robot Report

How humanoids learn to read the room

Designing for a humanoid robot is one of the most complicated applications in robotics today. All on its own, a humanoid ...
The Robot Report

GMSL and the growing ecosystem around robotic vision systems

One technology being applied across the robotics sector to support these vision architectures is GMSL.

Rice grain-sized sensor could give robots a delicate touch and keep them from breaking stuff

Researchers have built a force sensor the size of a grain of rice that lets robots feel pressure and twisting forces using light, and it's already finding hidden tumors in tissue during early ...

Teen builds ‘Bionic Underwater Robotic Turtle’ to detect ecological threats

High schooler Evan Budz's award-winning invention can identify coral bleaching, invasive species, and microplastics without ...