In a step toward more autonomous soft robots and wearable technologies, researchers have created a device that uses color to simultaneously sense multiple mechanical and temperature stimuli.

An optical sensor lets robots 'see' the objects they handle, making it possible for machines to maneuver objects into place with ease.

Another step toward more lovable robots: a new type of sensor might enable us to poke a robot as if it had the squishy belly button of the Pillsbury Dough boy.

New TCS3530 is an ultra-sensitive color sensor that matches the response of the human eye to visible light The sensor’s highly accurate measurements of chromaticity and illuminance support ...

EMX Industries Inc. introduced the ColorMax-1000, the first color sensor that outputs color intensity.

Robots need love, too. That's why MIT researchers have added a touch-force sensor to the robotic Baxter, allowing him to register gentle caresses, tender hand-holding, and the sense the he is ...

However, sometimes a bead jams and a magnetic sensor figures that out so the controller can reverse a bit and try again. You’d think the color detection would be tough.

In a step toward more autonomous soft robots and wearable technologies, researchers have created a device that uses color to simultaneously sense multiple mechanical and temperature stimuli.