RoboGrammar is a new system that automates and optimizes robot design. The system creates arthropod-inspired robots for traversing a variety of terrains. It could spawn more inventive robot forms with ...

It was only a matter of time before we started to think about how robots can design – other robots. In fact, I’ve been having these conversations with people ever since the arrival of ChatGPT, as we ...

Robots that let you remotely feel textures. Interact with a virtual-reality environment. Control gadgets without touching them. This is what visitors experienced on June 3 when three interdisciplinary ...

The actual benefits and consequences of robot design may require design engineers to adjust their perspective. Industrial robot adoption has reached a point of no return. Automated machinery has ...

Internals of 3D printed “print and fold” robot. [Image source: MIT CSAIL] Robot design traditionally separates the body geometry from the mechanics of the gait, but they both have a profound effect ...

Designing and building cutting-edge technology for mobile robots is required coursework at the University of Nevada, Reno's new Autonomous Mobile Robot Design class. Part of the new unmanned ...

Universal Robots' latest cobot, the UR8 Long, has the reach of the UR20 but with less mass and advanced motion control.