Japan is turning to robots and AI tracking tech as dementia cases rise and thousands of older residents go missing each year.

As the boundaries between robots and collaborative robots (cobots) fade, the need for fast, agile and uncaged robot systems grows rapidly. Today’s cobots typically rely on power- and force-limiting ...

Could scent-tracking sniffer dogs be out of a job? Well, perhaps eventually. Scientists from Japan's Kyushu University have developed a prototype robot that can detect and follow odors left on the ...

A robot can autonomously navigate inside a building using nothing but a magnetometer and a detailed map of local magnetic anomalies. The technique could provide a means for people and robots to find ...

Now, by mounting GelSight sensors on the grippers of robotic arms, two MIT teams have given robots greater sensitivity and dexterity. The researchers presented their work in two papers at the ...

We are presently in the fourth industrial revolution which is employing the latest, emerging technologies to improve all industry. Systems are now capable of connecting everything by the sharing of ...

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For more than two decades, robotics market commentaries have predicted a shift, particularly in manufacturing, from traditional industrial manipulators to a new generation of mobile, sensing robots, ...