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University of Houston Researchers Working on Development of Child-Size Exoskeletons to Boost Mobility

A University of Houston engineer has received funding to create a pediatric exoskeleton, designed to help children with spinal cord injuries and other mobility disorders walk.

13 Aug 2015

New Robot Prototype Can Separate, Stretch, Smooth Wrinkles and Fold Clothes

A Mexican in Europe has helped design the prototype of a robot that is able to separate, stretch, smooth wrinkles and fold clothes. This technology participates in almost all the washing process, but introducing the clothes into the washing machine.

13 Aug 2015

2015 Annual Meeting of HFES to Feature Over 400 Presentations Including Human-Robot Interaction

The program for the 2015 International Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society features more than 400 presentations from leading HF/E experts across multiple domains on topics including patient safety, product design, driver distraction, emergency response, human-robot interaction, and more.

6 Aug 2015

MIT Engineers Use Environment to Give More Dexterity to Simple Robotic Grippers

Most robots on a factory floor are fairly ham-handed: Equipped with large pincers or claws, they are designed to perform simple maneuvers, such as grabbing an object, and placing it somewhere else in an assembly line. More complex movements, such as adjusting the grasp on an object, are still out of reach for many industrial robots.

5 Aug 2015

Middle- and High-School Students Compete at NMSU’s Advanced Summer Robotics Camp

Elias Borchert, a seventh grader at Vista Middle School, leaned over his robot as he tried to figure out why the machine is not making a 180-degree turn as he programmed it to do.

4 Aug 2015

Lo-Fab Pavillion Represents First Building Project Using Design Robotics Studio

Unveiled July 16 in Boston as a featured public installation in the Design Biennial Boston, the experimental Lo-Fab Pavillion, which stands for “locally fabricated,” represents the first building project produced using the newly launched Virginia Tech Center for Design Research’s Design Robotics Studio.

31 Jul 2015

Stanford Students Design Robots to Play and Perform Fundamental Skills

After learning new software and programming languages, Stanford students in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have an opportunity to choose a creative task and design a robot to perform the task for demonstration.

21 Jul 2015

Cogobuy‘s INGDAN.com Platform Holds Robotics Industry Conference in Shanghai on July 9, 2015

Cogobuy Group ("Cogobuy" or the "Company"), the largest e-commerce service platform for enterprise procurement in the electronics manufacturing industry in China, is pleased to announce its INGDAN.com platform (Hardeggs platform), a leading intelligent hardware innovation business platform of the Company, successfully held the Robotics Industry Conference in Shanghai on July 9, 2015.

21 Jul 2015

Kinder, Gentler Approach to Robots at 'Art, Robotics and Technology for Youth' Workshop

When the robots parade this Friday at the conclusion of the 2015 ARTY (Art, Robotics and Technology for Youth) Summer Workshop, you’re likely to see a kinder, gentler approach to the usual hulking, fire-breathing bots.

17 Jul 2015

Robotics Business Review Announces Acceptance of Entries for 2015 Game Changer Awards

The annual Robotics Business Review Game Changer Awards honor the robotics industry's remarkable technical accomplishments and their makers. Celebrated are the robotics technologies that are transforming vertical markets as well as ingredient technology products without which long-term change wouldn't be possible. The Game Changer Awards ceremony will take place September 23, 2015 at RoboBusiness in San Jose, CA.

9 Jul 2015