1. Joints - The Foundation of Movement Joints are the moving links in a robotic arm. They let the arm bend, rotate, or change ...
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The invisible hand slowing Tesla’s robot dreams

The latest production setback for Elon Musk’s Tesla Optimus humanoid robot has nothing to do with AI bottlenecks or battery ...
At the center of this ecosystem is SharpaPilot, the company’s control and development application. SharpaPilot is fully ...
Transforming basic robotics kits, a student-led startup is redefining a complete learning path, from beginner projects to ...
Samoana Matagi was one of the four participants in a study that tested the capabilities of a new bionic hand. Here, Matagi wears the bionic hand on one arm and a common prosthetic called a ...
Researchers have built a prosthetic hand that, with the help of artificial intelligence, can act a lot more like a natural one. The key is to have the hand recognize when the user wants to do ...
Scientists are using artificial intelligence to help bionic limbs act more like natural ones. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on an experimental hand that shares control with the user to carry out tricky ...
In September 2005, MD+DI published a story about researchers at Michigan State University who had built a robot designed for remote breast exams. The robot combined ultrasound technology and video ...
Computer-aided design (CAD) systems are tried-and-true tools used to design many of the physical objects we use each day. But ...
Imagine a robot that could tie your shoelaces to the perfect degree of tightness, or a robotic hand capable of performing abdominal surgery and then suturing the wound with impeccable precision. You ...