Since 1997, several continents have played host to an international soccer tournament. No, not the World Cup — the RoboCup. Robots of all shapes and sizes test their “metal” in the world’s favorite ...

In 2015, a jovial three-foot-tall robot with pool noodles for arms set out on what seemed like a simple mission. Using the kindness of strangers, this machine, called “hitchBOT” would spend months ...

One of the most significant insights from the study is that roboticists must engage both technically and physically with ...

Researchers from University of California, Berkeley have developed a new robot learning technique that helps them master ...

AMES, Iowa – You may not remember it, but odds are you took a few tumbles during your toddler era. You weren’t alone. Falling, after all, is a natural consequence of learning to crawl, walk, climb and ...

For the 2024 edition of GOLF’s ClubTest, we once again teamed up with Golf Laboratories for robotic driver testing. With the help of their swing robot, we’re able to get a better picture of how each ...

A robot vacuum that cleans your floors makes life easier on paper, but some robot vacuums end up being so incompetent that it’s just easier to get out a cordless manual vacuum instead. In our eternal ...

Over the past decades, roboticists have introduced a wide range of systems that can effectively tackle some real-world ...

In a sugar beet field a few miles east of Moorhead, small four-wheeled robots are rolling up and down the rows of beets. Powered by a solar panel, the robots use cameras to spot weeds and then guide ...