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Engineers at MIT and Stanford University have developed a vine-like robotic gripper that wraps around objects before gently ...

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To a robot, it might look like something from a horror film. Parts — a battery, circuit boards and wiring —are arrayed in pieces on a white lab bench. Metallic arms and legs lay inert on nearby ...

Across industries, companies are feeling the squeeze from labor shortages, rising costs and nonstop pressure to boost efficiency. Robots are quickly becoming real-life solutions, and their promise has ...

Robots are coming to a town near you—deployed by cities to do work that is labor-intensive, repetitive or dangerous for humans. Cities have long lagged behind the private sector when it comes to ...

Massage is synonymous with human touch. But as robots start performing many tasks, can their robotic arms take on the touchy-feely task of helping humans relax and soothe tired, achy muscles? On this ...

There's an app for everything. And everything has an App Store. Including, now, humanoid robots, courtesy of Unitree.

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China is making and installing factory robots at a far greater pace than any other country, with the United States a distant third, further strengthening China’s already dominant global role in ...