BY Jon Fingas @jonfingas Robots tend to be either very rigid or very soft, but neither extreme is ideal; ideally, machines could both squish themselves into tight spaces and remain sturdy for strength-dependent tasks. They just might, thanks to a … Continued
Ohio’s Great Lakes Cheese adds pick-and-place robots for its shingled cheese packs and for pouched cheese placed in retail-ready cases. By Anne Marie Mohan, Senior Editor, Packaging World From cheddar to provolone to mozzarella and more, Great … Continued
By Evan Ackerman Image: Georgia Tech MacGyver could make a rocket-powered harpoon gun/zip line out of some moth balls, cleaning fluid, rope, pulley, and an old telescope. Robots can’t do that. But hey, neither can you. What you can do … Continued
DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials By Evan Ackerman Robots are getting things done Lockheed Martin’s TROOPER scores a point in the ladder climbing task. Quite frankly, this is an impressive thing to be able to say. Many robots are completing some … Continued
Here’s That Extra Pair of Robot Fingers You’ve Always Wanted By Evan Ackerman Posted 21 Jul 2014 | 13:37 GMT Share | Email | Print Photo: Melanie Gonick/MIT Faye Wu, an MIT graduate student in mechanical engineering, demonstrates the ‘supernumerary … Continued
