My topic of research was developing an optical tactile sensor to track head motion during radiotherapy. I worked on both the ...

Last year, Norwegian-US tech company 1X announced a strange new product: “the world’s first consumer-ready humanoid robot ...

Claire chatted to Jamie Palmer from Icarus Robotics about building a robotic labour force to perform routine and risky tasks ...

The development hasn’t been straightforward. Early versions of the algorithm struggled with shadows and confused driftwood ...

Robot Talk is a weekly podcast that explores the exciting world of robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous machines.

The robots represent emotion as they “listen” to music via the colours, intensity and width of their lights trails, as well ...

This handy video-tutorial course gives an introduction to the Robot Operating System (ROS), including many of the available tools that are commonly used in robotics. With the help of different ...

There’s been a lot of talk about package delivery via flying drones. While this is an interesting vision of the future, current economics make this an unlikely substitute for base-load ground delivery ...

Abstraction in programming has evolved our use of computers from basic arithmetic operations to representing complex real-world phenomena using models. More specific to robotics, abstraction has moved ...

Observe your own hand. As you read this, it’s holding your phone or clicking your mouse with seemingly effortless grace. With over 20 degrees of freedom, human hands possess extraordinary dexterity, ...

Meet the robotic dog with a memory like an elephant and the instincts of a seasoned first responder. Developed by Texas A&M University engineering students, this AI-powered robotic dog doesn’t just ...

Claire chatted to Chapa Sirithunge from University of Cambridge about what robots can teach us about human anatomy, and vice versa. Chapa Sirithunge is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow in robotics at ...