Robotics

Robotics & Automation

Robot Safety Is a Design Requirement, Not an Afterthought

Robots work alongside people, and safety is not a feature to add later — it is a fundamental design requirement…

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Robotics & Automation

Simulation Lets Robots Learn Without the Risk of the Real World

Training robots in the real world is slow, expensive, and risky, and simulation lets robots learn at scale in virtual…

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Robotics & Automation

Cobots Are Designed to Work With People, Not Instead of Them

Collaborative robots, or cobots, are designed to work alongside people rather than replace them, and they are opening up automation…

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Robotics & Automation

Perception Is How Robots Understand the World Around Them

A robot that cannot sense its surroundings cannot act safely or effectively, and perception — using sensors to understand the…

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Mobile Manipulators Combine Movement With the Ability to Act

A robot that can only move, or only manipulate, is limited, and mobile manipulators — robots that combine movement with…

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Gripping Is the Hardest Problem in Robotics, and It Is Getting Solved

Picking up and manipulating objects is deceptively hard for robots — objects vary in shape, weight, and fragility — and…

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Warehouse Automation Is Moving Beyond the Hype to Real Value

Warehouses are being transformed by robots, and warehouse automation is moving beyond the hype to real value, as robots handle…

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Robotics & Automation

Humanoid Robots Are Solving the Wrong Constraint

The human form is a compromise evolved for a general-purpose organism. Copying it in a machine inherits the compromises without…

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