A few short months ago, almost every robot made by the hundreds of companies working on humanoid robots could charitably be described as slow, topping out at around three mph. Walking was on the edge of plodding, and arm movements bordered on sluggish and ...

Understanding The Robotics Technician Role So, what exactly does a robotics technician do? It’s a bit different

Thanks to artificial intelligence, robots can already perform many tasks that would otherwise require humans. In this interview, Edoardo Milana, a junior professor of soft machines in the Department of Microsystems Engineering at the University of Freiburg ...

Even outdoor robots, which are typically able to navigate uneven terrain, may struggle when they encounter challenges they were not specially programmed to overcome. The same robot that impressively sprints across an open field might as well be a toaster when it gets stuck in mud or, worse still, loses a limb.