A tiny robot so small it can barely be seen can still "sense, think, and act" autonomously, according to the engineers who built it. To the team's best knowledge, this joint invention is the world's ...

The ZA6 robot is built to industrial standards, using EtherCAT servo motors, harmonic gear drives, and aluminum castings. It can carry a 6kg payload with a reach of 975mm, requires only 20A of ...

For nearly half a century, the dream of microscopic robotics has felt tantalizingly close, yet perpetually out of reach. We have grown up on a diet of science fiction like Fantastic Voyage, imagining ...

In a lab experiment that sounds closer to science fiction than engineering, researchers have unveiled what they describe as the world’s smallest fully programmable robot. Measuring just fractions of a ...

Robots aren’t just for hobbyists anymore. The programmable gadgets have taken off thanks to the efforts of tech-oriented companies such as WowWee, Sony, Ugobe and LEGO. But the market may be ready for ...

Let’s kick things off with the collaborative robot, or “cobot,” as it is commonly called. The term was coined to represent an unguarded, easy-to-integrate collection of robots that typically carry out ...