A robotic gripping arm that uses engineered bacteria to “taste” for a specific chemical has been developed by engineers at the University of California, Davis, and Carnegie Mellon University. The ...

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Robotiq says it has combined adaptive gripping with high-frequency tactile sensing, enabling robots to generalize across objects.

[Tazer] built a small desktop-sized robotic arm, and it was more or less functional. However, he wanted to improve its ability to pick things up, and attaching a pneumatic gripper seemed like the ...

Ben Ames has spent 30 years as a journalist since starting out as a reporter for daily newspapers in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. He has focused on business and technology reporting since 1999 for ...

Robots have long excelled at repetitive factory work welding, picking, placing, and packaging yet they’ve struggled with the ...

Can small shops succeed with advanced machine tools and software? If so, how do they do it? Read on to learn the strategies that have helped Midway Swiss Turn, our 2025 Top Shops Honoree in Shopfloor ...

An often-overlooked robot component that plays a critical role in shaping the efficiency and sustainability of these mechanical marvels is the end of arm gripper. Traditionally crafted from heavy ...