AeroVironment has agreed to acquire robotic control system maker Tomahawk Robotics for approximately $120 million in a push to further extend the interoperability and interconnectivity of unmanned ...

For decades, Hollywood has trained us to fear the moment machines become self-aware. The second someone says “autonomous ...

Proprietary systems have traditionally dominated the control of three and four-axis wafer handling robots for in-vacuum and in-air wafer applications. As a result, these systems can be limited in ...

Rockwell Automation and robot maker Comau are joining forces to offer unified robot control products. Engineers will now be able to program their entire machine with one system, including robot arms ...

SURREY, U.K.—Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC) has launched Flair Bridge, a compact device that transforms how operators control the company’s motion-control robots. Only 2 inches long, Flair Bridge ...

Human–robot interaction (HRI) and gesture-based control systems represent a rapidly evolving research field that seeks to bridge the gap between human intuition and robotic precision. This area ...

1. Redefining robots. Too much focus on humanoid robotics is a misplaced definition of objectives. A robot is really a modular, autonomous platform combining measuring circuits, active RFID, RF, ...