Modular design is rapidly becoming the key to cost-effective automation, especially in sectors where demand variability and product diversification are common.

That could soon change however, thanks to a new modular robotics system. Currently in development at MIT, the system incorporates individual building blocks known as voxels.

Modular robots built by Dartmouth researchers are finding their feet outdoors. Engineered to assemble into structures that ...

Built from cube-shaped blocks, the robots combine rigid rods with soft, adjustable strings that control their shape. The team ...

Microbot Medical (Nasdaq:MBOT) announced today that it received a new patent covering a modular robotic surgical system. The ...

Numerous new robotic technologies have debuted over the past two decades, but the new ATRO robot system from Beckhoff may be one of the first modular, DIY (do-it-yourself) robot technologies for the ...

A customizable system can integrate up to seven operations to create a unique automated robotic cell, from a stand-alone system or part of an entire production suite. SUPFINA MACHINE CO.’s Modular ...

While robots have been making our lives easier and our assembly lines more efficient for over half a century now, we haven’t quite cracked a Jetsons-like general purpose robot yet. Sure, Bost… ...