They are launching version 3 of their LittleArm robotic arm, and the progression from version 1 is an interesting study in simplification and parts count reduction without sacrificing functionality.

Researchers at the University of Bristol have designed a new robot arm that could be the low cost and easy to use the robotic device of the future. The team calls the robot arm Mantis, and it was ...

This article is more than 6 years old. Robot self-awareness is one step closer today after engineers at Columbia University built a robotic arm that can imagine itself.

Battlefield startup Ally Robotics is developing a hardware and software solution designed to let users deploy robot arms with no code.

Building a simple robot arm is a lot more straightforward than it used to be. If you have a laser cutter, or a bit of cash and don’t mind waiting for postage, there are inexpensive kits like the ...

Roboticists from the nation’s top universities recently created a self-aware mechanical arm that taught itself how to move. “The idea is that robots need to take care of themselves,” says ...

According to a recent study published in Advanced Intelligent Systems, the brain can adapt to an artificial third arm and use it for simple tasks. This keeps alive the dream of precision mechanics ...

Researchers thought the ease of the using a robotic arm's automatic mode would be a huge hit. But they were wrong -- many participants in a pilot study didn't like it because it was "too easy." ...

Most people wouldn't think twice about the best way to stab a piece of food on their plate, but when viewed through the eyes of a robot this simple action is surprisingly complex. Now, researchers ...