Researchers in China have developed a robot that identifies different plant species at various stages of growth by "touching" their leaves with an electrode. The robot can measure properties such as ...

A team of researchers from the Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation Lab at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia) in Genova has conceived and ...

SEOUL, South Korea — A worker was crushed to death by an industrial robot at a vegetable packaging plant in South Korea on Tuesday. Police say initial information ...

A long robot entered a damaged reactor at Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant on Tuesday, beginning a two-week, high-stakes mission to retrieve for the first time a tiny amount of melted fuel debris ...

Robots might be finding their footing above ground, but today’s autonomous robots have a difficult time operating underground. DARPA wanted to give the state of the art a push forward, so they are ...

A cannonball-shaped robot with no outwardly visible means to move around could soon work its way into the piping systems of aging nuclear power plants to look for signs of rust, corrosion, and ...

SavorEat, the Rehovot-based maker of Robot Chef, has partnered with global food-services and facilities management company Sodexo to launch in the US market. The first Robot Chef is approved to “print ...

Engineers have developed a robot designed to extend a chain-like appendage flexible enough to twist and turn in any necessary configuration, yet rigid enough to support heavy loads or apply torque to ...

Though automation reduces the number of jobs in the auto industry, there are still plenty of human workers needed to oversee ...

SEOUL, South KoreaSEOUL, South Korea — An industrial robot grabbed and crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packaging plant in South Korea, police said Thursday, as they investigated whether the ...