Abstract: We provide a method for detecting and localizing objects near a robot arm using arm-mounted miniature time-of-flight sensors. A key challenge when using arm-mounted sensors is ...

Abstract: Recent advances in machine learning and deep learning have significantly enhanced robot control by improving object detection and visual feature extraction. However, ensuring theoretical ...

Freeze-dried hydrogel powders sprayed onto wet surfaces merge into functional coatings in under five seconds, enabling rapid soft robot fabrication. (Nanowerk Spotlight) Soft robots can bend, stretch, ...

Elon Musk admitted on Tesla’s Q4 2025 earnings call today that the company doesn’t have any Optimus robots doing useful work in its factories right now. This is a striking admission, given that Musk ...

Designed to assist rather than replace doctors, a new autonomous tool scans clinical notes to highlight patients who may need urgent follow-up for cognitive decline and potential dementia. When you ...

Elon Musk says that Tesla is planning to make its Optimus robots available for sale by the end of 2027. The Tesla CEO says that Optimus will be able to perform any task in a reliable and safe manner.

Forget Thing T. Thing from The Addams Family (yes, that's the full name); modern science has officially brought us a detachable robot hand that can actually skitter across the floor, grab you a beer, ...

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CES always brings robots – some useful, some confusing, some that feel like movie props that wandered into the wrong conference. In 2026, there’s a real shift: Robots aren’t trying to be sci-fi ...

Netflix just let go of one of its most acclaimed series. “Mr. Robot,” the psychological techno-thriller, departed the streamer on January 3rd, 2026. All four seasons of the show, which ran from 2015 ...

Object avoidance is a tough nut to crack on robot vacuums, but Narwal's new Flow 2 promises it has the best yet with a mix of on-board processing and AI cloud computing. Ajay has worked in tech ...