SME recently announced that it has developed the Robotics in Manufacturing Fundamentals (RMF) credential. 

Researchers at MIT have created assembling robots that are made up of the same components they use to build structures. 

Researchers at UT Austin received a $3.6 million grant to do a five-year study focusing on how humans interact with robots in public.

LEGO Mindstorms, the STEM robotics kit that inspired millions of kids, is being retired from production and replaced by the LEGO Spike solution.

The program provides opportunities for diverse high school girls in Massachusetts to learn about careers in robotics, expose them to technical skills and develop their professional networks.

Ferrari and Comau launched a new learning center this week called the e.DO Learning Center that will use Comau’s robots.

Researchers at Harvard have created a tentacle-like gripper that can grasp irregularly shaped or soft objects without damaging them. 

Engineers at Stanford University have created a boot-like robotic exoskeleton that can increase walking speed and reduce walking effort.

Cassie, a bipedal robot developed at Oregon State University, recently ran 100 meters in 24.73 seconds at OSU’s Whyte Track and Field Center. 

UCSF Health is preparing for the only FDA-approved study of the use of single port robotic technology for colorectal surgery in the U.S.

China’s industrial robotics market saw 243,300 installations in 2021, a 44% increase from the year before, according to the IFR. 

The new tool can design a 3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an object.

Intel Labs introduced a new approach to neural network-based object learning that uses interactive online object learning methods.

The Germany-based research group’s O3dyn platform uses NVIDIA simulation technologies to create robots with a rich feature set for logistics, manufacturing and more.

The industry set a new record for robot sales in Q2 of 2022 with 12,305 robots sold, according to the Association for Advancing Automation.

The survey aims to identify tools, strategies and guidance that should be prioritized to help manufacturers implement artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions for advanced manufacturing robotic systems. 

DayDreamer, a reinforcement-learning (RL) artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm, can teach a quadruped to walk in just one hour.

The Symani Surgical System, which can remove the surgeon from the operating area, has already performed five surgeries.

The CSAIL team hopes their technology can be used to create wearable devices that provide feedback on how the user is moving. 

Marc Raibert, founder of Boston Dynamics, will lead the institute’s work on cognitive AI, athletic AI, organic hardware design and ethics and policy.

Florian Pestoni says “necrobotics” is where ethics and technology must meet. Just because it can be done, it doesn’t mean we should.

A Rice University research lab manipulates dead spiders’ legs with a puff of air to turn the spider into a gripper.