Soft Robotics brought in $26 million in the first closing of its Series C funding round to expand commercial deployment of its mGripAI.
Harvard researchers create soft, tentacle-like robot gripper
Researchers at Harvard have created a tentacle-like gripper that can grasp irregularly shaped or soft objects without damaging them.
OpenAI abandons robotics research
OpenAI disbands its robotics research team due to lack of large enough data sets to effectively generate reinforcement models.
How robots autonomously see, grasp, and pick
You sign into your workstation. A tote of mixed items arrives in front of you. You reach in, pick an item out, and place it in a container on the conveyor to your side. This incredibly simple task, done in a matter of seconds and without much thought, illustrates what a highly evolved machine you…
“Shady” Robot Climbs Windows, Blocks Shade
When you’re an MIT researcher and your laboratory’s windows let in too much sunlight, obviously the only thing to do is to build a robot to solve your problem. Whence Shady, a window-climbing robot that unfurls a shade to block sunlight and glare. If you’ve ever visited MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial intelligence Lab, you’ll […]