To get the most mileage of out your robot, add the dimension of mobility by incorporating a linear seventh axis.

According to the Robotic Industries Association, a new record was set in the first quarter of 2016 with more than 7,400 robots valued at $402 million ordered by North American companies alone.

It stores the program in its memory. When we tell the robot to GO it follows the program. We can learn how to make a robot, like the Bitesize Bot, move around a grid or map using a program.

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A new caterpillar-inspired robot has a soft body that enables it to move around by wriggling.

Robots that can rapidly plan out their movements could accelerate factory automation—and help keep fragile humans safe.

Moving forward, the hope is that the robot will be able to handle an even larger group of people, and some who might be more surprised than MIT students to see a robot walking around.

Scientists have found a way to make ‘soft robots ’ using balloons that change shape when inflated with air. This new technology has been used to create a robot with a gripping hand, a flapping ...