Before you let a robot handle your prescription drugs, better let it train on candy first. FANUC's M-1iA picking and sorting robot is one of the fastest robots on the planet. While it's not the ...

A fruit sorting robot built by a British consulting firm may not sound like a riveting leap forward. In fact, it's one of the clearest indications yet that industrial automation is on the verge of a ...

Swedish scrap processing company Skrotfrag is installing a robotic sorting line for scrap metal. The sorting line, equipped with a three-armed ZenRobotics Heavy Picker, will be the third of its kind ...

It’s a common situation faced by every hard-working American – you get home after a long day at the calcium mines, and find yourself stuck with a pile of colored golf balls that simply aren’t going to ...

Scientists have programmed a 'robot' made of DNA to pick up and sort molecules into predetermined locations. Imagine a robot that could help you tidy your home: roving about, sorting stray socks into ...

In the video published on Monday, each robot picks objects from piles of different heights, forcing the system to rely on live perception and motion planning. The robots do not follow fixed paths.

During a recent visit to Alphabet’s X lab, I drained my coffee and left the compostable cup on a tray marked “Cans & Bottles.” The transgression was soon mended. Twenty minutes later, a wheeled, ...

If you're the sort geek who really likes robots, you may remember last November when I talked a little bit about a soft robot that was designed to move like a starfish. The robot was made from a soft ...

The Iller river stretches for 91 miles through southeastern Germany before meeting up with the Danube. This river, like all rivers, is filled with sediment--- rocks and pebbles from thousands of years ...

You may not think about it when tossing that empty cat food can into your curbside recycling container, but downstream there is a small army of people at Penn Waste trying to separate usable items ...