Non-Cartesian actuators are improving applications where they weren't even feasible before. Full definition of their dynamics and kinematics helps designers extract maximum performance from these ...

Homogeneous vector and plane, homogeneous transformation, position and orientation transformations, kinematics and inverse kinematic solutions of robot manipulators and mobile robots, Jacobian and ...

Mobile robot embedded software, in order to allow successful performance of the robot, must cope with various kinds of activities, such as control of the robot actuators, processing of sensor readings ...

In today's manufacturing environments, upgrading a robot fleet often means starting from scratch—not only replacing hardware, ...

From the delicate force sensors in blow flies’ legs to advanced algorithms that let robots share skills, biomechanics and robotics are merging in fascinating ways. These insights reveal how living ...

A new breed of robotic solutions, emphasizing high speed operation and tight integration with general purpose motion/machine control, is offering flexible robotic solutions for packaging OEMs. “What ...

Normally when you hear the words “rope” and “dog” in the same sentence, you think about a dog on a leash, but in this robot dog, the rope is what makes it move, not what stops it from going too far.

We’ve covered a ton of Boston Dynamics robots but this is the second one in a row that has shown a departure from what a lot of people’s notion of an ‘advanced’ robot should look like. It’s a ...