Designing robots requires precision and flexibility. Advanced motion control via encoder systems, sensors, and gate-driver ...

Video after the break. Three of the designs are capstan mechanisms, with different motors and layouts, tested for [Paul]’s latest quadruped robot. Capstan mechanisms are a few centuries old ...

However, as covered by The Robot Report, the design files have now been released for others to use. Rights to the PR2 robot landed in the hands of Clearpath Robotics, after Willow Garage was shut ...

As robots become increasingly common in society, Brigham Young University engineering students are designing them to be more ...

Pneumatics enables robots to grip more accurately ... This clip is suitable for GCSE Design and Technology and touches upon topics that appear in AQA, OCR A, EDEXCEL, EDUQAS, WJEC GCSE in England ...

But penalties were imposed for mistakes, dropping items from too great a height, and causing damage to the products and boxes. The winning team believes its "Cartesian co-ordinate robot" design ...

In the same way that terrestrial life evolved from ocean swimmers to land walkers, soft robots are progressing, too, thanks to recent Cornell University research in battery development and design.