Shape-memory alloys use heat-driven phase changes to contract like muscles, powering compact robotic grippers, wearable devices, and soft actuators while facing limits from cooling speed, efficiency, fatigue, and hysteresis.
By Ankit Singh
29 Sep 2026
Builder robots could grade lunar terrain, sinter regolith tiles, stack shielding berms, and extract resources, enabling supervised construction of landing pads and base infrastructure before astronauts arrive.
By Ankit Singh
22 Sep 2026
Inspection robots use cameras, depth sensors, ultrasonic probes, localization, and AI segmentation to inspect bridges, tunnels, pipelines, and offshore platforms, turning hard-to-reach damage into measurable repair data.
By Ankit Singh
15 Sep 2026
Robot kinematics models manipulator motion using forward and inverse kinematics, DH parameters, coordinate transformations, and joint-space calculations to determine end-effector position, orientation, velocity, and reliable robot control.
By Samudrapom Dam
8 Sep 2026
Lights-out manufacturing uses robots, sensors, software, digital twins, and secure networks to sustain unattended production, but broad adoption still depends on maintenance automation, trustworthy AI, cybersecurity, and workforce strategy.
By Ankit Singh
1 Sep 2026