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The Robotic System Combating the Soft Plastic Recycling Crisis

Article - 1 Jul 2021

AZoRobotics speaks to Professor Branka Vucetic from the University of Sydney. Professor Vucetic led a team that has developed a system that could help solve the soft plastic waste crisis.

An Introduction to the Robots that Use 3D Microscopy

Article - 6 May 2020

The application of 3D microscopy in robots is booming, largely as a result of a corresponding increase in computational power.

Top 5 Ways Robots Are Improving Our Daily Lives

Article - 20 Feb 2025

Robotics integrates technology to improve human lives, automating tasks in surgery, agriculture, and rehabilitation for greater efficiency and safety.

What are Thin-Film Electrostatic Actuators?

Article - 11 Apr 2019

Robots are reliant on a complex system of power sources, wires, composite microstructures and circuitry to make them function.

Sensors in Robotics

Article - 10 Jan 2019

This article takes a look at role that sensors can play in robotics.

Grasping in the Next Generation of Robotics

Article - 14 Feb 2018

The global online retailer Amazon set the Amazon Picking Challenge, in which roboticists have to develop a robot that can pick and put away 12 products.

A Guide to Robot Joint Design

Article - 10 Feb 2023

This guide to robot joint design provides technical explanations of how to integrate motion and sensing components, and the design options available.

Robo-Nurse: Coming Soon to a Hospital Near You

Article - 8 Nov 2013

Even the least imaginative among us will concede that nursing care combined with robotics could be a good thing.

DARPA’s Disaster Response Team Member

Article - 12 Jul 2013

Boston Dynamics have created a 6’2 humanoid robot, ATLAS - one of the World’s most advanced robots. At 330 pounds and anatomy put together with sensors and actuators, this automated giant is operated...

Medical Device Assembly Systems from ESS Technologies, Inc.

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The systems use state-of-the-art technology, including integrated robotics, vision systems, line tracking, inspection with automatic reject, and real-time data acquisition.