The most labor intensive part of putting together a pair of Nikes is assembling the "upper” -- the flexible part of the shoe that sits on top of your foot. On many sneakers, uppers look like a single ...

A soft electroactive gel enables untethered robots to deform, grip, and move using only external electric fields, eliminating the need for internal wiring or circuitry. (Nanowerk Spotlight) The ...

What if doing your chores were as easy as flipping a switch? In this talk and live demo, roboticist and founder of 1X Bernt Børnich introduces NEO, a humanoid robot designed to help you out around the ...

Boasting full-spectrum industrial capabilities from core technology development to integrated solutions, China's leading innovator drives the next-generation industrial revolution through a ...

In all sorts of different, but related, fields, human beings have made incredible strides at putting ourselves out of a job at the top of the food chain, cognition-wise. How do you build a robot ...

When Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced plans to ramp up production of his company's ambitious new Model 3 electric sedan last year, he warned that months of "manufacturing hell" lay ahead. But after ...