Robotics – News, Reviews, Features – New Atlas

Loz Blain April 30, 2017

The worlds first giant robot fight is set to take place in August, between USA's MegaBots and Japans Kuratas. But a third country is set to get in on the action too - China has debuted a prototype of a quadripedal, single-seat fighting robot called the Monkey King, and entered a formal challenge.

David Szondy April 26, 2017

Tecnalia has come up with a 3D-printing robot that pays attention to what it's doing. Called Cogiro, it is billed as the first cable-driven robot that can print large structural parts or even small buildings on site while monitoring if the work is drying properly.

Ben Coxworth April 26, 2017

Programming most robots to grasp and retrieve an object can be a rather complex process. That's why scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new system that simply requires users to click twice with a computer mouse.

David Szondy April 20, 2017

Lockheed Martin has created a simplified version of its Fortis industrial exoskeleton by turning its key weight-bearing component into a separate product called the Fortis Tool Arm. It's designed to allow workers to use heavy tools for extended periods without fatigue.

David Szondy April 19, 2017

Doctoral candidate Geert Folkertsma has spent four years developing a scale robotic cheetah that is not only capable of replicating many of the real animal's movements, but in doing so uses only 15 percent more energy than the real thing.

Ben Coxworth April 17, 2017

When you've got a crop full of plants growing in a field, inspecting each and every one of them can be very monotonous work. With that in mind, scientists from Georgia Tech have created a plant-inspecting robot that swings over the plants like a monkey. It's called Tarzan.

David Szondy April 6, 2017

Chowbotics has unveiled Sally the Salad Robot, which uses up to 21 seasonal ingredients to produce individual, bespoke green salads on demand in thousands of combinations in under a minute.

Ben Coxworth March 31, 2017

Scientists have developed a method of getting soft robotic objects to move using directed magnetic fields. They say that it could be used for applications ranging from remotely-triggered drug-delivery pumps within the body, to the development of remotely deployable structures.

Paul Ridden March 31, 2017

After a quick introduction yesterday, we take a closer look at Festo's OctopusGripper, a versatile gripper for the production line of tomorrow. The Future Concepts robot has been designed to safely pick up, securely hold and gently put down objects in the workplace.

Paul Ridden March 30, 2017

The Bionic Learning Network arm of German automation company Festo has revealed three bio-inspired robots ahead of the Hannover Messe trade fair in April, a tentacle-packing pick and pack gripper and two lightweight robots designed for fluid movement.

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