This brick laying Robot can work 500% faster than humans
In a few months SAM (Semi-Automated Mason) will be coming to the UK. SAM is able to lay 3,000 bricks...
STAT announces the most innovative idea of 2016 – A prosthetic arm that can ‘feel’
Born to Engineer favourite STAT has just announced the winner of its "most innovative idea" poll that pitted 32 innovative...
#automationrevolution The rise of the intelligent automated workforce
Robot revolution Losing jobs to technology is nothing new. Since the industrial revolution, roles that were once exclusively performed by...
#automationrevolution Artificial Brains – Will the quest to build sentient machines result in minds like our own?
Human minds are only one example of mind on earth. So what are those other minds really like? It is...
#automationrevolution Robots Create Jobs – Not Destroy Them
The Manufacturer has weighed in on the automation debate. Backed up with exclusive research conducted by The Chartered Institute of...
Meet the robotic octopus that could soon be working alongside humans
German robotics company Festo has revealed the "OctopusGripper" - a robotic octopus tentacle inspired by its eight-legged flesh-and-blood ocean counterparts...
“I’ve Got Eyes For You” – Meet the robot with eyes that appear to follow you around the room
Meet Transgazer - designed by Engineers at the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation in Japan - whose concave eye design...
#automationrevolution Stop the Press! The Robots Are Not Taking Over… Well Not Yet.
Dr Fumiya Iida, University Lecturer in Mechatronics in the Machine Intelligence Laboratory and a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, wrote...
EPSRC award Engineers £4.6m to develop robots that can clean up dangerous nuclear waste
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has awarded Engineers £4.6m to develop robots that can clean up dangerous...
Meet Cassie – the highly energy-efficient walking machine
A new startup company, Agility Robotics, has spun off from Oregon State University and successfully introduced Cassie. This unique robot...
Engineers reveal Bat Bot – The Biomimetic flying soft Robot we deserve
Roboticists at the California Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois have unveiled the "Bat Bot", a soft robot...
Meet the Robotic Arm you can control with your mind.
A team from the University of Minnesota have unveiled a Robotic Arm, which can reach and grasp real world objects,...
RISE of the machines – Killer Robot to target invasive species
Robots in Service of the Environment (RISE) has its sights on the Lionfish, an invasive species spreading throughout the western...
Meet Octobot – a 3D-printed robot that uses microfluidics rather than electronics
Engeineers at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Bioinspired Engineering are showing off their 'Octobot'. The small autonomous robot is powered by...
NASA’s Space Robotics Challenge designed to push the boundaries of robotic dexterity
NASA has announced a new challenge to create a program for a virtual Robonaut 5 which would allow it to...
Lockheed Martin showcase SPIDER – A Robotic Blimp Inspector
Lockheed Martin's faced a technical challenge when they developed their hybrid airships (which are as big as a football field);...
DURUS brings robots one step closer to replicating human locomotion
Georgia Tech’s AMBER-Lab has just released footage of their walking humanoid robot DURUS. DURUS has a pair of metal feet...
Robot World Cup sees Germany win on penalties
RoboCup 2016 saw more than 3,500 participants from over 40 countries descend upon Leipzig, Germany. Gerhard Kraetzschmar, the games chairman,...