In Part 1 of our 3-part series on air cargo automation, Manuel Wehner (MW), Project Manager and Research Associate at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML, touched on the ...

The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA is helping to improve absolute accuracy for robots.

One of the joys of browsing secondhand shops is the possibility of finding old, perhaps restorable or hackable, electronics ...

Another sensor that tends to be hidden away in plain sight is the ambient light sensor. Once again, you've seen it in action as it's used to adjust the brightness levels of your screen. But with the ...

Since the Russia-Ukraine war began in 2022, military leaders around the world have drawn lessons from it about an ever-evolving technological landscape. Both sides continue to deploy and counteract ...

Researchers at China’s Tsinghua University’s Shenzhen International Graduate School have developed a next-generation tactile sensor called SuperTac. The project involved collaboration with multiple ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Ukrainian arms maker said soldiers surprise it with how they use its robots. This includes using an aerial drone to carry and ...

Humans pay enormous attention to lips during conversation, and robots have struggled badly to keep up. A new robot developed at Columbia Engineering learned realistic lip movements by watching its own ...

Accelerometers turn motion into measurable signals. From tilt and vibration to g-forces, they underpin countless designs. In this “Fun with Fundamentals” entry, we demystify their operation and take a ...

A gelatin memristor with 16 stable conductance states mimics biological pain perception, rating intensity, sensitizing after injury, and self-healing while directly controlling mouse muscle response. ...

Beatbot's new pool robot ecosystem, unveiled at CES 2026, does something no other model can do. I got to see it in action at the mega tech show. David Watsky Managing Editor / Home and Kitchen David ...