MANHASSET, N.Y. — York University researchers have designed and built a waterproof controller enabling an underwater robot to go “wireless”. Aqua, the Canadian built and designed robot, can be ...

Gesture control robotics replaces traditional buttons and joysticks with natural hand movements. This approach improves user ...

The next time you're scrolling on your phone, take a moment to appreciate the feat: The seemingly mundane act is possible ...

What walks like a crab, is as small as a flea and can be remote-controlled? The latest gee-whiz wireless gizmo designed by robotics engineers. The walking robot, created to look like a peekytoe crab, ...

A robotic arm capable of mimicking hand gestures through data analysis of the mechanical activity of the muscles, using wearable piezoelectric sensors was developed. Piezoelectric discs were placed in ...

Decommissioning nuclear power plants is a long and complex process and presents radiation challenges that often necessitate the use of robots to minimise the risk to humans on site.

A newly developed 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi receiver from Science Tokyo can survive radiation levels found inside nuclear reactors. With ...

A new insect-inspired flying robot created by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, can hover, change trajectory and even hit small targets. The flying robot is less than 1 centimeter ...