Learn about the history of Harmonic Drive with space robots, from the Mariner missions to exploration of Mars.

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In a small motor engineering garage in Surrey in 1928, two men were hard at work creating what would become a futuristic global phenomenon. Captain WH Richards had a problem – as secretary of the ...

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There’s a long history of robots taking jobs that are difficult enough for humans to resent, resist, or outright fear. But a new crop of bots is tackling tasks that even machines might calculate to be ...

These robots are more than meets the eye. If you've ever wanted to "roll out" like one of the Autobots from the hit media franchise "Transformers," you might be able to soon! The ride-able ...

If those animatronics at amusement parks or Arnold Schwarzinger's character in "The Terminator" set you on edge, you might want to keep away from Agility Robotics' newest factory. The creators of ...

In a historic first, humanoid robots ran alongside human participants in a half-marathon in Beijing, showcasing both the advancements and ongoing challenges within the robotics industry. What Happened ...

In the 1950s, as Isaac Asimov’s Foundation short stories were fixed up into his Foundation novels, the author was dabbling with a different sci-fi continuity altogether, the future history of robots.