Robots can be programmed to do a variety of tasks, like packing boxes and even performing surgery. But each individual movement or task requires its own specific training process, which makes it hard ...

SoftBank Group's agreement to acquire the robotics division of Switzerland's ABB for approximately US$5.4 billion is a significant strategic move. The deal highlights Japan's increasing dominance in ...

Following SoftBank's acquisition of ABB's robotics business, the global industrial robot landscape has shifted from a ...

Swiss engineering company ABB said it is seeing strong customer demand, particularly from a surge in new data centres being built in the U.S. to process artificial intelligence. Ciara Lee reports.

An innovator in the automated litter box space, Whisker, is at it again. This time it's with three new automatic litter boxes: the Litter-Robot 5 Pro, Litter-Robot 5, and Litter-Robot EVO. "At Whisker ...

The new models are designed for multi-cat households and smaller living spaces. Advanced features include AI-powered cameras for health monitoring and WasteID technology to distinguish between waste ...

Learn how lessons from medical robot design can be applied to all robotics from cobots to humanoids and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs). Enjoying Machine Design’s Motion Systems content? Be sure to ...

MILPITAS — Amazon on Wednesday said it is speeding up the automation of its warehouses with the help of artificial intelligence and robotics, raising questions about the future of human workers. The e ...

A crawler robot made with the miura-ori origami pattern. The dark sections are affixed with thin "magnetic muscles" made by co-extruding rubber polymer and ferromagnetic particles, which move the ...

Whiskers provides cat lovers with special tools to monitor their cat's health: the AI litter box Litter-Robot 5 Pro, as well as two more stripped-down models including the cloud service Whisker+ for ...

It's been three years since a new Litter-Robot came out, but the iconic self-scooping litter box lineup is finally evolving once again. Whisker unveiled the Litter-Robot 5 lineup on Oct. 21, ...