Pitt lab launches $42M project to merge latest in wheelchair, robotic arm tech

A laboratory in Pittsburgh’s Bakery Square is poised to make the next breakthrough in wheelchairs, a mostly stagnant industry ...

Mimic raises $16M to build AI models for human-like robotic hands

Switzerland-based Mimic Robotics AG said Monday it raised $16 million in seed funding from Elaia and Speedinvest to enable robotic hands to adapt to complex, high-precision tasks that conventional ...
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Dual-Arm Mobile Bot Built On IKEA Cart Costs Hundreds, Not Thousands

There are many incredible open-source robotic arm projects out there, but there’s a dearth of affordable, stable, and mobile robotic platforms with arms. That’s where XLeRobot comes ...
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Woman With One Arm Draws Pop Culture Characters On Her Stump

A woman who was born without a left hand is raising awareness for her condition by turning her stump into pop culture ...
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This New Artificial Muscle Could Let Humanoid Robots Lift 4,000 Times Their Own Weight

This dual cross-linking design lets the muscle switch stiffness on demand. In lab tests, its stiffness jumps from about 213 ...

Robotics And Physical AI: A New Era In Automation

Robotics could enter a new industrial super cycle as advances in AI, sensors, and hardware fuse digital intelligence with physical capability across industries. Read more here.