When the Armatron first came out, in 1981, robotics engineers started contacting Watanabe. “I wasn’t so much hearing from ...

Here's how to jump on the AI action figure "Barbie box" bandwagon -- and how to 3D print it so you can have it for real.

A social media star has helped develop the world's most advanced robotic arm ... by utilizing 3D scanning and 3D printing, radically reducing the cost of multi-grip bionic hands for amputees with ...

unnamed robot, which measures just 9.4 millimeters across and weighs 21 milligrams—less than a single grain of white rice. The bot owes its weightlessness to its 3D-printed frame, which consists ...

The cleaned plastic packaging waste is mixed, melted down and extruded in a compounder at Fraunhofer IFAM. Credit: Fraunhofer IFAM. In Germany, about 5.6 million tons of plastic packaging are ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Mimicking the actions of ants’ hairy jaws could make robots better at picking up objects and moving them around, researchers have found. A prototype “hairy gripper” based on ... we’ve recreated in 3D ...

The robotic gripper is inspired by the strength and efficiency ... “Having filmed ants in high resolution, we’ve recreated in 3D the precise sequence of actions as they pick up seeds and ...

this research opens the possibility for 3D scans to be performed deeper in the gastrointestinal tract. “By combining our advanced robotics with medical ultrasound imaging, we take this ...

adapted a 3D printing technique previously used to build an electronics-free gripper. The result was a six-legged 3D printed walking robot. “We have taken a giant leap forward with a robot that walks ...

Beyond factory-built houses, builders are also experimenting with 3D printing technology as a potential way to ease the housing crisis. Using a computer-controlled robotic arm, a nozzle steadily ...

Credit: David Baillot/University of California San Diego/Cover Images Scientists in the United States have developed a walking robot ... a 3D-printing technique previously used to create a gripper ...