A human clearing junk out of an attic can often guess the contents of a box simply by picking it up and giving it a shake, without the need to see what's inside. Researchers from MIT, Amazon Robotics, ...

The development uses RFID tags to enable robots to focus in on targets, based on localization technology. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) uses electromagnetic fields to automatically identify ...

In recent years, robots have gained artificial vision, touch, and even smell. "Researchers have been giving robots human-like perception," says MIT Associate Professor Fadel Adib. In a new paper, Adib ...

Researchers are working on all types of robots to allow them to climb through the human body to deliver drugs, among other things. This type of robot can be controlled with magnetic fields, and some ...

Researchers worldwide have been working hard to give robots the ability to better sense the environment around them. Before robots can work side-by-side with humans, they have to be able to sense ...

If you've been watching track and field events during the 2024 Paris Olympics, something a bit strange may have caught your attention. In the background, you may have spotted a few tiny, ...