Robotic

British firm Shadow Robot has designed a prosthetic hand that can analyse the shape of an object and how best to pick it up. It is called the

Scientists in London have developed a system that enables wheelchair users to move around by simply looking in the direction they want to

Passengers flying out of Germany’s Düsseldorf airport are being offered a new kind of service. A robot valet that will park your car. A reservation

Opinion Giorgio Metta is an explorer in the field of humanoid robotics. The Italian professor is best known for developing the iCub robot platform

Ninety-four-year old Lea is able to stay home thanks to the care she receives from a robot. Often described as a kind of Skype on wheels, it’s part

Swiss researchers have successfully managed to develop a robot that can grasp objects thrown at it. The 1.5 metre-long robotic arm has seven

Dubbed the ‘Bionic Kangaroo’, a surprising new robot created by German company Festo was recently unveiled in Hanover. The robot’s jumping power

Could you do with a little help around the house? Or maybe you just want to attend a conference without leaving your armchair? The city of Lyon in

CeBIT, the world’s largest annual IT fair, is a good place to meet the latest generation of robots, like Roboy, a humanoid machine with built in

Up until now, it could take a sculptor up to a month and a half to make a copy of a corinthian column. Now, thanks to a French-made stone-carving

Scientists in Croatia say a new robot they have built will make it quicker and easier to detect autism in children. Equipped with a camera

Thanks to new remote-controlled robots, introduced in hospitals across California and some other US states, doctors are now able to “beam” themselves

Flying machines are becoming smarter and more affordable: they are able to navigate in 3D and handle easy tasks by themselves. Will these drones

Japanese robots have done what their human counterparts can still only dream of, by winning the ‘Robocup’, a robotics equivalent of the football

The human hand, a masterpiece of evolution, has for a long time been impossible to recreate artificially. Its complex mechanics and high sensitivity

Manual packaging is tedious work – can robots alleviate the boredom? Engineers at the Technical University Munich are testing a talking workstation

A team of scientists in Italy have been working on a unique robotic surgery system. They hope that one day robots could take over the work of

Protecting maritime and land borders is a daily challenge for Europe. Researchers have been examining how to use lasers, gamma rays and neutron beams

Giancarlo Ferrigno is Professor at Politecnico di Milano. He said:“This is a robotic system for assisting a surgeon during neurosurgery