Although the prototype is nowhere near as fast or efficient as a human worker, it demonstrates how the use of robotics in agriculture might be expanded

Labor automation has always been a polarizing subject, approached alternately with hushed caution and with a tendency to rant and rave, to smash and rend

A new 3D-printed prosthetic hand can learn the wearers' movement patterns to help amputee patients perform daily tasks, reports a study published this week in Science Robotics

What would a manager in a drug discovery lab like to see in automation products?

The world’s first collaborative laboratory automation system that integrates everything you need for your automated workflow

A new algorithm enables robots to reproduce human-like pen strokes just by looking at images of handwriting or sketches

The automation solution enables simple, fast and reliable endotoxin detection 

An electronic tongue, or e-tongue, is more effective and accurate in taste-testing fiery foods than sensitive human taste buds

A swarm of micro-robots, directed by magnets, can break apart and remove dental biofilm, or plaque, from a tooth

Equipping robots with sensors and dropping them into disaster zones could provide first responders with critical information about conditions on the ground