Countless startups are trying to solve hard robotics problems in industry. But few are looking to bring the tech into homes. Well, few except for Matic. A relatively new venture founded by Navneet ...

A new approach could help a search-and-rescue robot navigate an unpredictable environment by rapidly generating an accurate map of its surroundings. (Nanowerk News) A robot searching for workers ...

If you’ve seen a robot vacuum at work, you’ve probably stared at it as it trundles around a room, gobbling up crumbs and dirt, dodging (or bumping into) every chair leg and stray sock you’ve got on ...

Thousands of robots are soon to embark on a project to create 3D maps of galaxies to find out how dark energies affect space. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) project, of which members ...

To explore a new environment, a robot must observe nearby objects and landmarks, and also keep track of its own location to make sense of the features it observes. That problem is hard enough if ...

(Nanowerk News) Automated mobile robots have the capacity to help us with many service tasks, such as home care assistance or moving goods in a warehouse. Since robots lack human senses, they depend ...

Ready to streamline your floor cleaning chores? Then consider ditching your cordless vacuum and picking up a robot vacuum and mop combo. These innovative smart home gadgets have come a long way over ...

It's part of a special project that's using new tech to help manage and protect forests, and is being tested in woodlands ...

An Amazon sidewalk mapping robot being driven in Everett, Wash. (GeekWire Photo / Tim Ellis) While I was out on an ordinary drive through Everett, Wash., on Saturday morning, in between grabbing a ...

The Unity engine has been around since Apple started using Intel chips, and has made quite a splash in the gaming world. Unity allows developers to create 2D and 3D games, but there are some other ...