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 ...

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 ...

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

(Nanowerk News) Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a low cost, low power technology to help robots accurately map their way indoors, even in poor lighting and without ...

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 ...

An architecture project in London has been using Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robot, Spot, to gather data from a construction site and map out a digital twin of its office space. The project—the ...

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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 ...